Dates Announced for LEED 2009 Launch, LEED AP Exam
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced that LEED 2009 (including the new LEED Online) will launch officially on April 27, 2009. The same date will see the transition of LEED project registration and certification to the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), the third party that also administers the LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP)...
Sustainable Design: What Do Europeans Know That We Don’t Know (But Should)?
U.S. and Canadian Building Teams that fail to figure out how to use the kinds of technologies and innovative design approaches already in place in Europe are going to fall behind competitors who do. By Jerry Yudelson, PE, MBA, LEED AP Read full article: Building Design and Construction
The 10 Dumbest Green Buildings on Earth
While any structure built in a way that lessens its footprint is welcomed, some of the buildings that people try to turn green simply make no sense. LEED certification, in all its greatness, does not take the building’s intended purpose into account; this leaves us with some hilarious, unabashedly self-contradicting buildings. Here are the ten...
Incorporate Passive Survivability into Building Codes
I thought of passive survivability as a smart design criterion that could provide another motivation for creating energy-efficient and environmentally responsible buildings. In a future of more intense storms that could cause extended power outages, with an ever-present risk of terrorism that could target energy distribution networks, and with higher energy costs and the prospect...
CASCADIA introduces Trim Tab
Trim Tab – the magazin for transformational people + design. Every three months, CASCADIA will publish this online magazine awash with provocative articles, interviews and news on the issues, designs, and people that are truly transforming the built environment. CASCADIAs mission with Trim Tab is to incite deep discussion and inspire the real solutions that...
Olympic Oval showcases sustainable Wood
British Columbia is facing a massive environmental catastrophe and a huge economic opportunity. Designers of a venue for the 2010 Winter Olympic venue are highlighting both in its green built venue. As much as one-third of British Columbia’s forests have been decimated by a pine beetle infestation according to the city of Richmond, BC, which...
Green Insurance Products allow Building Owners to transfer Risk
More and more insurers see opportunities to increase revenues, reduce risk and enhance their reputation by offering products and services that reward environmentally “friendly” clients. These are particularly focused on green buildings. Such products could have significant environmental benefits, as buildings are responsible for 38 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions and existing technologies can...
Green Outlook 2009: Trends Driving Change
By all accounts, we are mired in a construction market downturn, with one notable bright spot–the growing demand for green buildings–driven by demonstrable economic benefits. Research provided by McGraw Hill Construction’s SmartMarket Report, Green Outlook 2009: Trends Driving Change, shows the residential and non-residential green building market more than doubling by 2013, reaching between $96-$149...
Sustainable Design Enrolls at Autodesk University
This year’s Autodesk University is getting a darker shade of green, from sustainability-focused classes to event practices that encourage reducing and reusing. The four-day design software conference, running this week in Las Vegas, will include almost 20 classes focused explicitly on how to use software to bring sustainability to the design process and to actual...
Green building starts soar
The value of green building construction starts increased substantially between 2005 and 2008, according to a report released Nov. 19 by McGraw-Hill Construction. The report — based on data found in the McGraw-Hill Construction Network and released at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston — shows green starts totaled between $36 billion and...
EnergyPlus Version 3.0 Available
The latest release of the EnergyPlus building energy simulation program, Version 3.0, was completed on November 13, 2008 and is now available in versions for both the Windows and Linux operating systems. (Macintosh version will be available within a few days.) EnergyPlus V 3.0 is available at no cost from the EnergyPlus web site: www.energyplus.gov....
Dutch homes get warm water from disused coal mine
Disused for more than 30 years, a Dutch mine that once yielded polluting coal has been revived as a source of greener energy — heating household radiators using warm water flooding its abandoned shafts. … Read full aticle at France 24.
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