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USGBC Massachusetts: February 2015
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The USGBC Massachusetts Chapter "promotes the design, construction, and operation of sustainable buildings and communities in Massachusetts." Here, we showcase what the community is up to: who we are and what we do. Friday, February 27, 2015. Zero Net Energy Buildings Re-Cap. So what are they again? Uildings (or ZNEBs) are most commonly defined as buildings that produce as much energy as they consume on an annual basis (this energy must be renewable). The fourth way of defining ZNEBs concentrates on emis...
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Thoughts from The Green Engineer | Reflections on Buildings, Energy and Sustainablity | Page 2
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Thoughts from The Green Engineer. Reflections on Buildings, Energy and Sustainablity. Newer posts →. Question from a friend. September 14, 2010. An architect friend asks: “Chris you’re a mechanical engineer. Can you explain why there are so few [HVAC] firms that really perform well (meaning green, on time, conscientiously and well coordinated)? 3) It’s actually really complicated. We’re trying to integrate lots of pieces of equipment from different manufacturers, not necessarily designed to work toge...
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Best of Greenbuild 2011 – Master Speaker: Amory Lovins | Thoughts from The Green Engineer
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Thoughts from The Green Engineer. Reflections on Buildings, Energy and Sustainablity. Old Emails Live Forever →. Best of Greenbuild 2011 – Master Speaker: Amory Lovins. November 6, 2011. My introduction to integrated design and systems thinking came from the work of Amory Lovins and the Rocky Mountain Institute. So I was thrilled to see he was on the GreenBuild agenda as a Master Speaker, and was not disappointed by his talk. Lovins introduced two basic concepts, both critical for integrative thinking.
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The Green Engineer, Inc. | USGBC Massachusetts Chapter
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Skip to main content. Green Building Showcase- 2016. Healthy Materials Summit- 2016. Green Apple Day of Service. Green Building Leadership Center. A Practical Guide to Renewable Energy Terms: What are PPAs, Virtual PPAs, and RECs? By Ritchie Lafaille, Office Fellow. September 2, 2016. Join us at the Advocacy Round Table. By Ritchie Lafaille, Office Fellow. September 1, 2016. USGBC opens LEED Lab in India. By Ritchie Lafaille, Office Associate. August 26, 2016. View More on Our Blog. Or in our blog.
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Sustainable Design and Construction: January 2012
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Sustainable Design and Construction. Green design, construction, and operation tips, thoughts, examples, questions, etc. The moderator, Nathan Gauthier, is a green building consultant and educator with experience on more than 100 LEED projects. I hope this blog can provide information that will help people design and build (and eventually operate) buildings in a more sustainable manner. Please feel free to make comments in support of that goal. Thursday, January 19, 2012. Paper on Energy Modeling Barriers.
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Beyond Net Zero – Elon Musk saves us all | Thoughts from The Green Engineer
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Thoughts from The Green Engineer. Reflections on Buildings, Energy and Sustainablity. Beyond Net Zero – Elon Musk saves us all. May 1, 2015. I’ve been thinking a lot about net zero energy buildings lately. They’re all the rage. Everyone is about to build one. Or their building is “net zero ready”. Or something like that. A lot of hot air, but not many actually getting built. We’ve even got awards. For net zero buildings. And controversy – can a building be net zero if they sold the SRECs? What do you see?
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Competing Metrics | Thoughts from The Green Engineer
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Thoughts from The Green Engineer. Reflections on Buildings, Energy and Sustainablity. Efficiency – the Best Alternative Energy Source. Beyond Net Zero – Elon Musk saves us all →. November 18, 2014. 8220;If my building is meeting energy code, will it also be able to get the Energy Star label? This question is not as simple to answer as it should be. There are multiple competing metrics for comparison of building energy consumption. 2 LEED v3 uses the same baseline, but compares Energy Cost. With these var...
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Evidence Based Architecture | Thoughts from The Green Engineer
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Thoughts from The Green Engineer. Reflections on Buildings, Energy and Sustainablity. Question from a friend. Best of Greenbuild 2011 – Master Speaker: Amory Lovins →. March 6, 2011. The fundamental problem is that for many, architecture is not an evidence. Based science. Instead, it is an argument based philosophy. Paraphrasing an example from Edward Tufte (Envisioning Information pp. Before the Renaissance, the success of a theory was often dependent on:. 1) the status of the proponent,. View all posts...
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Green Building | The Eco Green Directory for Sustainability and Natural Health
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Green Products (new) (0). Association for Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback. Hits 868 http:/ www.aapb.org. National organization representing those with an interest in biofeedback. Hits 1013 http:/ www.adobebuilder.com. Adobe building information portal site. Producers of the Earthbuilders Encyclopedia CD-ROM, a 300-page reference of earth construction. Also has information about the Southwest Solar Adobe School, building codes, and a general introduction to earth structures. Mule Creek Adobe, Inc.
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DISTANCE M. ARCH.: August 2007
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DISTANCE M. ARCH. Semester 2 Comprehensive Studio / Architectural Technology 1. Friday, August 31, 2007. For any of you still struggling with passive vs. active space conditioning, here's a helpful flow chart that will assist your decision making process. It comes from a UK publication called " Natural Ventilation in Non-Domestic Buildings". I will have "office hours" next Wednesday afternoon (9/5) from 2PM to 6PM EDT. If you wish to meet with me via phone, send me an email. Thursday, August 30, 2007.
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