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Nature-Informed Business

Posted on March 26, 2017 by greenerjsa

I recently gave a presentation at Building Energy 2017 in Boston, called Redundancy, Diversity, Connectivity: optimizing your projects, your business, your life, and I was […]

Bio-synergistic design, Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, green business, High Performance Tools, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Dear Governor Cuomo,

Posted on March 19, 2017 by greenerjsa

To: The Honorable Andrew M. Cuomo Governor of New York State NY State Capitol Building Albany, NY 12224 Date: March 18, 2017 […]

Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, Energy, Green Building Tools, High Performance Tools, The Profession

Language: Redundancy is NOT a Dirty Word

Posted on March 5, 2017 by greenerjsa

“Your position is redundant”. “Let’s not be redundant.” “We seek efficiency so let’s eliminate redundancies.” All dreaded uses of the word and derivations of “redundant”. […]

Bio-synergistic design, Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, green business, health, Personal Reflections, resilience

Community; Why Do We Need It?

Posted on February 12, 2017 by greenerjsa

What is community to you? What does community have to do with sustainability? Why do we need community to achieve resiliency? Community has come up […]

community, Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, Inspiration, resilience, Sustainability in Depth

Perception Management to Change the World.

Posted on October 16, 2016 by greenerjsa

I was thinking about perception management in the way of mind-shift assistance. Not in the evil, manipulate the politicos and the populace with disinformation […]

Critical commentary, Energy, Green Building Tools, Inspiration, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession

Synergies: The User Interface

Posted on September 25, 2016 by greenerjsa

Last week I set about summarizing the interdependence needed in a building project, and I identified three areas where synergies would benefit overall performance and […]

Critical commentary, Energy, Green Building Tools, Sustainability in Depth

Synergies: Let’s Be Independent, Together

Posted on September 20, 2016 by greenerjsa

Entering into the world of systems thinking, I’ve come to realize that we could be paying much more attention to synergies, to co-benefits and to […]

Critical commentary, Energy, Green Building Tools

Hitched

Posted on September 11, 2016 by greenerjsa

The quote above is one of those truly defining quotes about sustainability, triple bottom line planning, and just plain common sense. I snapped this photo […]

community, Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, Inspiration, Personal Reflections, Sustainability in Depth

LEED and Yoga 3: Systems Thinking

Posted on July 23, 2016 by greenerjsa

One of the most powerful changes in the suite of LEED rating systems is a move to systems thinking. From its origins defining specific sustainable […]

Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession, USGBC, LEED and Greenbuild conference

LEED and Yoga TWO: Language

Posted on July 10, 2016 by greenerjsa

As previously mentioned, we’ve gained comfort in the beginner exercises LEED has presented to us, and now it is time to stretch a bit more. There […]

Critical commentary, Green Building Tools, Materials Management, Sustainability in Depth, The Profession, USGBC, LEED and Greenbuild conference

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