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Deep Dives
Get up to speed on complex topics. You can also earn CEUs and download PDF Spotlight Reports.
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Pest Prevention: Steps Designers Can Take
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Integrated pest management (IPM) design strategies can reduce structural damage and unsanitary conditions, and improve our community’s health.
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20 Ways to Advance Sustainability in the Next Four Years
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https://www.thuleenergystorage.com/In this age of political revolution and environmental urgency, it’s time to step back and take a look at priorities, challenges, and opportunities
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Work Globally, Design Locally
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In today’s global economy, American architects work on six continents—but that doesn’t mean they should all have identical glass towers.
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Why Schools Are Embracing Net-Zero Energy
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Schools are leading the way in net-zero energy, but some designers question whether these goals create the best learning environments.
Quick Takes
Jump straight to the essentials with these short explanations of green building concepts.
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Energy Performance: Learn the Lingo
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The AIA 2030 Commitment and many other programs require project teams to predict and report on energy use. Here are the key terms you’ll need to get the job done.
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Building Decarbonization: Learn the Lingo
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Building decarbonization 101 for architects, engineers, and sustainability consultants cutting emissions from building materials and operations.
Product Guidance
Unbiased information from our product experts helps you separate green from greenwash.
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Infrared Cameras Provide View of Building Performance
Product Review
Infrared cameras are valuable, non-invasive tools for diagnosing potential problems in buildings and electrical and mechanical equipment.
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Foamglas Insulation: A Great Option for Below Grade
Product Review
Foamglas is a highly durable, noncombustible, cellular glass, rigid boardstock insulation material that can be used in a wide range of applications, including load-bearing and below-grade. Because it contains neither flame retardants nor blowing agents that contribute to global warming, it is an attractive alternative to extruded polystyrene for green building.
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Modular LED Lighting Enters the Mainstream
Product Review
Modular LED lighting systems by Bridgelux, Cree, GE, Philips, and Xicato allow the LEDs to be changed without requiring replacement of the entire fixture.
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Recovering Heat from Commercial Kitchen Exhaust
Product Review
The Halton Heat Recovery Unit captures heat in commercial kitchen exhaust to pre-heat incoming make-up air, reducing the HVAC demands on the kitchen. Optional domestic water heating loops and air-cooling coils are also available.
In The News
We break news down to the essentials and provide expert analysis.
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Passivhaus Windows, Made in the U.S.A.
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Canceling the "Ban" on Fossil Fuels? Bill to Clarify 2030 Targets
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Efficiency advocates have taken opposite sides on the Shaheen-Portman energy bill. Will a new compromise bring them back together?
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2015 Energy Code Could Back Off on Envelope Requirements
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Mechanical tradeoffs may once again give builders more flexibility to bring a building up to code.
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New Revit Plug-In to "Tally" Building Life-Cycle Impacts
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The new tool aims to help architects with whole-building LCA calculations for LEED v4 right along with their BIM process.
Perspective
Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.
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Learning Resources
Syllabus supplements and CEU content, with automatic reporting for AIA and GBCI.
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