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Welcome to the quiz portion of Doing Daylighting Right.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Explain occupants' needs and habits when it comes to daylighting.
2. Recognize at least three recent mistakes in daylighting design and their respective alternatives going... Read more
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Hi folks,
Any of you who have completed WBLCA for projects - we are working on a new initiative with the City of Cambridge (building on our prior work NZ Climate Action Plan) but this time focused exclusively on embodied carbon.
We have not yet begun the work - but they have an opportunity to make a move on this on Tuesday and... Read more
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Hello SCL,
Quick reminder to sign up for our SCL Summit in May! True to usual form, we ask what’s important to YOU before we finalize an agenda. In the next couple of weeks, we will be sending out a draft agenda and asking for your feedback. Sign up now so your voice will be heard. Initial ideas so far have included:
Refining our... Read moreProduct Guide
Exterior paints, stains, and primers—particularly alkyds—can have very high volatile organic compound (VOC) levels and can contain numerous chemicals of concern.
BuildingGreen-Approved Coatings
BuildingGreen lists exterior coatings that meet the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s (SCAQMD) VOC requirements of 50 grams... Read more
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Hello SDLs!
Here are presentations from last week's 2018 SDL Summer Summit Show & Tell Presentations.
Best,
RoseAnn
Reports, Courses, Study Guides, Live Webinars
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As more and more architects, designers, contractors and owners demand transparency surrounding human health impacts in the built environment, manufacturers need short cuts and tools to meet the call of this demand.
This webinar is intended to educate manufacturers about the market demands for creating... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Finding Products for LEED v4 and v4.1!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
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The Sustainable Construction Leaders peer network brings together the most committed sustainability directors from leading construction companies throughout the U.S. and Canada. We invite you to apply for membership.
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We are growing our Design Performance Group at NBBJ! We're looking for two special people right now: a senior sustainable material consultant and a senior energy analyst. Help us design the next generation of healthy, low impact buildings - this is a chance to impact across the scale of our global company and build a better future! Know anyone... Read more
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Hi All,
The rural concrete supplier that is used for most of our projects sources their fly ash from a nearby coal burning plant that is scheduled to be closed in the next two years. In anticipation of this, they are looking into alternative fly ash sources and SCM options and we'd like to provide suggestions.
Does anyone have... Read more
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Join your peers and BuildingGreen February 22–26, 2021 for an all you can eat buffet week of networking, problem solving, and connecting with sustainability leaders within your industry and across the Peer Networks! During this week we will create a space for you to offer and receive support, exchange ideas and resources, and become stronger,... Read more
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Great meeting everyone and very excited to work with you all. Reminder about Tuesday night's homework assignment to support Sachin's efforts to upgrade the quality of our AE pipeline: tell us why you got into this business.
While I was an undergraduate engineering physics major*, I had a partime job at a farm implement manufacturing... Read more
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Hi folks,
With all the build-up to Greenbuild (don't miss the Tuesday Show-and-Tell if you'll be in town!), I nearly forgot about another opportunity, coming up sooner! A bunch of us will be in Cleveland in early November for the first Building Resilience conference that BuildingGreen is helping to organize with ILFI and the Resilient... Read more
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Who all is implement 360-degree reviews as part of their employee review process? Lake|Flato is thinking of implementing this and would like to talk to a few other firms who have experience they would be willing to share. Please contact me if you'd be up for a short email discussion or phone call to discuss. hholdridge@lakeflato.com
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Hello Friends,
With my "AIA 2030 Commitment Working Group" hat on, one of the efforts I have undertaken is a campaign to create a "pull" in the market, rather than (only) the sweaty "push" we all take on every day, trying to build a better world.
I believe that if we can help clients (building owners) articulate clearer... Read more