Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of Behind the Logos: Understanding Green Product Certifications.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Explain certification basics: standard development, the degree of separation between the certifier and the company whose product is being certified, and... Read moreForum topic
Hi folks - update here for our FUN saturday night "show"!! What a great way to start the year and celebrate new beginnings!
The Lighter Side of Green will air THIS coming Sat night at 7pm with Anne Hicks Harney MC'ing - check out the link to see the roster of amazing talent and log on for great tunes, humor, camraderie and community! ... Read more
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For those of you working in jurisdictions with both prescriptive and performance-based commercial energy code pathways, roughly what percentage of your projects are using the performance pathway? How do your project teams decide which pathway to follow?
In Minnesota we are seeing very few projects pursuing the performance pathway,... Read more
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Hello Green Gurus!
ILFI’s annual Living Future Conference is coming up, so we thought we might host a (virtual) Show & Tell session of 5-minute versions of peer network members’ presentations like we often do in conjunction with Greenbuild. First we want to see if this is of interest to you all. Please take 30 seconds to let us know... Read more
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Does anyone know about temporary flushout equipment that could be used to augment a building's systems to get additional CFM of OA during construction? For our non-laboratory type projects the flushout period ends up being too long, especially in either humid summers or frigid winters (Pennsylvania).
Hoping that some of you on either... Read more
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Extremely proud to say that the just-announced winner of the international 'Next Generation Facade' design competition is a team led by the 2017-18 EDR Research Fellow, Liz McCormick. The facade normally separates inside from outside. What if the 'facade' was a place you occupied, where you worked? What if different parts of the facade... Read more
Reports, Courses, Study Guides, Live Webinars
In this live webinar on the sustainability of wood construction, we tap the expertise of leaders in the field and look into three main issues:
The importance of certification The complex issue of embodied carbon Wood legality:... Read moreForum topic
Hello Green Gurus,
Back at the retreat in March 2021 (does anyone remember back that far?), we formed an Air Quality Working Group with members from SDL, SMEPL, and SCL. Drawing on our collective experience, standards, research, and other resources, we began navigating the murkiness of indoor air quality considerations. We came up with a... Read more
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Hi everyone,
We’re excited to announce that registration for the Spring 2024 Sustainable Construction Leaders Summit is now open! Join us at Perkins&Will’s Atlanta office on May 6th, the day before the Living Future Conference. Register early to save your seat, and feel free to reach out to me with any questions at amanda@... Read more
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Hi,
There is a Blog section on the BIT User site. Will you have a blog post in time for launch? Or should we hide that section to begin with?
https://live-bituser.pantheonsite.io/blog
Andrea
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Hi folks,
I wanted to let people know about this webinar--I've heard it's good. If you do catch it please let us know what you think. Jason has offered to do a private version for our Peer Networks as well--I'd love to know how interested people would be in that opportunity.
November 14, 2019 from noon to 1 PM Pacific Time
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Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of "The Potential of Prefab: How Modular Construction Can Be Green"!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
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I was talking to Nadav recently about job posting opportunities through Building Green and/or through the Peer network. He shared this topic has been discussed in the past, and thought I should send a question out to the network. I am guessing many of you are looking for talent right now too? Wouldn't it be cool to know people of have been... Read more
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I am dual posting a topic from the SDL forum in the Green Commons. Sorry to those who see this twice but I'm trying to cover more ground.
The first post from Mike Manzi ...
SDLers,
Great to see many of you at Greenbuild! It was nice to have the opportunity to remind everyone how our collective energy continues to make a... Read more
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If you have a moment and are working in the IAQ arena, please consider filling out this survey, and you could also win an AirGradient ONE monitor. (Check my review video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpqYOWLzv7o)
https://forms.gle/ytLcq2dvtGrD2UZY7
I also have access to the results and will happily share the data whenever... Read more
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Hi folks,
A few of us at SERA recently connected with a couple of women in the tech industry who are looking to solve sustainability issues with new software. They're in the "problem definition" phase and are eager to hear from SDL members about the big issues around operational and embodied carbon that we're tackling. See below and... Read more
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HI MEP Leaders,
Related to our thread about equipment needed for decarbonization, I have a question about what new or improved equipment is already available now that you're excited about.
Every year we at BuildingGreen publish (and present at Greenbuild) a listing of the Top-10 new and exciting products. Our focus this year is on... Read more