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We are excited to open registration for the Sustainable Design Leaders Winter Summit 2020! This year’s Summit will take place Jan. 29th - 31st, 2020 at The Lodge, Gulf Shores, AL. The Summit agenda will be shaped by the collective group feedback given in the upcoming pre-summit survey. The Summit begins Wednesday evening (usually 5pm) with a... Read more
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Hello Green Gurus!
Here are the details for the upcoming Peer Networks webinar, The Beneficial Intersection of Energy, Resilience and Health.
REGISTER HERE! Hope to see you there!
The Beneficial Intersection of Energy, Resilience and Health
April 30th, 2020
2pm - 3pm ET (11am - Noon PT)
How can three... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Boost Happiness and Save Energy with Adaptive Thermal Comfort!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Define “adaptive thermal comfort” and explain how it can contribute to occupant health and satisfaction.
Compare the adaptive comfort model... Read more
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Hello friends,
We are embarking on calculations to quantify avoided embodied carbon from converting an old school building into a multifamily project and I wanted to vet our methodology with you.
Our idea is to first establish a benchmark for a new replacement multifamily building based on published studies. We have found a few... Read more
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Hi everyone! I saw that BuildingGreen won't be faciliating a meet-up in Atlanta but are there any other peers attending Living Future next week and want to self-organize? If we can find a venue - i wonder if there are any locals on this list with a recommendation? Could do Wednesday 7-8:30 between the two scheduled reception and after-hours... Read more
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I wanted to make sure that everyone saw this. Next Friday is a launch webinar for the Commitment.
Introducing the Contractor’s Commitment November 13th, 2020 3pm - 3:30pm ET (12am - 12:30pm PT)
This webinar will mark the launch of the Contractor’s Commitment as a pilot program for 2021. We’ll give a brief overview... Read more
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Hi folks!
Do you have examples or case studies of projects with compelling examples of circularity/salvaged material reuse? We’re looking to go beyond the examples we've seen of furniture reuse or creating art from salvaged material, and we’d like to collect some examples to get our client excited about the possibilities in a deep... Read more
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Hello SDLs,
I'm fairly new to the group, joined in November and I must confess to being a total wallflower here, having gone almost 6 months now without introducing myself. I am an Architect with Dyer Brown Associates in Boston, MA where I head up our firm's sustainability efforts, as well as devote a fair amount of time to '... Read more
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In case you need a good inspirational cry today: https://youtu.be/tzL79SUBzgg
Really and truly, it's stuff like this that lets me know we're going to be okay.
Aley
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I am very interested to understand the deployment of LED temp jobsite lighting on a national level. I think this all goes back to the low emitting jobsite.
1. Does your firm utilize temp jobsite lighting on your projects?
2. Is this every project or a percentage of projects?
3. In your state or area is it prevalent, one... Read more
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All,
I think there may be more than a few people interested in an article I co-authored titled Comparative whole building life cycle assessment of renovation and new construction. It is now available in the journal Building and Environment. Fortunately we have a link that gets you past the paywall that is good for 50 days. If you have... Read more
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Hello SDLs!
Here are presentations from last week's 2018 SDL Summer Summit Show & Tell Presentations.
Best,
RoseAnn
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Welcome to this practice session for the LEED AP v4 exam, and good luck!
All the exam questions and explanations that follow were authored by Alex Spilger, LEED AP BD+C of GreenStep Education, and are provided in this BuildingGreen "exam simulator" through a special partnership with GreenStep and with our friends at the Poplar Network.... Read more