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What a great first day!
Here are the slides from the show and tell presentations last night at SOM's office; everyone who presented with slides has given approval to share them.
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Hi everyone!
If you will be attending Greenbuild 2023 or live in the DC area, please join us for a Show & Tell!
When: Tuesday September 26, 6:30-9pm ET
Where: Perkins Eastman, 1 Thomas Cir NW #200, Washington, DC, 20005
Please sign up here to present/attend. Beverages and refreshments will be served. We look... Read more
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I am excited to share with you the final draft of the letter back to LP50 manufacturers. The LP50 manufacturers sent their “Closing the Loop on Product Transparency” to design firms earlier this year. For more background information, please check out Chris Hellstern's original August 20th post on this Green Gurus forum. When we posted the... Read more
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Congratulations to Jill Kurtz for her Building Design + Construction 40 Under 40 award! A much deserved recognition.
Meet the 40 Under 40 class of 2021 | Building Design + Construction (bdcnetwork.com)
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Hello friends. For the past two years, we at EHDD have been building a low-carbon design tool to support carbon neutral design at the earliest phases of building projects. Today, the Early Phase Integrated Carbon Assessment (EPIC) is ready for public launch! Many of you have been part of our closed beta test, and today we’re happy to open 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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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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What do you specify for the laboratory countertop? Are there any healthier options I should suggest to my team? Thank you!
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Hello all,
Our firm recently signed onto the Material Pledge and while there is no reporting requirements at this time we are wondering how other architectural firms are, or plan to, report projects.
Thanks for any insight that can be shared!
-Dave
Portal
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
Reports, Courses, Study Guides, Live Webinars
THIS WEBINAR PURCHASE AND REGISTRATION IS CLOSED.
ESG is the hottest acronym in green building right now. But let’s be honest: most people are flying by the seat of their pants.Most—but not all.
Four experts... Read more
Product Guide
Good HVAC instrumentation and control systems improve occupant comfort, save energy, and help prolong the lifespan of the equipment.
BuildingGreen-approved
Products approved by BuildingGreen include occupancy sensors, programmable thermostats, digital controllers, wireless systems, and other equipment that help monitor and control... Read more
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We are looking for someone early in their career to take over our green building certifications (mostly LEED). They will also be helping our office build expertise in other certifications, keeping up with green building ordinances in our markets, and (hopefully) help me answer all those questions about energy codes.
They do not need... Read more
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Hi folks,
Some of you have seen me do a 5-minute presentation on an initiative to divert urine from wastewater. That team is now developing a building-scale urine treatment technology with support from the National Science Foundation's Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) award.
In order to learn more about the sustainable... Read more
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Hi All,
USGBC MA is doing a study on the cost of net zero energy buildings in MA. I’m wondering if you all have any data to share on plug loads in ZNE projects. I’m looking for single family res, 2-4 unit residential, +/- 60 unit residential, 10-12 story office, and k-12. The engineers have presented initial results and their... Read more
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Hello all,
Does anybody know of a substitute for Ecotect's solar tool? I use it to very quickly test shade options and I love how I can easily test horizontal and vertical elements, tilting and rotating them. I can have a window with the façade on one side and the sun path with the shadow mask on the other side. It is easy to use and... Read more