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Tomorrow is my last day at FXCollaborative before I head back to school. It has been such a gift to engage with you all over the past 10 years. Please stay in touch - my contact information is ilanajudah@gmail.com. I am headed out to UBC next week to do a deep dive into resilience and adaptation in urban environments.
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Help regarding below...
OSHA, see below link, suggests 6' social distancing for unvaccinated or at-risk workers.
https://www.osha.gov/coronavirus/safework#role-employers-workers
Is your office going to maintain 6' social distancing for your workers? Is the reason above because there are unvaccinated or at-risk workers?... Read more
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We’ve reached the maximum capacity of our venue for the Show-and-Tell next Tuesday at Greenbuild in DC. We also have a full slate of great presentations lined up. Thank you, Perkins Eastman, for hosting!
RSVP is now closed—we're looking forward to a packed house and we won't be able to let folks in who are not on the list.
We can'... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Introducing Fitwel v2.1!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Explain the purpose of the Fitwel standard, including how it advances the goals of health and well-being of building occupants—as well as public health.
2. List nine ways in... Read more
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Hi SCL,
It's my first time posting in the SCL group, as a somewhat new member. I'm grateful for any input you can provide to me!
My company, Nibbi Brothers, is currently brainstorming how to roll out an EV incentive program to employees. We recently polled our staff to get a general idea of where they stood with EV in terms of... Read more
Reports, Courses, Study Guides, Live Webinars
Successfully managing the LEED documentation process requires specific knowledge, tools, and skills that are not covered in the LEED Reference Manual. This CEU course is based on the LEED Project Management course that GreenStep developed and teaches through UC–Berkeley Extension. It is designed for professionals who are somewhat familiar with... Read more
Product Guide
Carpet cushion may emit VOCs or contain halogenated flame retardants that can slough off in dust.
BuildingGreen-Approved Carpet Cushions
BuildingGreen approves carpet backing made from natural materials as well as synthetic commercial products that meet the Carpet and Rug Institute’s Green Label standards.
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For those of you that don't know me, I'm the Director of Sustainability at the Structure Tone organization. Betting that you can guess what my role entails since you're all in similar roles and we've done the introductions a couple of times in different forums...given that I'd like to introduce myself personally.
I live in a suburb of... Read more
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Hi folks,
We've got another timely and engaging webinar lined up! Join Panama Bartholomy and Peter Rumsey for the latest on electrification policy and applications. (As always, if you can't make it at this time that's ok, we'll be recording it.)
Register here to get the link: https://www.buildinggreen.com/peer-networks/webinars... Read more
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All,
My team at WSP has a pretty awesome senior position available and I wanted to bring it the group's attention as we try to get the word out. The role is to lead our Sustainable Design Analytics group (part of our Built Ecology team), ideally based in CA or NYC, but open to wherever good candidates may be. If anyone knows someone that... Read more
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Does anyone have any comparative analysis/reviews of the various energy modeling protocols that includes the 'new' Trane TRACE interface?
Thanks!
Robert Phinney
rphinney@pagethink.com
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Hi SDL,
I'm heading to Greenbuild next week and one of my teammates who's not attending has asked me to look for expo hall vendors who are involved in Design for Freedom. He's starting up a new project that he thinks could be a good DFF pilot and wants to get some manufacturer contacts. Is there any kind of informal DFF meetup happening... Read more
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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 Green Gurus,
We're off to a great start with First Friday Fikas* this year. We've had good turnout and lots of fun. This new tradition continues this Friday at 11:00 am Eastern Time (8:00 am Pacific). We have more fun planned, with prompts to help us get to know each other.
If you registered previously you can use that same... Read more
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Hi Fellow Design Professionals: It would be great if you could participate in this important research on the status of professionals addressing extreme heat.
Thanks.
MAL
Planning for Extreme Heat Survey
Our research team from the University of Arizona and Arizona State University is studying how planning... Read more