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Hi folks,
We often hear from you with a suggestion of someone who would be great for the network, and a question about how to refer them. We've now made that easy, with three steps laid out in an Outreach Toolkit that's posted in the left margin of the Member Directory.
So, if you're thinking of someone to invite or come across... Read more
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Friends,
Do you know someone early in their career who would love to work with me at BE+? We are looking for someone with great graphic skills to take on our communications role. Unfortunately Atelier Ten swooped my latest hire from me before she started. Clearly I'm a bit biased and think it's a great opportunity for someone with a... Read more
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Testing web-to-lead to existing contact in Salesforce.
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Good Morning everyone. i just wanted to send Congratulations out to the new class of fellows, with a shout out to Jonathan Weiss, Paul Hutton, and Ramana Koti.
Well done Gentleman!
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Virgin materials can come with major environmental impacts from mining, petroleum extraction, or irresponsible logging practices.
BuildingGreen-Approved Site Furnishings
All approved products contain some post-consumer recycled content, with several boasting 90%–100% overall recycled material. Wood products are responsibly sourced... Read more
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Dear Colleagues,
The EPA has released a very impressive proposal for ENERGY STAR specs for residential water heaters that will strongly encourage electrification and decarbonization of these appliances.
ENERGY STAR is a voluntary program for high performance appliances and this is a huge opportunity to begin the decarb transition... Read more
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Has anyone found any options to recycle safety vests, or discovered an upcycling option for them? We are about to replace all of our vests company-wide and will have thousands that we don't want in the waste stream and we don't want to be reused as safety vests. Any thoughts or ideas would be great!
Thanks and I hope everyone is... 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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Sustainability leadership has requested that you take this quiz to help assess sustainability literacy across the firm. Your own results will be presented to you at the end of the quiz but will not be shared with anyone else. Only aggregated, anonymized results will be available to others.
Please don’t do research to inform your answers... Read more
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I hope this post finds you all well. Some news to share. I have recently made a decision to leave Thornton Tomasetti with an eye toward finding another opportunity to use my 30+ years of green building experience, education, and advocacy to have an even larger impact on climate change. I am going to move slowly to ensure my next chapter is the... Read more
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The current Stantec/BuildingGreen featured topic is Material Health. Read on to learn the essentials, and then dive deep to earn CEUS.
Also see the Resilient Design featured topic, and also a survey of topics trending in Stantec’s regions.... Read more
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Hi Everyone!
I'm Emily, GCI General Contractor's Sustainability Manager in San Francisco. Nice to meet you all.
I started with the company in 2013 and since then we've doubled in employees. I have been handling sustainability solo, until about 8 months ago, when we hired Alejandra Arce Gomez full-time to help manage the... Read more
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I am the Moderator of the 2023 Strategic Council and the call for nominations for the 2024-2026 Strategic Council at-large representatives has just been released. I would encourage any interested parties to apply for this position.
The Strategic Council’s purpose is to develop ideas to inform future needs and opportunities for the... Read more
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Welcome to the quiz portion of Mind the Gaps: Making Existing Buildings More Airtight!
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
Identify key performance problems related to leaky building enclosures.
Examine the benefits of making existing buildings more airtight, such as... Read more
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I know that there is a risk of starting a whole flurry of congrats through the forum, but this is a biggie, and deserves some recognition:
Congratulations Andrea and Melanie!! Huzzah!!
And a reminder--If you want to reach out to them privately, rather than through the forum, with your message, you can see anyone's email address by... Read more
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Hello Sustainable Community Design Leaders!
I have an exciting announcement today, fall Peer Network events are now open for registration! You can see all the event details and register here!
Based on feedback we received from past events and the most recent surveys, we decided against doing one long week of events for this fall... Read more
