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Charlotte has been the lead customer service representative at BuildingGreen for 25 years.
Having been involved in the nuts and bolts of customer service and accounting throughout various phases of the company’s development, Charlotte’s historical knowledge is immensely helpful to BuildingGreen’s staff and customers. Customers know her... Read more
Product Guide
Evaporative coolers use far less electricity than conventional refrigerant-cycle air conditioners and they operate without the use of refrigerants, both features that make them attractive for green buildings. However, their suitability is limited to drier climates, and most products use significant quantities of water.
BuildingGreen... Read more
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Register now for the next two quarterly SCL calls, brought to you by members of the Steering Committee! These calls are just for SCL members, topical for construction leaders, and hold space for us to learn directly from each other. See you there!
Everything You Wanted to Know About EVs, but Were Afraid to Ask
Monday, March 7th at... Read more
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Both Z Smith and Lois Vitt Sale have been notified that they have been elected to the College of Fellows of the AIA, class of 2018.
Please join me in congratulating Z and Lois, and post here if you know of others who can now carry the FAIA label.
Well done guys!
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Looking for a recommendation for architectural renderings who would be interested in doing some work for a Direct Air Capture project. A friend is working on a project with Deep Sky and I'd love to make a connection to someone(s) affiliated with the network, if possible.
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Sustainability leadership has requested that you take this quiz to help assess sustainability literacy across the firm. Your own results will be presented to you at the end of the quiz but will not be shared with anyone else. Only aggregated, anonymized results will be available to others.
Please don’t do research to inform your answers... Read more
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The current Stantec/BuildingGreen featured topic is Material Health. Read on to learn the essentials, and then dive deep to earn CEUS.
Also see the Resilient Design featured topic, and also a survey of topics trending in Stantec’s regions.... Read more
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Hello Sustainable MEP Leaders!
Here at BuildingGreen we are excited and looking forward to creating a valuable and engaging online summit with you all for 2020!
You can Register Here as well as review important information. The dates to mark on your calendars are June 9 - 11, 2020.
This is a crazy time, full of uncertainty... Read more
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Good morning. If you're worried like I am by today's new IPCC Report and would like some helpful explanation I recommend reading climate scientist Zeke Hausfather's lengthy Twitter feed summarizing key aspects with graphics. It's here https://twitter.com/hausfath/status/1424642708291821569?s=21
of course we need to see this as an even... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Choosing Insulation: High-Performance Wall Assemblies – Unit 3.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Describe key environmental and performance factors for insulation materials.
2. Recount bottom-line insulation material... Read more
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Hi folks,
It came up on the Regional Leaders call this week that many people aren't aware that we added a link to the BuildingGreen Communities in footer of BuildingGreen.com. So if you want an easy way to get to the forum page, other than clicking on a link in an email, there it is! (Thank you, Stephen Endy!)
The footer has a... Read more
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Hello Green Gurus!
Thank you to all who joined the cross-networks adventure that was the Sustainability Leaders Week: 2021 Summit-Palooza, all of us at BuildingGreen were so glad to share that time and space with you all.
We have been receiving a few questions about next steps, here are a couple details we wanted to share with you... Read more
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Hi Gurus,
LMN is embarking on a 17-part series to explore a more comprehensive carbon metric via summaries of various topics with lots of link. This dovetails with many other efforts in the industry and will reference all the best stuff that we are aware of...such as MEP 2040, SE 2050, CLF stuff, Epic tool, CARE tool, Arch 2030... Read more
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Mark your calendars Sustainable MEP Leaders!!
Here are the details to save the date for the 2020 MEP Summit:
Date: June 9th and 10th, 2020
Location: Stantec Office in Denver, CO
Schedule Outline: Tues. 9th beginning with Lunch at Noon, ending Wed. about 3pm
Gather and learn from your peers! Share your challenges... Read more
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Currently, the BIT User site is fully accessible without having to log in (unless you want to edit or add content, of course). The time has come, however, to start restricting access only to logged-in users.
Which sections will be freely visible, and which will be visible only to registered users? Here's what I recall from our earlier... Read more
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My company is looking for ways to introduce and train employees on jobsite recycling and composting. There is definitely a culture shift that needs to change in order for it to happen, but we are looking for any success stories to help us on our journey.
1) Has anyone been successful in setting up recycling/composting programs for... Read more
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Hi Sustainability Leaders,
(Note: this post was edited to correct Jen's affiliation and to add Rob Winstead.) Please join me and the BuildingGreen team in congratulating the Peer Network members of the USGBC 2023 Class of LEED Fellows!
Geoffrey Brock, IPS-Integrated Project Services, SCL
Heather DeGrella, Opsis... Read more