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All,
A bit of a short notice, but the Tally team is hosting a webinar tomorrow (1/16) from 1-1:30 EST on the Tally to EC3 integration. It's an incredibly powerful workflow for generating real reductions in embodied carbon and has us pretty excited. We expect a lively group of attendees and will be answering any questions from the... Read more
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As some of you know, BuildingEase is the first (FREE) platform focused on building products that combines a workflow tool, waste exchange and marketplace (yes, you actually buy it all right from the site!).
The platform saves tons of hours, major headaches and streamlines workflow within a firm and across a team.
We are going to... Read more
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Hello MEP Leaders,
Happy 2022! Here's your reminder that our virtual meetup for this month is coming up next Tuesday, January 11th at 2:00pm ET.
All members of the network are invited to join! The agenda for the call is available here.
Join Zoom Meeting
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83598691786?pwd=... Read more
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Wanted to let everyone know that Nadav and I are very excited about gathering in Las Vegas for our very first Summit of the Small Firm SDL peer network! We'll meet Wednesday afternoon, June 5, for a 4-hour concentrated session from 1:30-5:30 in Room N205. Here's the agenda. A group of us will be meeting on Tuesday to refine the content and flow... Read more
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Hi SDL: I'm working on a presentation and would love to highlight a completed and/or unbuilt project that seriously incorporates climate change projections in the design. Any scale would be great. It's becoming abundantly clear that we need to be doing this for any building that will be around for even a few decades. In fact, the insurance... Read more
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Hi all,
I have a project where we are providing the main sustainability lead role, but are in need of an LBC sub to provide additional expertise (and fulfill a contract requirement). We are ideally looking for someone who has experience with more than one project that has completed the process, and especially for (large) commercial... Read more
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Hi, folks! Posting on behalf of an individual outside of the networks. Are you seeking a sustainability and materials specialist in-house? This candidate great qualifications, including:
LBC Materials Petal vetting experience – check! tallyCAT – check! Experience training teams on rating systems and internal organziation goals – check!... Read moreForum topic
Financial literacy and speaking with clients on their terms. Guiding Questions:
Anyone have success stories? How do the financial considerations differ for developer work vs. institutional work vs. non-profit work vs. publicly funded work? What resources are available to assist? How have others talked to clients about costs? What has... Read moreForum topic
Hi all,
Thanks for your patience as we've finally compressed this video file enough to upload it onto the forum. You can watch the recording of "Are We There Yet? A Sampling and Exploration of Project Process Diagrams" here.
Enjoy!
-Amanda & the BuildingGreen team
Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of Re-Framing Sustainability: Green Structural Engineering.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. List at least three design approaches to green structural engineering.
2. Recognize two issues that would encourage owners to invest in... Read more
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Hi SDLers-
Like many of you, I have found myself involved in our firm’s nascent Social & Racial Justice working group. Our group is laser focused on advancing BIPOC and is seeking to understand more about approaches our firm can take on advocacy, transparency, and training. They are interested in hearing about specific approaches... Read more
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Colleagues
It has been my great pleasure to serve the AIA's COTE Top Ten review process, both as a main juror and, most recently, as one of the technical review team. I have specifically reviewed the Discovery and Energy measures for the past few years. I will be serving again on the 2021 team. The AIA has already received many more... Read more
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reposting Arathi Gowda -
https://communityhub.aia.org/blogs/arathi-p-gowda-aia/2024/12/17/cote-ad...
The Advocacy team (part of the AIA COTE leadership group) would like to amplify actions the USGBC has gathered to defend the IRA. As you may know, the IRA is a bipartisan bill with 63,000 infrastructure projects starting nationwide... Read more
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Hi, I've been following the copper piping discussion and am wondering if copper piping has been a problem in greywater systems. We've used Aquatherm to some extent in greywater treatment.