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Updated 6/19/2013

Energy modeling for operational and first cost savings

BuildingGreen has assembled 4 of the world's top energy modeling experts to demystify the steps you should be taking to reap hundreds of thousands of dollars in energy- and first cost savings—and do it within the tight budgets demanded by today's projects. This one-hour webcast, Energy Modeling for Early Design Decisions, takes place Tuesday, July 9 at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time and includes the free companion report, Energy Modeling: Early and Often. Learn more, register for the webcast, and get your free copy of Energy Modeling: Early and Often.

LEED-ND's top expert is here to answer your questions

LEEDuser offers a members-only webcast featuring LEED Faculty member Eliot Allen to clarify the crucial issues and get you up to speed on LEED-ND. This free webcast is scheduled for Thursday, June 27th at 1:30 p.m. Eastern Time, includes a free copy of our new special report, Thinking Beyond Buildings: The LEED-ND Approach — and is eligible for 1 AIA CE hour or highly sought-after LEED-ND credential maintenance hour. Learn more, register for the webcast, and get your free copy of Thinking Beyond Buildings.

Available On-Demand: LEED v4 Webcast

Get quickly up to speed on the credit requirements that will define your projects for years to come with this on-demand, LEEDuser members-only webcast. Includes 1-hour presentation, downloadable PDF of webcast slides, the special report New Concepts in LEED v4, and 1 self-reportable hour toward LEED AP credential maintenance.

Comprehensive Home Assessment

To understand the requirements for an energy retrofit, you need to understand how the existing assemblies currently perform. Get a running start with our Comprehensive Home Assessment checklist, free with Unit One of BuildingGreen's High-Performance Building Assemblies online course.

The course includes 4 weekly online lessons with detailed videos of key topics, downloadable course materials (suitable for offline study), and an online quiz for CEU credit (AIA, LEED, BPI, NARI) available with Lesson 4. Click here to get the checklist free with the course.

Get The Missing Manual

Do you know which LEED credits have the most LEED Interpretations and addenda, and which have none? The Missing Manual does. Check here first to see where you need to update yourself, and share the link with your team.

Managing LEED Costs

Experienced cost estimators evaluate hundreds of specific technologies and approaches that teams are using right now to earn points in LEED-NC. Learn more about your best options for achieving specific LEED-NC credits -- and the cost implications of those options.

LEED-Existing Buildings readiness review

Identify the EBOM credits that are within easy reach — and learn the steps to achieve the hard ones.

What Makes a Building Product Green?

See GreenSpec's criteria for every major building product category.

How to Select Windows: Understanding 7 key decision drivers

The latest BuildingGreen special report includes:

  • Anatomy of a high-performance window
  • How to use NFRC ratings
  • The framework you need to make informed choices on windows
  • Smart strategies that save money

See the complete table of contents

For Educators: Free Green Building Course Syllabus

Sign up for a free campus-wide trial of BuildingGreen Suite and get a sustainable-design syllabus outline.

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Icebox or Oven? What Happens to Interior Temperatures When the Power Goes Out

Author name:  Alex Wilson Blog Category:  Energy Solutions   If buildings lose power or heating fuel, how hot is too hot and how cold is too cold? An elderly woman in New York City trying to keep cool without air conditioning—though with an electric fan.…

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Get Ready for LEED-EBOM with Our Stress Test

Sure, most project teams get points for EAc6: Emissions Reduction Reporting (78% achievement rate in LEED-EBOM 2009). But how ready is your project team for the challenging credits—like EAc3.2, SSc6, and MRc6?
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What does LEED certification cost, credit by credit? "The Cost of LEED" report breaks it down

Looking for LEED documentation? LEEDuser's Documentation Toolkits offer credit-by-credit samples and templates, as well as actual LEED Online form samples

LEEDuser Forum

PI Form 3 occupancy question, transient student vs retail
in PIf3: Occupant and Usage Data
4:29 PM

RE: Scooter Parking
in NC 2009 SSc4.3: Alternative Transportation—Low-Emitting and Fuel-Efficient Vehicles
3:50 PM

RE: Line between consumables and 'process' consumables
in EBOM 2009 MRc1: Sustainable Purchasing—Ongoing Consumables
3:36 PM

RE: E Cigarettes
in EBOM 2009 IEQp2: Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) Control
1:38 PM

Occupant feedback
in EBOM 2009 IEQp3: Green Cleaning Policy
1:30 PM

retention basin and infiltration on site
in NC 2009 SSc6.2: Stormwater Design—Quality Control
12:46 PM

RE: Geometry baseline vs. proposed building performance
in NC v2.2 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
12:20 PM

RE: Modelling Basement Parking
in NC 2009 EAp2: Minimum Energy Performance
11:54 AM

emergency Stairs
in NC 2009 IEQc4.3: Low-Emitting Materials—Flooring Systems
10:53 AM

Definition direct line of sight
in NC 2009 SSc8: Light Pollution Reduction
10:24 AM

10 Tips for Passing the LEED Green Associate Exam

Author name:  Paula Melton Blog Category:  BuildingGreen Talks LEED Despite waiting till the last minute to study, I got a really good score and became a LEED Green Associate. Here’s where I spill all my secrets! Let’s get one thing straight: I don’t usually…

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Three Imperatives to Create the Future of Green Building

Three Imperatives to Create the Future of Green Building

The industry will be in a better place a decade from now if we master these skills.

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“Financial stakeholders’ engagement in and contributions to sustainable development will increase not for altruistic reasons but in order to meet their own interests.”

— Ray Cole, professor of architecture at the University of British Columbia

From Three Imperatives to Create the Future of Green Building
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