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The Cost of LEED v4
PDF Report
With LEED v4, the U.S. Green Building Council did a “reboot” of the LEED rating system. Every credit category is filled with reinvented or completely new credits and prerequisites. The new LEED emphasizes an integrated process over checking easy credit boxes.
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LEED Project Management- Preliminary LEED Assessment Module
LEED Project Management Course
In this module, participants will learn how to perform a preliminary LEED evaluation, also called a preliminary LEED ‘Charrette’.
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LEED Project Management- Indoor Water Use Reduction Module
LEED Project Management Course
This LEED-specific course is for professionals who are somewhat familiar with LEED but are looking to gain a deeper understanding of the unique processes involved with managing a LEED project.
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Re-forming the Building Industry: Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
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People from marginalized communities are shockingly underrepresented in the U.S. building industry. It’s past time to change that.
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LEED Project Management- Project Schedule & Timeline Module
LEED Project Management Course
In order to successfully contribute to a LEED project, it is important to have an understanding of how the LEED process integrates within a typical design and construction schedule.
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LEED Project Management- 3 Module Combo
Multi-Course Module
This full course is designed for professionals who are somewhat familiar with the LEED Rating System, but who are looking to go beyond the basics to gain a deeper understanding of the unique processes involved with managing a LEED project, including documenting several of the most common credits from start to finish.
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Building Re-Entry with Arc
Webcast
Arc Skoru’s Chris Pyke explains Arc Re-entry and how it integrates with CDC and WHO recommendations, LEED pilot credits, the WELL Building Standard, and other frameworks.
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Saying Goodbye to the Office—and Hello to Housing
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The way we use (and don’t use) our offices is irrevocably changing. But what are we going to do with all these vacant buildings?
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Is Using Smart Glass Smart?
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Electrochromic glazing holds the promise of less glare and better energy efficiency with fewer attachments. The reality is much more complicated.
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Smart Glass- A Panel Discussion
Webcast
Arm yourself with knowledge about the potential uses and drawbacks of smart glass, and consider whether the products have improved enough to be used in your next project!
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We Must Decarbonize Existing Buildings by 2050—but How?
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Curbing carbon emissions requires that we address our vast stock of existing buildings. Here’s how to make the case and get it done.
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Integrative Process: Pathways to Performance and Regeneration
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An integrative process can streamline workflows and drive higher performance. But if you do it well, it’s so much more.
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ESG Deep Dive: A Virtual Roundtable
Webcast
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) programs and reporting platforms are changing how companies do business—including how they think about their building portfolios. These programs, along with emerging public policy, are driving more and more organizations toward decarbonization and other sustainable development goals.
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LEED and Life-Cycle Assessment in Buildings
Webcast
Life-cycle assessment (LCA) is a way of understanding the environmental impacts of something, starting with raw material extraction and ending at a landfill or recycling plant. You can use LCA to identify the hot spots—that is, the worst impacts of the thing you’re analyzing—so you can reduce or eliminate them.
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On-demand Webinar- The Integrative Process: A Virtual Roundtable
Webcast
This intermediate-level webinar is for people who know something about the integrative process and are ready to deepen and broaden their knowledge and practice—and perhaps even change their firm's culture.
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Getting Low-Carbon Concrete into Your Next Project: A Virtual Roundtable
Webcast
In this one-hour deep dive, we’ll speak with industry experts on current and potential low-carbon concrete technologies, how to track concrete’s embodied carbon, and how to specify viable low-carbon concrete.
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Keeping PFAS Forever Chemicals out of Building Products
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Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have been linked to negative health and environmental impacts. Getting them out of our building products is going to require work.
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Wood: Is It Still Good? Part Two: Moving from Carbon to Climate
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Mass timber at scale could make climate change worse. Instead of embodied carbon alone, “climate-smart” practices focus on our increasingly fragile forests.
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Build Green on a Budget: Lessons from Affordable Housing
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Sustainability doesn’t have to cost more—and no one knows that better than affordable housing experts. But every project type can benefit from these 12 cost-reducing ideas that support people and the planet.
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Constructing Change: The Contractor’s Commitment
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The Contractor’s Commitment to Sustainable Building Practices calls on construction firms to practice green building. Here’s why the whole industry needs to get behind it.
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Build More or Build Green? Affordable Housing’s False Choice
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The housing crisis is also a climate crisis and a social equity crisis. If we change our ways, we can address them all at once.
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Assessing Climate Hazards: The First Step in Resilient Design
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The tools for conducting a multi-hazard exposure analysis are available if you know where to look.
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Boost Happiness and Save Energy with Adaptive Thermal Comfort
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Adaptive thermal comfort is an emerging practice designed to save energy while keeping occupants more satisfied.
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Biobased Building Materials: the Hype, the Hope, the … Hemp?
Webcast
This webcast explores the promising future of biobased materials in commercial construction.
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Affordable Housing or Green Housing? We Can Say Yes to Both
Webcast
Yes, available funding for building and rehabilitating affordable housing is inadequate—but that’s all the more reason to get this right when we get the chance.
