Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of Changing Building Design Priorities for a Changing Electrical Grid!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Define a “Highly Variable Renewable Energy” generation asset, or VRE, and understand how VREs can most effectively contribute to the... Read more
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Has anyone found/used a non-PVC peel-and-stick countertop film? Working with a client on a corporate renovation, and while we've been able to find a non-PVC product for the kitchen cabinets, I can't seem to find one that works for horizontal surfaces. And they're looking for a cost-effective and quick-turnaround solution so don't want to... Read more
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Kelly provides administrative support to BuildingGreen projects, including major contracts as well as event planning, and logistics coordination for BuildingGreen’s network of sustainable design leaders. Among her projects, Kelly coordinated a large tri-state regional economic development project focused on the green goods and services industry... Read more
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Hi folks,
Oregon’s ZERO Coalition is looking for responses to the question below on local policy for electrification, and I thought tapping this group would be helpful.
Are you aware of any local governments outside of Oregon that are promoting or enforcing electrification?
Berkley, CA is one example that as of Jan 1, 2020... Read moreForum topic
Hello Sustainable MEP Leaders!
BuildingGreen is already hard at work planning next year's MEP Summit. We are looking at venues in Denver, CO and dates in late May or early June.
In order to book a venue, we need to nail down dates soon. Please fill out this Doodle poll to let us know which of these would work for you. All of the... Read more
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The prepublication version of the AGC playbook is online now. I just stumbled on this this morning but thought it would be great to get eyes on this early and start a discussion here on any of the included guidance. Happy Reading, excited to follow the discussion!
AGC Playbook on Decarbonization and Carbon Reporting in the Construction... Read more
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I am looking for anyone that specializes in this area, see the principles below.
http://universaldesign.ie/What-is-Universal-Design/
We have looked at HOK's Neurodiveristy document which is great. Are there other resources like this, or other designers/consultants you have worked with?
TIA
Kristen
Kristen... Read more
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Hello!
I'm curious what other firms like to use to run site-specific sun path and wind path analysises that is relatively intuitive to use and generates good graphics. We have used the climate consultant software for wind roses which is free and simple. We've also used sefaira but we're hoping to crowd source more resources. We purchased... Read more
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What general forums do you want (in addition to the Best Practice forums)? On LEEDuser we have "Forum quick links" in the left sidebar that cover general topics:
https://leeduser.buildinggreen.com/forums
For example, you could have:
General questions Using BITbuilding.organd any other category that isn't restricted to a... Read more
Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of The BuildingGreen Guide to Insulation!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
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Hello Everyone,
Here is the information and invitation to complete the SCL Demographics Survey! If you have multiple company colleagues on this forum (you can check in the group list here click "Group members" tab), please coordinate to have only one of you submit survey responses.
If you would you like to gather your answers... Read more
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Building Green is the longest continuous running green building publication in the world. Its originator, West River Communications, was founded in 1985 as "a company that would translate technical information on energy efficiency and other environmental topics for the public and building... Read more
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Has anyone used a commercial heat pump water heater for a large protect? I have found a few manufacturers for this technology, but want to make sure this is a viable and cost approach to electrical eliminate gas on a path to all electric.
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HGA is collaborating with the University of Minnesota Climate Adaptation Partnership (MCAP) to research how the AE industry is currently using climate projection data, and what they need in order to grow their use of data. MCAP is currently producing a set of dynamical downscaled climate projections for the state of Minnesota and unlike other... Read more