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Open-sourcing: Taking Sustainability to Another Level
Can you imagine receiving free tools and instructions to build your own house and building materials, and possibly start your own village? Open Building Institute, founded by TED fellow and founding member of the Open Source Hardware Association, Dr. Catarina Mota, has teamed up with Open Source Ecology to open source blueprints and tools for…
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perFORM Design Competition Extended
Calling all emerging architectural professionals! The deadline for the third annual perFORM Design Competition has been extended to Friday, July 15, 2016. Design a Net Zero Energy, mixed-use, multifamily building in the Rainier Beach neighborhood of Seattle. $6,000 in awards will go to winning entries by architectural interns and students based in the US and…
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ZNE School Retrofit Workshop
The What: Join a no-cost ZNE School Retrofit Workshop to learn how existing K-12 schools and community colleges can enhance spaces for academic success and achieve ZNE through whole-building retrofits. Zero net energy (ZNE) K-12 schools and community colleges support better quality of education for students by providing access to natural ventilation that brings in fresh air and…
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2016 Events Calendar of Green Building and Related Conferences
Have you started to plan your business or vacation schedule for the year? There are lots of upcoming green conferences around which you can build your vacation. GAB Report has pulled together a comprehensive list of international conferences and expos that range from green building and roofs, energy efficiency and the Living Building Challenge, to zero…
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NBI’s Top 16 Getting to Zero Trends
Each year at the New Buildings Institute (NBI), the folks get together to discuss the most significant and potentially impactful or disruptive trends that they see coming in the commercial building and energy sectors, and actions that individuals can take to get ahead of what’s to come. With palpable enthusiasm stemming from the success and…
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Green Adaptive Reuse Project Trumps Demolition
Adelaide, Australia-based Woods Bagot & Tridente Architects were recently announced as the winners of the WAN Adaptive Reuse Award 2015 for their Tonsley Main Assembly Building and Pods mixed-use project in Clovelly Park, Australia. As the master planners for the 61-hectare Tonsley Park Redevelopment site, the lead architects Woods Bagot convinced their clients to retain…
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Update on Double Helix Rising
As the Xinyi Commercial Business District continues to get built out in Taipei, Taiwan, so does Agora Garden, a luxury residential tower designed by Paris-based Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut. Mr. Callebaut is known for his futuristic, sculptural, and super green designs that range from positive energy buildings to eco-cities on land and the ocean. Agora Garden’s…
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Getting Ready for LEED v4 in Taiwan and Beyond
Last week, seed, the official association for LEED professionals in Taiwan, hosted its year-end event, starting off with a networking hour, followed by a keynote speech by a US Green Building Council (USGBC) representative, panel discussion on the challenges of implementing LEED in Taiwan, the seed 2015 Green Leadership Awards, and concluding with a happy…
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Net Positive Energy + Water Conference 2016
The What: The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) is hosting its third annual Net Positive Energy and Water Conference, dedicated to the exchange of technical expertise, bold strategies and provocative case studies—all aimed at accelerating the global shift toward Net Positive Energy and Water buildings and communities. In the past few years, net positive energy and…
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Taipei Hackathon to Promote Energy Efficiency as Cultural Norm
The What: Taipei City is hosting a Smart and Energy Efficient Home Hackathon on November 22, 2015 at National Taiwan University. The goal is to provide effective and creative energy saving ideas to Taipei’s citizens to enable them to reduce energy usage and pollution and promote energy efficiency as a cultural norm. The event is…