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Does anyone have a draft copy of the ASHRAE 209P standard? It has not been finalized? See an overview of it here from IBPSA 2016 summer meeting.
The 209 committee plans to release it for a 3rd public review and hopes to finalize it in late winter or early spring. I'm just trying to track down one of the earlier verisons of the document... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Downscaled Climate Data: Where to Get It and How to Use It.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Define “downscaled climate data” and understand where to find it and how to apply it in modeling to achieve greater environmental sustainability and... Read more
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As I prepare to search for summer interns, I'm wondering what colleges and universities have programs for sustainability in the built environment. Are there any that you all know of? I am trying to find alternatives to the traditional architecture programs that we track. Thanks
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What general forums do you want (in addition to the Best Practice forums)? On LEEDuser we have "Forum quick links" in the left sidebar that cover general topics:
https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forums
For example, you could have:
General questions Using BITbuilding.organd any other category that isn't restricted to a... Read more
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Hello Everyone,
Here is the information and invitation to complete the SCL Demographics Survey! If you have multiple company colleagues on this forum (you can check in the group list here click "Group members" tab), please coordinate to have only one of you submit survey responses.
If you would you like to gather your answers... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of How to Spot Greenwash--A BuildingGreen Webinar.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Understand the characteristics of quality standards and certifications to help screen out greenwash.
2. Recognize strengths and weaknesses of... Read more
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Hello All,
Through a regional School of Architecture, our firm has been connected with a very intriguing startup that has been engineering a new rooftop wind energy technology. They are developing a system to economically capture the increased wind flows at the edges of commercial building rooftops. They have engineered this system,... Read more
Product Guide
Plug loads—the energy consumed by plugged-in devices—can use a substantial amount of the total energy in both residential and commercial buildings.
BuildingGreen-Approved Controls
BuildingGreen approves products that monitor and reduce electricity use for plugged-in electrical devices.
Plug Loads and Energy Conservation... Read more
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Hi,
I believe a while back there was communication about a hard hat recycling program. Does anyone have any information about a hard hat recycling program? The contractors in the midwest have finally switched to the new style of hard hats with the chin strap and are requiring all subcontactors to comply by July 1, 2024. I'd like to... Read more
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I am excited to announce that BuildingTransparency.org just launched downloadable specs and associated guidance that a couple of us have been working on for a few months. Here is the EC3 announement:
Today we are happy to announce that downloadable project specification language has been added to the plan and to the "Resources/Documents"... Read moreForum topic
Join us for the Peer Networks-exclusive version of this Greenbuild presentation!
Register HERE.
A New Standard in Facade Design
November 30th, 2020
1pm - 2pm ET (10am - 11am PT)
Description and Presenters: Current façade design focuses more on operating carbon (or energy), even when embodied carbon is accounted... Read more
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I am looking for anyone that specializes in this area, see the principles below.
http://universaldesign.ie/What-is-Universal-Design/
We have looked at HOK's Neurodiveristy document which is great. Are there other resources like this, or other designers/consultants you have worked with?
TIA
Kristen
Kristen... Read more
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Hi all, we're looking for a West Coast Regional Sustainability Specialist if you know of anyone who might be interested! They would be part of our amazing firmwide Sustainability team, and could potentially be based out of LA, Costa Mesa, San Francisco, Oakland, or Seattle. Please reach out if you know of anyone who might be a good fit, I'm... Read more
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For those at Islandwood for the Summer Summit this week, we have this post-Summit meeting opportunity with James Connelly and Kathleen Smith from ILFI. This is one in a series of "Living Building Leaders" meetings, at which architects who support LBC get to collaborate with ILFI on how scale up LBC adoption.
Here's the agenda for this... Read more
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I'm curious if anyone can share their strategy on indoor air quality for the return to office. Is this something that is prioritized at your firm from a wellbeing standpoint and with the current health crisis at hand? Lendlease is looking into options to safeguard our employees/occupants as we move back into the workplace and I'm researching... Read more
Reports, Courses, Study Guides, Live Webinars
If you don’t spend your “day-to-day” in the healthy materials space, it’s hard to create strategy and align your company to meet your customers' (what seems to be) ever-changing asks and project goals. This... Read more
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Greetings Gurus!
Please sign up and spread the word (even if you can't attend, sign up to get follow up info!)
This is one of a series of Hackathons to crowdsource alternative design details that are intentionally meant for disassembly! The outputs are meant for public consumption so that anyone who doesn't have time (that's... Read more