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Welcome to the quiz portion of Resilient Design: 7 Lessons from Early Adopters
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Recount the ten resilient design principles.
2. Recount each of the seven fundamental messages embraced by the model practitioners.
3. Describe... Read more
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Hi all,
I've been working on a LEED project in California for months and our energy modeler wants to use the LI 10480 Title 24 2019 pipeline to demonstrate compliance under LEEDv4. Only problem is, I've never done it that way before, and our modeler and I are consistently speaking in different languages. Anyone done a project under this... Read more
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Hi folks,
Our next private webinar is coming right up:
Fusion of Design + Performance: How Payette Was Recognized As AIA Firm of the Year
Tuesday, February 12, 1:00 pm EST
Payette is the first AIA Firm Award recipient to have been nominated jointly by the Committee on Design and Committee on the Environment. Z Smith... Read more
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Hello Green Gurus,
We’re always trying to improve this online space, from adding an events calendar and 5-minute presentation recordings, to creating a filterable member directory. We have several other ideas in the works, and we’re looking for a group of Peer Network members to help us test them before they go live.
Requirements... Read more
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Hey, all. Confirming the forum index on the front side of the pay wall will be searchable. Thanks.
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Someone made a tombstone to mark Internet Explorer’s end-of-support date
https://www.engadget.com/internet-explorer-tombstone-175433997.html
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Rethinking the All-Glass Building.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe eight reasons all-glass buildings are so popular in architecture today.
2. List the four elements Arup examined in their modeling of the effect of... Read more
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Hi all,
I am on the planning committee for the National Adaptation Forum, which is an excellent conference (this will be the 6th annual) that has relatively little representation from architecture and engineering audiences. Our municipal and agency clients, as well as private sector, tend to attend this conference for climate adaptation... Read more
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Has anyone used the new 3M Smog-Eating Granules on a roof before? Malarkey and Soprema are offering this as an option for their roof shingles. Seems like a great technology for urban areas, but I'd be curious to see if anyone here has actually successfully specified and installed it.
https://www.3m.com/3M/en_US/roofing-granules-us/... Read more
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We are working on a large, commercial, LEED project in the Wash DC area, and the Construction Management firm needs LEED administrative/documentation assistance on their end of the process. The construction is underway but the CM lacks the staff.
Can anyone suggest a LEED consultant in the DC area that can work for the CM -- managing... Read more
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Please share your thoughts in preparation for our monthly call this Thursday (call info below).
Given these items that are changing at AIA, are any of them motivating changes within your firm? If so, how? If not, why?
1. Awards criteria now includes COTE Measures of Design Excellence
2. Code of Ethics now includes rule on... Read more
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For those of you who I haven’t met yet, my name is Amanda and I just joined the BuildingGreen team as the new Peer Networks Administrator. It’s great to be here! I’m joining BG with a background in food justice education as well as rescue animal care. All of my prior experience has involved collaborating with small teams and working towards a... Read more
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THIS WEBINAR REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
A Free LEEDuser Coffee Talk occurred on Tuesday – September 19 – 1:00 to 1:45 p.m. Eastern (10:00–10:45 a.m. Pacific)Point: Green building is all about the environment—not social justice.
Counterpoint: The green building movement must ensure that the benefits... Read more
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Hey Team,
Has anyone had experience either taking or delivering a Carbon Cure CEU that ISN'T from Carbon Cure? We have a project for which Carbon Cure is a really good option to reduce embodied carbon, but the client has now started having second thoughts and we're looking to get them a CEU on it that isn't from Carbon Cure directly so... Read more
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Hi all,
I have asked a few of you in this list, but thought I might expand the question to the wide group.
To ensure that your firm will be able to collect post-occupancy energy data from your completed projects, have any of you included language about sharing energy data during operations in an owner agreement/contract? We have... Read more
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SERA Architects is pleased to invite you to join a discussion with Paul Hawken about his new book, "Regeneration".
Kira Gould and I will be the hosts on September 28, at 3:00 PM Pacific Time.
Please register in advance for this free event with this link:
https://lnkd.in/gCMY4TTn
Product Guide
Some plasters have extremely high embodied energy or petroleum-based ingredients.
BuildingGreen-Approved Plaster
Products approved include:
natural lime plasters wall coatings made from ingredients such as clay, sand, and cellulose products with high recycled content those with minimal material use some with other compelling... Read moreQuiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of Introduction to WELL Certification: On-Demand Webcast.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Identify the Seven Concepts within WELL.
2. Describe the differences between WELL and other frameworks such as LEED & Fitwel.
3. List... Read more