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Welcome to the quiz portion of Innovative Products and Technology from the Greenbuild Expo
Learning Objectives
Upon completing this course, participants will be able to:
1. Direct attention to green building products and technologies that show exceptional potential, from a whole-systems perspective, to bring the... 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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Hi Green Gurus,
We have a lot going on this week, and I know it’s hard to keep track of everything, so I’m providing this quick update.
Conveniently, we have also just launched the new Peer Networks Hub on BuildingGreen.com, with a Calendar page where you can see all upcoming events (and a link to recordings of past events). You... Read more
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Know any awesome sustainability leaders within GC or CM firms? They can be at mid-sized or large construction companies—any firm in the ENR top 400 qualifies for sure, others might need some vetting. The key is people who have sustainability as the focus of how they spend their time--either formally by title or otherwise.
We want to... Read more
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Team,
What are the M vs. E vs. P(FP) ratios of fee distribution you use in your company for a commercial office building? How about a residential/hotel?
Best,
Luke Leung
Reports, Courses, Study Guides, Live Webinars
THIS WEBINAR PURCHASE AND REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
Thursday, April 4 at 2:00pm Eastern (11:00am Pacific), and featuring:Katrina Amaral
Timberdoodle Farm
Jacob Dunn
ZGF
Steve Rigdon
Yakama Forest Products
Jennifer Shakun
New England Forestry... Read more
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Are you ready to share the story about your best projects?
AIA COTE Top Ten Awards is a great way to get recognition for your best work and the call for submissions for the 2024 cycle is now open!
The awards cycle has shifted, and the deadline for the 2024 awards is October 26.
So NOW is the time to pull together... Read more
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I'm looking for products that have cradle to cradle documentation, as well as EPD's & HPD's and are red list free. What are your go to websites when you're researching products?
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We are putting together a free guide for firms who have not yet started to figure out what their internal standards are for healthy, low carbon materials/products.
As part of this effort, we are looking to gather from all of you who already have standards - examples and precedent.
Also we are collecting standards from clients/... Read more
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Hi Sustainable MEP Leaders!
As we discussed at the Summit, we are going to have monthly calls to check in and advance our various initiatives. Let's go with the 2nd Tuesday of the Month.
Please join if you can--we have a lot to follow up on! (See the report I posted earlier this week for details.)
Thanks, and have a great... Read more
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Please see the following invite from Professor Alexandra Rempel at the University of Oregon to participate a 15-20 minute phone/Zoom interview and share your experience and/or perceptions on the problems, challenges, and barriers to incorporating into your projects.
This effort is part of an NSF research grant that I am involved in and... Read more
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If you have a moment and are working in the IAQ arena, please consider filling out this survey, and you could also win an AirGradient ONE monitor. (Check my review video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpqYOWLzv7o)
https://forms.gle/ytLcq2dvtGrD2UZY7
I also have access to the results and will happily share the data whenever... Read more
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The Resilient Outcomes Working Group grew from a session at the 2020 Winter Summit in Gulf Shores AL, and we are still going strong. We are currently focused on three primary objectives: 1) bringing awareness to resilient design through a presentation at the GreenBuild 2024 Resilience Summit (we'd love to see some peer network friends at our... Read more
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Does anyone have an opinion of Autocase? https://autocase.com/
I had not heard of this platform before. Their website says that some firms in the group are customers / users. Website does not do a great job of describing exactly what they do. Is there value?
Thanks,
Allen
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