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Welcome to the quiz portion of The Building Envelope: Innovations in Planning, Materials and Budgets (recorded webcast)
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Explain how to make the building envelope of a rehab super-insulated and resilient.
2. Recall innovative... Read more
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from the Tortured by Randomness Department:
Y'all ... I was recently reminded (by Bill Reed) about a lovely quote ... and I'm keen to use it in a talk upcoming ...
Here it is:
Place is a doorway into caring. Love of place unleashes the personal and political will needed to make profound change. It can also unite people... Read more
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Hello Green Gurus, here's a reminder that this webinar is happening one week from today!
Register here.
Planning for Resilience in a Climate-Changed World
Thursday, February 11th, 2021
3 - 4pm ET (12 - 1pm PT)
Description: The world is focused on Covid 19 right now, but the pandemic is just a dress rehearsal for... Read more
Reports, Courses, Study Guides, Live Webinars
The BuildingGreen & GreenStep exam prep materials have been updated to the latest version based on the actual v2 exam. The new study guide and practice exams are now available for your purchase and use in preparing yourself to take the exam.
If you are interested in sharing this WELL AP Exam Study Guide within your... Read more
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Hello lovely Green Gurus!
Just wanted to take a quick second to let you all know how much I've appreciated this amazing network over the last few years. I have taken a position at Amazon Worldwide Sustainability in their Sustainable Buildings group, and while I will be leveraging all of my skills and experience doing much the same thing... Read more
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Hi folks,
For those in the SD Leaders network, here's a reminder about the webinar this Friday at 2:00 eastern time. I hope you can join us!
For other Green Gurus, you're welcome to join in, get a preview of the report, and learn about what happened at the SDL Summit at Gulf State Park, in Alabama (fortunately, NOT near where the... Read more
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Join Brent & Alex to learn what's new and what's been updated in our BuildingGreen Guide to Thermal Insulation, Fourth Edition, including what you should know about:
Performance Health Environmental considerations Building scienceSo much has changed so quickly!
Our 30-minute roundtable... Read more
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Our firm has had some clients that object to the term "Master Plan." We have removed "Master Planning" from our letterhead, where we list our capabilities and have replaced it with "Planning." Although we still find ourselves using it, old habits die hard, especially when we receive an RFP from a client asking for "Master Planning." Once we get... Read more
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Team,
https://www.buildingservicesengineersdeclare.com/
See link above, a group of UK building services (MEP) engineers (like us) signed on above, committed to do life cycle carbon (including embodied MEP) in their work.
Are we behind? Should we match them? leap frog ahead of them?
Best,
Luke Leung
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Product Guide
Lighting can be inefficient and have poor quality, short lifespans, and toxic ingredients.
BuildingGreen-Approved Replacement Lamps and Lighting
BuildingGreen approves a variety of replacement lamps and lighting, including:
Energy Star-qualified LED replacement lamps (or light bulbs), including A19 Edison, screw-in products... Read moreForum topic
Following the summer SDL summit - we formed a spinoff user group called "Carbon Sync" to discuss Life Cycle and Carbon Assessment tools like Tally and Athena. We've had three successful calls with folks sharing a couple 5-minute presentations about various studies and explorations. We have a mix of experience levels - but are collaborating... Read more
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Hello, All! I'm hoping for your help to keep a green roof on a project of ours. We have a large healthcare project in the Midwest that is coming in over budget. To avoid losing our extensive green roof, I'm looking for alternate sources of funding - grants, private sources, etc. Has anyone gone down this path before and have shareable... Read more
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We are excited to open registration for the Sustainable Design Leaders Winter Summit 2020! This year’s Summit will take place Jan. 29th - 31st, 2020 at The Lodge, Gulf Shores, AL. The Summit agenda will be shaped by the collective group feedback given in the upcoming pre-summit survey. The Summit begins Wednesday evening (usually 5pm) with a... Read more
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Testing web-to-lead to existing contact in Salesforce.
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Hi SD Leaders: I'm writing to get your help identifying any experts or projects where all-electric HVAC solutions are being implemented in a large new build healthcare/patient care setting. The client has raised concerns about the reliability of an electric re-heat system and its ability to promptly respond to temperature controls. They also... Read more
Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of Green Building Product Certifications: Getting What You Need.
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Differentiate between a standard and a certification.
2. Describe "greenwashing" and list at least two ways to spot it.
3.... Read more
