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Have any of you come across aqueous ozone product for hand sanitation? https://www.3oescientific.com/
This company is selling to hospitals/schools. May indeed be awesome, but so many "totally safe" products are proven not to be. Curious if this group has seen it or have looked at it's claims.
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Hello Green Gurus!
The open Peer Networking Meetups that began when Covid-19 struck and we were all suddenly working from home have proven their value. In consultation with those who were on the last few calls we’ve decided to make them a permanent, monthly event.
Feel free to join us if you’re interested in connecting with folks... Read more
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Hello all,
I am reaching out to this community as SMMA has a job opening for a Sustainable Design Analyst (like many of you recently posting job openings on this forum).
Here is the job posting link: https://smma.applytojob.com/apply/mah0aDkOJ0/Sustainable-Design-Analyst
Please note that this position will support... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Passive House on Campus: Eight Exemplary Projects!
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Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Explain the primary reasons that higher-education projects are pursuing Passive House certification, including its impact on the environment and occupant health... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Measuring Energy Use in Buildings: Do Our Metrics Really Add Up?.
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Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Explain the differences between site energy, source energy, and energy cost.
2. Summarize three ways in which source energy can... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Raze or Retrofit? Six Extraordinary Answers to an Everyday Question.
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Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Understand how the embodied impacts of renovation compare to those for new construction.
2. Provide three reasons why building... Read more
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Hey Peer Network! Curious, if we can crowd-source a solution here for the pervious pavers at our Omaha office (climate zone 5A). Apparently over the years we've tried to add different kinds of fill here (gravel) but it keeps... disappearing. Any recommendations with either a replacement product or fill item?
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Hi Everyone - I hope this isn't a repeat topic. We are starting to get familiar with TallyCAT at SAR+ and have a few people testing our projects in it. Is anyone willing to help us troubleshoot or share lessons learned? We're running into a few errors and wonder if our Revit models and workflow are the issue, or if we need to be doing something... Read more
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Asking for a colleague:
"Have you ever had a large number of fire retardant tarps used to temporarily enclose a building during construction? Do you know of any solutions for recycling/reusing them or another product that doesn't use toxic fire-retardants that meets the performance criteria?"
I think we've all seen poly or fabric... Read more