Product Guide
Early laminate flooring had problems with premature surface wear, moisture damage, and hazardous formaldehyde emissions—and some products may still have these problems.
BuildingGreen-Approved Flooring
Laminate flooring products listed by BuildingGreen have high recycled content (greater than 70%) or FSC-certified content and:... 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
Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of Resilient Design—Smarter Building for a Turbulent Future.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. List three motivators for resilient design and at least three actions that address each motivator.
2. Explain why climate change isn't our... Read more
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Hi all,
I'm posting this on behalf of Wyck Knox of our office. He can be reached at knox@vmdo.com:
"I’m on the editorial board of the Green Schools Catalyst Quarterly, the only peer reviewed journal dedicated to sustainable K-12 schools. (http://catalyst.greenschoolsnationalnetwork.org/gscatalyst)
One of my tasks in that... Read more
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Hello Green Gurus!
Here is a [LINK] to an updated version of the letter, including all the signatories we had as of last Friday - thank you all!
This message is really geared for your firm's social media/communications team, so if you aren’t that person, please share this message with them! With that said, all of you (whether your... Read more
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Hi SD Leaders!
I'm Nadav, president at BuildingGreen and facilitator of the Sustainability peer networks. I'm really excited to finally have this network for champions from smaller firms up and running!
I do a lot of workshop facilitation, design process support, and consulting and training related to sustainable products. I... Read more
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There seems to be a slight glitch in that it was posting Seonhee's picture (love Snoopy!) for the post that Duane sent in - is that correctable?
**Just noticed that you can click on the "Edit" tab on the post and correct (e.g. mis-spelled names (Sorry, Seonhee!).**
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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 moreBasic page
Is your team working on a LEED v4 or WELL project?
Finding products for these projects is daunting, and even when you find products you believe will meet the requirements, you have to know exactly... Read more
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Hello Sustainable MEP Leaders!
I have an exciting announcement today, fall Peer Network events are now open for registration! You can see all the event details and register here!
Based on feedback we received from past events and the most recent surveys, we decided against doing one long week of events for this fall and instead... Read more
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Hi all,
I'm curious how various firms are approaching their own office projects, re green building certifications. I'm especially interested in medium-large firms that have multiple offices, but policies and processes from small firms may still be instructive.
Do you have a firm-wide policy or is it a case-by-case thing? Has... Read more
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Hi Everyone,
It has been great to see the discussion forum gaining traction as a tool for us all.
When we met for the first time at Greenbuild last year, we mentioned that one of the goals of the group was to have an annual in-person meeting where we could strategize on how to improve our roles, our companies, and the industry... Read more
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Hi MEP Leaders,
A reminder that our monthly call is next Tuesday, June 13, at 2:00pm ET, and all network members are welcome to join!
Here is the agenda and below is the Zoom link:
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83598691786?pwd=MjI2S01yZUJRSG4zcXRBNWtPbE5RZz09
Meeting ID: 835 9869 1786
... Read more
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Hello to all,
Are you familiar with examples of commercial kitchens using all induction / all electric cooking, without gas or other fossil fuels?
For a dining hall for 1800 students, we are interested in precedents.
Thanks!
Tamar
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Posting at the request of Sara Bayer of Magnusson Architecture and Planning, who will soon join this group:
"In our quest to achieve Passive House EUI levels in all of our multifamily projects in a healthy manner, we are encountering pushback on the one item that is not really code min just yet (in NYC) and adds real cost: ERV’s. Our... Read more
Product Guide
Most products sold as “ceramic tile” are fired at lower temperatures and are less durable.
For porcelain tile, BuildingGreen starts with the Green2 standard for sustainable tiling—ANSI A138.1 American National Standard Specifications for Sustainable Ceramic Tiles, Glass Tiles, and Tile Installation Materials. This is a multi-attribute... Read more