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Architecture
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100% Natural Ventilation at Harvard’s HouseZero
A pre-1940s-residential building situated in Harvard University’s campus is being renovated to inspire others on how old and conservative design can be altered to create an ultra-efficient facility with ambitious performance targets. The building, which is to be completed in the spring of 2018, will house The Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities’ headquarters,…
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Sonoma Academy Wins Beyond Green High-Performance Building & Community Award
Another win for Sonoma Academy – the school’s Janet Durgin Guild & Commons recently won a Beyond Green High-Performance Building and Community Award from the National Institute of Building Sciences. This is on top of its achievement of the AIA CC Leading Edge Award and AIA COTE Top Ten Award, the industry’s best-known award program for sustainable…
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BuildingGreen’s Top 10 Products for 2018
BuildingGreen’s team recently announced its 2018 Top 10 Products List, a list that is well respected and one to which I always look forward. I’m particularly excited about the AirFlow Panel and the VersaDry Drywall Track, both of which revolutionize the standard methods of building to make it fundamentally simpler for designers/engineers and builders in terms…
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Calling for Nominees for the California ZNE School Awards
With 27 zero net energy (ZNE) schools operating or planned, California is leading the nation in driving K-12 schools and community colleges to ZNE performance. These projects represent high performance buildings that combine energy efficiency and renewable resources to produce at least as much energy as they consume annually. To honor early innovation and leadership…
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It’s Time to Provide Leadership
Hosted by the USGBC Northern California Chapter and following a hiatus since its last conference, GreenerBuilder 2017 came back strong and was a stimulating success, well attended by over 360 attendees. It took place at the Zero Net Energy Center in San Leandro, California, a 1980s tilt-up building that has been transformed into a breathable…
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GreenerBuilder 2017
The What: GeenerBuilder gathers hundreds of Northern California professionals to learn about key trends in the green building market; to hear what owners and developers are looking for; and to make important connections with fellow industry leaders. The daylong conference delivers what you need to be at the forefront of greening the built environment. Highlights…
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Student Competition: INNOVATION 2030
Climate change is the design challenge of our time. Architects play a critical role in addressing both the causes and effects of climate change. Design is the key to producing a built environment that adapts to projected climate impacts, protects inhabitants during unanticipated stresses, and produces no greenhouse gas emissions. INNOVATION 2030 is a student…
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Fighting for Our Message: Energy Efficiency and Beyond
The 2017 Beyond Energy Efficiency Conference hosted by Build It Green was an inspirational success, well attended by over 250 attendees including 43 speakers and 13 exhibitors. It took place at the Zero Net Energy Center in San Leandro, California, a training center for electrical apprentices from IBEW Local 595 and NECA, and the first…
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Student Competition: Czech Off-Grid Houses
What more could a successful project wish for? Attention and continuity! Project Czech Off-Grid Houses has launched its second year of operations this February through a visionary architectural competition targeted at students of major Czech universities. Hundreds of architecture students are expected to come up with a detailed draft plans for evolutionary off-grid housing systems. The…
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Build It Green’s Beyond Energy Efficiency Conference
The What: The building industry is moving quickly beyond the standard practices on energy efficiency. Today’s ultra-efficient homes produce as much energy as they consume, and then some. Groundbreaking developments in building materials and technology ensure that homes are not only efficient, but also healthy for occupants. Build It Green’s Beyond Energy Efficiency Conference aims to…