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Hi all and Happy New Year: I'm writing to make sure that you're aware of the USGBC's call for members for a new LEED Resilience Working Group. See below. The deadline is coming right up - Please pass this along to others you may think of in the topic areas they identify below.
Thanks
Mary Ann
I wanted to let you know... Read more
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Hi Gurus!
This query just came from GSA via the Large Firm Roundtable. It seems that one way we can help is simply to route this to the best concrete and asphalt suppliers we know of, so they can respond.
Can you pass on some information to the large firms sustainability roundtable? GSA, and the White House, just announced new... Read more
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Hi Everyone!
Does anyone have a good resource for whole-building embodied carbon benchmarks broken down by building use and building category (structure, foundation, envelope, interior)?
I know of CLF’s 2017 Benchmark Study (great resource!) and the One-Click LCA study on European Buildings but are there any others? I know many... Read more
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Happy Earth Day! I'm sharing the results of our office Earth Day Mind Map, a collaborative event lead by our Green Team with office-wide participation. https://mm.tt/1471242441?t=4c76rJLKXz
We are celebrating with a virtual happy hour later today and will use the Mind Map to generate conversation and sharing.
I would love to hear... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of The PVC Debate: A Fresh Look.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Examine the actual cost-effectiveness of PVC in terms of quality.
2. Explain what makes PVC a health hazard.
3. Recognize market effects of PVC's durability and... 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!
I am working with a state agency who is interested in exploring performance contracting (primarily energy focus, but not necessarily limited to...) and it's been a while since I had heard of others implementing this (GSA, some universities).
Do any of you out there know of current/recent owners executing performance... Read more
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Greetings Heat Pump Water Heater (HPWH) advocates!
We have an opportunity to advocate to the US DOE on behalf of HPWHs!
Geoff Wickes is an emerging technology product manager for NEEA (Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance) currently focused entirely on HPWH technology, policy, and market adoption (and in full disclosure: also a... Read more
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Hi Green Gurus!
Reaching out on behalf of the SDL "Expanding material re-use and including more people in the process" action group from the summer summit. (official name TBD - aka inclusive & circular economy, sustainable materials management, zero waste, deconstruction & reuse, etc.). In a nutshell ...unpacking where building... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Driving to Green Buildings: The Transportation Energy Intensity of Buildings!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Define “transportation energy intensity” as it relates to buildings and understand its impacts on the environment, human health, and... 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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Green walls provide an important connection to nature in urban settings.
BuildingGreen-Approved Green Walls
We approve green wall systems designed to:
improve the thermal performance of a building by creating shade and an air space between the plants and the building mitigate stormwater runoff (much like green roofs) reduce... Read moreForum topic
Hello SCL,
If you didn't attend last week's SCL Summit, then I'll sum up one of the major takeaways: SCL members NEED TO COMMENT ON LEEDV5. The stakes are high, particularly around waste.
Luckily, Amanda Kaminsky is making it easy for us. She has drafted a sample comment based on our discussion at the Summit.
If you have... Read more
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Steve Baczek, R.A., Reading, MA Bob... Read moreForum topic
Hi folks,
There are a few Peer-Network related opportunities at the AIA Conference on Architecture, and it's coming up soon (June 4-8)! If you'll be in town, I hope you can join us! And if you're speaking at the Conference, let us know--whatever people in this network are talking about is likely to be super-interesting to the rest of us... Read more
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Hello Sustainable MEP Leaders!
BuildingGreen is already hard at work planning next year's MEP Summit. We are looking at venues in Denver, CO and dates in late May or early June.
In order to book a venue, we need to nail down dates soon. Please fill out this Doodle poll to let us know which of these would work for you. All of the... Read more