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Hot Topics: Green Building – How are We (designers, engineers, etc.) Handling The Evolutionary Process Toward Integrative Design?

By Tracey de Morsella on January 5, 2010 2 Comments aia, Alex de Parry, Ann Arbor Builders, Architectural Design, Autodesk, BIM, Build2Sustain, Building Museum, Carbon Factor, Consensus Doc, construction management, contract for Integrated design, cost-plus-a-fee contract, Denis Du Bois, designers, Duke Farms Foundation, energy modeling, Energy Priorities, engineers, Frank Dalene, green building, Hamptons Green Alliance, Hamptons Luxury Homes, iLiv, Integrated Design, integrated design process, Integrated Project Delivery, integrative design, IPD, Joe Richmond, John Hatzung, Joseph Wyatt, Karen Tucker, Krystyna Bukowiecki, LEED, LEED certification, LEED-AP, LinkedIn, Mark Robertson, Mark Yerkes, MESA Landscape Architects, negotiated contract, owners, P5 Group, Patrick Doss-Smith, Pride Energy Solutions, Raquel Bedell, remodel, Retrofit, SK8 Architectural Design Solutions, sustainable building, T.J. Harris Incorporated, Telemark, Tom Powers, U.S. Green Building Council, USGBC, Wight & Company

A two weeks ago, Karen Tucker, Director of Customer Development at iLiv, posted the following question on the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Linkedin Group. Green Building and LEED: How are we (designers, owners, engineers, etc.) handling the evolutionary process toward integrative design?

Passivhaus: The Top 5 Barriers to Growth In The US

By Jessalyn Dingwell on October 27, 2009 4 Comments active heating system, America, building orientation, California, carbon footprint, Darmstadt, energy efficiency, energy saving, Europe, Geothermal, geothermal heat pump, Germany, GHP, green building, ground sourced heat pump, heat exchanger, heat load, heat loss, heating energy consumption, indoor air quality, insulation, Internal heat gain, ISO 7730, LEED certification, Pacific Northwest, passive cooling, passive heating, Passive House, Passive House Institute US, Passive House Planning Package, passive solar, passive solar gain, passive solar landscaping, Passivhaus, Passivhaus Institut Darmstadt, Passivhaus movement, PHIUS, Photovoltaics, PHPP, post-cooling, post-heating, primary energy usage, R-values, sustainable building, thermal hot water system, triple-glazed windows, US, US building market, ventilation system

Are most homebuyers interested in purchasing a home that saves 90% over a traditional home on heating and cooling costs and requires only a small active heating system the size of a hairdryer? The Passivhaus movement is an exciting building design concept that offers tremendous energy savings due to reliance on passive heating systems. Europe is embracing the concept with between ten and fifteen thousand houses already built and governmental support of mandating the standard. The Passivhaus Institut in Darmstadt was formed in 1996 to promote and control passive house design and the group only recently formed the Passive House Institute US (PHIUS) to reach out directly to the US building market. It is slow to gain momentum, but holds promise for the US market in the future.

Green Education and Training Update: UMassOnline,Macomb Community College, University of Wisconsin Extension, City University of Seattle Launched Green Education Programs

By Tracey de Morsella on June 9, 2009 Comments Off on Green Education and Training Update: UMassOnline,Macomb Community College, University of Wisconsin Extension, City University of Seattle Launched Green Education Programs and Sustainability, Associate of Applied Science, Energy Efficient Housing, Environmental Policy. Sustainable Building, Environmental Public Policy, Green Building and Indoor Environmental Quality, Green Building Professional Development Series, Greenlee Textron, Highland Community College, information systems, LEED certification, Logistics, Macomb Community Colleg, Maintenance Technology, Natural Resource Management, niversity of Massachusetts, Online Sustainability Management Degree, Renewable Energy and Electrical-Industrial Maintenance, Renewable Energy Certificate, solar energy, Supply Chain Management, Sustainable Business, Sustainable Business Graduate Certificate, Sustainable Business MBA, sustainable business strategy. Environmental Studies, Sustainable Entrepreneurship, Sustainable Sites for Green Building. City University of Seattle, The Built Environment, Triple Bottom Line Accounting, UMassOnline, University of Wisconsin Extension, Wind Turbine Technician Associate of Applied Science degree, Wind Turbine Technician Training Center

UMassOnline has announced three new offerings in sustainable entrepreneurship, environmental public policy, and a green building professional development series. City University of Seattle launches a globally-focused sustainable business MBA. Macomb Community College has announced a renewable energy certificate. Highland Community College has completed a New Wind Turbine Technician Training Center. University of Wisconsin Extension has created an online sustainability management degree program. City University of Seattle Launches Globally-Focused Sustainable Business MBA –

New Journal of Sustainable Real Estate – Call for Papers

By Tracey de Morsella on May 4, 2009 1 Comment American Real Estate Society, building performance, call for papers, carbon emissions, co-generation, CoStar Group, emission limits, energy consumption, energy efficiency standards, green building, green Buildings, Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, LEED certification, measurement systems, rebate systems, solar;, standards, sustainable development, Sustainable Real Estate, tax credits, water limitations

The American Real Estate Society, in cooperation with and funding by the CoStar Group, announces a call for papers for a special issue of the real estate monograph series on “green buildings and sustainable real estate” called “Journal of Sustainable Real Estate”. The best research paper published will receive a $15,000 honorarium. All papers accepted for publication will receive $1,000. Authors are encouraged to submit original research that can help investors, developers, appraisers, lenders, asset managers, elected government officials and land use regulators improve their strategies, decision-making and understanding of the impact of sustainable real estate practices.