The EcoDorm at Warren Wilson College houses 36 students who are interested in environmental responsibility and want to live with like-minded students. The co-ed dormitory is one of a series of four dorms surrounding a common lawn.
Warren Wilso…
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June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Case Studies
The Lacks Cancer Center, the only dedicated comprehensive cancer center in western Michigan, supports all components of cancer care, including inpatient and outpatient care and traditional and complementary therapies.
The building houses 42 pr…
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June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Case Studies
The University of Denver’s College of Law houses one of the nation’s top environmental and natural resource law programs. The first LEED-certified law school in the nation, the facility offered the College an opportunity to design a building cons…
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June 30th, 2009 | Posted in Case Studies
You have to have a short memory to write for a blog. There is no point getting attached to a blog post because it will soon be relegated to the archives. With that said, sometimes I am reminded of a blog post that deserves revisiting.
After reflecting on the Waxman-Markey bill over the weekend, I [...]
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June 29th, 2009 | Posted in Codes and Regulations, Federal, GREEN ACT, REEP, SEED, Waxman-Markey
[Today's post is a collaborative effort with Shari Shapiro highlighting green building provisions in the Waxman-Markey bill. You didn't think I was going to read through a thousand page bill all by myself, did you? I have also made the article available as a white paper for download since it is a bit long.] [...]
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June 26th, 2009 | Posted in Codes and Regulations, Federal, Henry Waxman, PACE, REEP, SEED, cap-and-trade
Starbucks plans to aim for certification of all its new stores starting next year.
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June 26th, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized
GreenBuildingAdvisor.com offers up another free webcast on June 29 at 4 p.m. Eastern. Rob Moody, consultant at Organic Think, LEED Faculty member, and partner in the National Center for Sustainability will be talking about current and future funding …
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June 26th, 2009 | Posted in Books & Media, Events
Recent studies that have been sponsored on the behalf of NYSERDA, insulated vinyl siding has demonstrated that it contributes to energy consumption savings as well as savings in CO2 emissions and energy costs, which means that insulated vinyl siding is capable of outperforming fiber cement when these environmental measures and energy measures are compared between [...]
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June 25th, 2009 | Posted in Energy Savings, Environmental Design, Green Construction, LEED certification, belmonte builders, building energy, burnt hills, co2 emissions, colonial home, development challenge, energy consumption, energy measures, energy simulation, fiber cement, field test, heat loss, relative performance, saratoga springs area, simulation tool, thermal imaging, vinyl siding, winter time
Move — to Louisiana:
According to SolarPowerRocks! Louisiana has a state tax credit of 50% for solar roof installations, the most generous state subsidy for solar — Combined with the 30% Federal tax credit for solar that we all get now; (you knew about that, right?) so in Louisiana you can put a solar roof [...]
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June 25th, 2009 | Posted in Energy, Energy Production, Money
Given the climate change coming to most regions of the US, this new roof idea is a great passive cooling solution worth looking at even if you don’t live in the desert regions… now.
Because, by century’s end; you might.
“Summer temperatures in Florida could rise by 10.5F, with the heat effect multiplied by decreased rainfall under [...]
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June 25th, 2009 | Posted in Design, Energy Efficiency, Heating & Cooling, Loyd Russell, Passive Systems, Science, futurist architecture, new design vernacular, regional climate change, zero energy design