BuildingGreen Bulletin: Buildings On Ice — July EBN

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The July 2009 issue of Environmental Building News (EBN) is now available online!

Quote of the Month
"This is a huge opportunity that continues to be missed." —Doug Reindl, P.E., Ph.D., on thermal energy storage (membership required)

This Month's Feature Story
Buildings on Ice: Making the Case for Thermal Energy Storage. Thermal energy storage uses ice to shift daytime cooling loads to nighttime, when electricity costs are lower. You may be able to reduce the size of chillers as a result, saving money and energy and lowering the environmental footprint of a building. (membership required)

This Month's Primer Thermal Bridging. When one material conducts heat much better than materials around it, can reduce the effectiveness of insulation to a surprising extent.

News in This Issue
· Standard 189 Close to Complete
· The Level on BIFMA's Furniture Certification (membership required)
· Green Schools May Get a Boost in 2009 (membership required)
· Restrictions on Widely Used Chemicals Sought
· USGBC and CCI Partner to Promote Green Urban Development (membership required)
· BuildingGreen Launches LEEDuser, Providing Help for LEED Certification

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Featured Product Review
Convia's Energy-Management Platform. Convia and Wiremold have partnered to provide a modular, highly adjustable energy distribution infrastructure and reporting tool. (membership required)

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Case Study Highlight
University of Denver College of Law. Unlike many projects that are submitted to LEED with a "point buffer" to achieve a given level of certification, this project was submitted with only the 39 points it needed to achieve LEED Gold certification. The project achieved all 39 points.

Check out more case studies in the High Performance Buildings Database...

BuildingGreen.com Blog
· 13-Story Apartment Building Tips Over. Sideways.
· Trade Contractor Management for High Performance Homes
· Considerations of Insulating Concrete Forms (ICFs)

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Upcoming Green Building Advisor Webinars (Free!)
· Smart Strategies to Market Your High Performance Homes, July 14
· Inspiring Sustainable Residential Interiors, July 21
· Delivering on our Promise: Sustainable Solutions to Achieve our Climate and Economic Goals, July 29

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