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With extensive environmental science research background, Elene Drosos provides contemporary commentary on the current climate affairs. She contributes up-to-date trends and shifts in regulations in major green building issues such as LEED and natural disasters. Her passion is to strive for biophilic design where native landscapes can dominate... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of When Passive House Goes Big!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Evaluate the main barriers to achieving the Passive House Standard on a large, urban project.
Identify design strategies for successfully and cost-effectively achieving the... Read more
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Whether you're selecting windows for a 99-unit condo project or for a single-family home, you're making a choice your client will have to live with for years, maybe decades.
And no matter how large or small... Read more
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Hi all,
I'm excited to announce that LHB (my 250-person multidisciplinary firm located in Minnesota and Wisconsin) is hiring a full-time Regenerative Design Leader. I thought this might be helpful for those of you looking for example job descriptions for your own postings, or if you are looking to make a move (we do have an office in... Read more
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Hey All,
I just received this from AIA MA. How fantastic would it to have a bunch of Green Gurus on the ICC Development Team! Is anyone on here already on it?
From AIA MA:
The International Code Council (ICC) is now accepting applications to serve on the Code Development Committees to develop the 2024 editions of the... Read more
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My firm recieved an invitation to this event in March. Wondering if anyone has any insight on Metropolis Mag events or if anyone here plans to attend. Looking forward to connecting!
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Hello Everyone,
Here is the 2019 SCL Demographics Report, thank you to everyone who submitted responses. Enjoy!
The SCL Salary Survey Report will be coming next and please note that the Salary Survey is only distributed to those who participated.
All the best,
RoseAnn
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Hi all - many of you have been involved in our project to crowdsource the best building performance graphics and make them searchable and freely available. After redesigning the website for functionality and bi-monthly (instead of annual) competitions, we are launching our first of these Challenges: Daylight + Glare. Upload a graphic or three,... Read more
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consider supporting Varun Kohli for AIA Board At-Large seat
If you are a voting delegate for the AIA, please consider casting a vote for my friend and COTE colleague, Varun Kohli, FAIA; he's running for the At-Large seat on the AIA national Board of Directors.
Varun is a former COTE Leadership Group member and he understands... Read more
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Sages - see below for what was posted in the SDL forum
seems this topic needs all of you - to guide, critique, move, question
nadav forgive the blend posting but I dont know who sees what, and the SAGES are the bomb on this kind of troublemaking
thoughts all?
PFAS is in everything and you – Please join
Hello... Read more
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Greetings Gurus!
Please sign up and spread the word (even if you can't attend, sign up and get follow up info!)
This is one of a series of Hackathons to crowdsource alternative design details that are intentionally meant for disassembly! The outputs are meant for public consumption so that anyone who doesn't have time (that's... Read more
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A colleague of mine from another firm is seeking a good sustainability consultant in North Carolina. I haven't done work in that part of the country so I'm wondering who you all would recommend.
Thanks,
Carolyn Day
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Are there any built or in design, Net Zero ALL-ELECTRIC Life Sciences building(s) that you can name for me? I'm looking for precedents, as we consider designing one.
Thanks,
Harry
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I'm looking into using solar shingles as a roofing option for a historic building renovation. Has anyone used them before and have any recommendations? I understand they won't be as efficient as traditional panels, but I'd like to figure out if it would be a worthwhile compromise to discuss with the historic commission, if necessary. Thanks... 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
Quiz
Welcome to the quiz portion of Can Concrete Save Us? Locking Up Carbon in Building Materials
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Explain current strategies of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS).
2. Detail how concrete offers another possible pathway to... Read more