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Ecocity World Summit – Abu Dhabi 2015
The What: Ecocity World Summit (ECWS) 2015, a biennial event that will be hosted in the Middle East for the very first time, will tackle the issues around building ecocities in challenging environments, and serve as the platform upon which Abu Dhabi and the region will carry their ecocity visions forward. ECWS 2015 aims to build on…
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New Online Series to Help Meet 2030 Challenge
Architecture 2030 recently announced the launch of the first course in the new AIA+2030 Online Series, an educational program aimed at providing American Institute of Architects (AIA) members and other design professionals with the high-performance building knowledge necessary to meet the 2030 Challenge targets. The AIA+2030 Online Series will provide design professionals the tools to…
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Love It! Free Green Webinars from Heat Spring
Its becoming easier and easier to learn from the comfort of your own space and build upon your green building knowledge. HeatSpring offers free and fee-based, premium online courses taught by industry professionals. Course categories range from building science, insulation, and sustainable building, to big data, batteries / energy storage, and biomass. Free courses include…
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Winners of 2nd perFORM Building Design Competition
The winners of the perFORM 2015 Building Design Competition were announced by Hammer & Hand at a ceremony held at AIA Portland’s Center for Architecture. Winning Entry: Jon Lund, Narek Mirzaei, and Luis Sabater Musa, University of Cincinnati. Runner-Up: Sang-Oh Jo, JungA Hong, and Do Yoon Kim, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Runner-Up: Eduardo Gandara, California State…
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Exhibition Opening of The Anatomy of Building Performance
The What: We now have the science and techniques to build for comfort, health, and revolutionary efficiency. At the center of it all is the advanced building envelope. Join AIA Portland and builder Hammer & Hand for this exhibit of building praxis, “Evolution of Enclosure: the Anatomy of Building Performance.” The exhibit will explore the building…
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Historic Rutgers University Welcomes New Green Campus
Rutgers University is the eighth-oldest college in the United States, and one of only nine to be founded before the American Revolution. Located on the banks of the Raritan River in New Brunswick, NJ, it famously hosted the first intercollegiate football game ever played in 1869. Since its establishment, the Old Queen’s campus (as it’s…
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553 LEED Certified Projects in India
Since 2013, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has been publishing a report series titled “LEED in Motion” with topics ranging from countries to specific industries such as retail and residential. The LEED in Motion: India report is now available for download. In India, there are 553 LEED certified projects and 1375 registered projects with…
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Edward Mazria Honored with 2015 Kemper Award
The Board of Directors of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) bestowed the Edward C. Kemper Award on Edward Mazria, AIA, for catalyzing the architecture community to address climate change through the design of decarbonized, sustainable, and resilient built environments. Named in honor of the AIA’s first executive director, the award is given annually to…
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Thought Provoking Green Building Webinars Now Online
For those of you who are not able to attend in person green building classes, especially those in the United States, there is a new option now. I’m excited to announce the recent release of the new Contemporary Leadership Webinar Series offered by the Sustainable Building Advisor Program in collaboration with Design AVEnues LLC. The…
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A Green and Healthy Urban Health Clinic
The LEED CI Gold-certified Tom Waddell Urban Health Clinic is a green renovation developed as a part of the overall sustainable development of the Kelly Cullen Community (KCC) located in the Tenderloin District of San Francisco, California. KCC is the result of an environmentally conscious transformation and historic preservation of a 100-year old YMCA building.…
