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Building Carbon Zero 2015
The What: The 4th annual Building Carbon Zero conference hosted by Passive House California will take place in Palo Alto, California this year. The Program includes engaging speakers, a bike tour of projects including Palo Alto’s first passive house and a tiny Passive House named Mightyhouse. The keynote speaker will be Peter Busby, Principal at Perkins+Will…
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Triple Green Building Certification Is Achievable
Portland and Seattle-based builder Hammer & Hand was recently awarded the 2015 Housing Innovation Award from the U.S. Department of Energy for its energy consulting on and construction of the Pumpkin Ridge Passive House designed by Scott | Edwards Architecture. Builder and architect worked together closely to meet the homeowners’ spatial and aesthetic goals while also meeting the performance…
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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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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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Hey World, Get Up and Green Up!
World Green Building Week is here! During the week of September 22-27 2014, Green Building Councils in countries in the Americas, Africa, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and Middle East and North Africa and representing more than 27,000 organizations will host more than 200 events to celebrate World Green Building Week under the theme: “Get Up, Green Up.”…
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Greener Builder 2014: Climate of Change
The What: Join leading experts at Greener Builder 2014 organized by the USGBC Northern California Chapter. The conference will set the stage for a high-profile discussion at the intersection of green building and technology. This year’s theme is Climate of Change, and will feature sessions that address LEED v4 credits and implementation, healthy buildings, technology…