Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of Seal, Tape, Gasket: A Sticky Search for Better Materials.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Choose the best means of achieving barrier continuity for any given application.
2. Assess a joint sealant's service life and product... Read more
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Hello, all! I'm working on an in-depth article about adaptive thermal comfort. I'm looking for interviewees who have real-world experience of working with ATC on a project, including occupant feedback. If you have that kind of experience, I'd love to hear from you!
This is happening on a very tight timeline, so please get in touch with... Read more
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Hello Green Gurus,
Want to make your virtual meetings wildly effective, connective, and fun? This fall we are delighted to partner with Julie Huffaker from Deeper Funner Change to bring you a series of 5 online workshops that will teach you skills to improve all your virtual meetings.
Julie brings more than 25 years of experience... Read more
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Hi folks,
As you've no doubt heard from us by now (several times), in lieu of Summer Summits this year we're offering a combination of events this fall. Our series kicked off last week with a great Regional Mini-Summit in Boston. Regional events like this were in our plans before COVID blew everything up, so this one was a long-time... Read more
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Hello All,
I'm supporting a project that is pursuing Green Globes and trying to get familiar with its content. I'm hoping someone might have experience with the program and be able to provide direction toward products that have an OESR. From what I've read, this is a material ingredient disclosure type report, based on ASTM std. E3182-... Read more
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Hello Green Gurus,
I wanted to take a moment and introduce myself as I am new to the group. My name is Tim Pranaitis and I am the co-chair of the newly-reformed sustainability committee at Steffian Bradley Architects in Boston, MA. As a newer member of my firm, I have been tasked to re-start and grow our sustainability committee which... Read more
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Hello Everyone,
Happy Monday, here is the link to the 2019 SDL Summer Summit Report!
Enjoy,
RoseAnn
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As promised at the SDL Summer Summet: Hennepin County Energy & Environment's new Project Manager’s Guide to Material Reuse in Commercial Buildings, with specification language, guidance for procurement, and case studies of successful reuse projects around the country. This resource is meant to help owners, architects, and contractors... Read more
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Hi all,
I just wanted to post a quick message to introduce myself to the group. My name is Jeff Geisinger, and I'm an architect with Utile in Boston. We're a 50-ish person firm with a pretty broad project base, including affordable multifamily housing, institutional buildings, commercial interiors, and urban planning/public realm work... Read more
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Friends of EPIC –
Hey, everyone. As some of you might have heard, we’ve been working for a while with Autodesk to get c.scale (the data model behind EPIC) built into Forma – Autodesk’s AI-powered planning tool. Forma is packaged within Autodesk’s AEC collection and most firms using Revit should already have access. This integration is... Read more
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Hi Everyone. Hope you and your families are all healthy and safe.
We are starting to figure out how we are going to implement the Contractors Commitment at my company, and we're using the opportunity to simultaneously set corporate wide and jobsite metrics and goals for sustainability tracking.
Each year we issue a sustainability... Read more
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The ReUse Map created through the Material Flows Working Group is live and got some great traction at Greenbuild (Thank you Nadav and Barbara!).
To keep the map relevant and updated, we'll be looking at how to fund the maintenance of the map, the best ways to get the word out and looking at writing a white paper. If you want to be part... Read more
Quiz
Sustainability leadership has requested that you take this quiz to help assess sustainability literacy across the firm. Your own results will be presented to you at the end of the quiz but will not be shared with anyone else. Only aggregated, anonymized results will be available to others.
Please don’t do research to inform your... Read more
Product Guide
BuildingGreen recommends low-emitting acoustic ceilings that do not contain formaldehyde resins or PVC coatings. Look for those that have C2C Silver or Gold certifications, are Declare Red List Free, and are third-party certified for low emissions using CDPH Standard Method. We also prefer wood ceiling products with FSC certification. The... Read more
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Hi all,
We have a newly constructed, core/shell project having some hot water issues in the core restrooms.
There is a 0.35 Toto lav installed throughout. The hot water heaters are adjacent on each floor, located in the janitor closets. We did the math, and there could be a gallon of water standing and cooling in the pipe between... Read more
Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of The Death and Rebirth of DC Power.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Explain when and how to integrate DC power into buildings, and the benefits of doing so.
Understand the history and background of AC and DC power in the U.S.
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Reports, Courses, Study Guides, Live Webinars
Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) reporting is an increasingly common expectation throughout financial sectors, and the real estate industry is no exception.
This live webinar with our friend Chris Pyke, Ph.D., a senior vice president... Read more