Awesome Charrettes: Part 1- Big Picture
First, what is a charrette? The historic term comes from French design schools where project would be picked up at midnight in a cart. The […]
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Time We Learn from Whales
A friend shared a video today about whales, and how we are now discovering that their presence in the oceans is part of an exceptionally […]
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Greenbuild 2016 – One Trend
I’ve got maybe four or five blogs begun about Greenbuild 2016 – what I’ve learned, interesting products, the personal reflections I encountered and the shock […]
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Synergies: Site Savvy
In recent blogs I’ve talked about the buildings systems and synergies, including the building enclosure working together with itself and with mechanical HVAC and power […]
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LEED and Yoga THREE: Systems Thinking
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 […]
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LEED and Yoga TWO: Language
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 […]
Continue reading »LEED and Yoga ONE: Time for a Stretch
The newest version of the LEED rating system (LEED v4) has been out for use for a year and will become the only available version […]
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Greenbuild: There is work to be done!
Being with tens of thousands of my peeps is always healing, energizing and exciting. And it is challenging. I just returned from a few excellent […]
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Heading to Greenbuild
I’m lucky enough that part of my job description includes creating partnerships between DASNY and the USGBC, and I have been able to attend Greenbuild […]
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Promoting without polluting.
I was just part of a very nice little in-agency GO GREEN event to help staff understand their options regarding recycling, reuse, green building, greener […]
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