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Hello Green Gurus!
Here are the details for an upcoming Peer Networks webinar, Strategies for Streamlining Sustainable Materials.
Save the date! The registration link will be posted shortly.
Strategies for Streamlining Sustainable Materials
September 24th, 2020
2pm - 3pm ET (11am - Noon PT)
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Hi. Happy Monday! Will BG create the BIT-user intro video found on the landing page? Do we partner on it, or should Southface plan to provide it? Thanks.
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Better Steel, Lower Impacts!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Understand the process of how steel is made.
Recount how the U.S. steel industry has been improving its environmental footprint, while improving product performance.
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Testing web-to-lead to existing contact in Salesforce.
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SCL group,
I have aquaintances at a new startup called Dumptd that is launching a platform to make it easier to order waste solutions online while providing tracking and reporting options. They are looking for beta test projects. If you are interested, contact Clayton (below).
Thanks,
Scott
Dumptd is an early stage... Read more
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Hi all,
As discussed in our monthly meetings, we are assembling an industry push to expand the availability of embodied carbon data for MEP equipment. Our first steps are to send a letter to industry announcing a call to action and future educational webinars on the topic. In a similar manner as the electrification letter by the SMEP... Read more
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Hi folks,
I’m sorry to be so last minute with this. LEED v5’s second public comment period ends TOMORROW (Monday, Oct 28). As it currently stands, LEED has eliminated its preferential support for FSC over other forest certification programs and is silent on climate-smart forestry.
I’m hoping that the Climate Smart folks in this... Read more
Product Guide
Good HVAC instrumentation and control systems improve occupant comfort, save energy, and help prolong the lifespan of the equipment.
BuildingGreen-approved
Products approved by BuildingGreen include occupancy sensors, programmable thermostats, digital controllers, wireless systems, and other equipment that help monitor and control... Read more
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Curious if folks know of any resources on hempcrete, specific to durability. We have a one-story carbon-neutral operational energy project where the design team and client have bought into the aesthetics and carbon-sequestering potential of hempcrete, and amazingly it is looking to be no more expensive than a more typical concrete wall... Read more
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I'm looking to draft some one-page briefs for my consulting engineers to outline what we would like to see in their specs regarding certain materials and systems. For example, letting the plumbing and civil engineers know that we prefer to eliminate PVC pipe and want them to specify alternatives like Polypropylene, cast iron, ABS, etc. The idea... Read more
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Hi all. Not to poach from your awesome firms, but FXCollaborative is hiring a Sustainable Design Specialist. Here is the job posting:
Sustainable Design Specialist - FXCollaborative, Brooklyn, NY, US
Please send any great candidates my way!
Thanks,
Dan
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Our Green Team is holding a Biophilic Design workshop on Earth Day with our own staff for biophilic interventions within our office space. We are referencing the Biophilic Design Guidebook from LBC but it will be a shorter time frame, about 1.5 hours total. Last summer we introduced biophilia to the office through the exercise where each person... Read more
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As many of you already know, Hanson Wade is starting a NEW conference this year on Advancing Construction Decarbonization. It is being held in-person July 19-21 in Denver, CO and looks to be a great program.
The organizer of the conference contacted us to see if more SCL members might want to be speakers--so if you're interested in... Read more
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Hey there hive mind,
Anyone have any CxAs in the Bay Area that they'd particularly recommend? I have a project in need.
Aley
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BITuser Meeting: 5/23/18
Participants: Shane, Andrea, Angela
Notes:
Southface to provide "style tiles" before 6/15
Greg to send to Andrea, couple dozen images for Best Practice pages
Southface will send, in week to 10 days, "full content" for BP03 - Energy Audit
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