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Awesome Charrettes: Part 2 – Language

Posted on August 13, 2017 by greenerjsa

The hardest part of any charrette is encouraging full and free communication without allowing degradation into negativity and restrictions. Somehow, each of us has learned […]

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

Resiliency Riff

Posted on June 21, 2017 by greenerjsa

Resilience in our daily lives: Public transit, sidewalks, electric infrastructure, bike lanes all lead to resiliency, so everyone has more than one way to get […]

Advocacy, community, Critical commentary, Energy, health, resilience

Closed-Loop and Limitless

Posted on May 13, 2017 by greenerjsa

We live in a closed environment. A biosphere that is, though VERY large and complex, limited. Yet I feel that one of the reasons we […]

Critical commentary, Materials Management, resilience, Sustainability in Depth

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”. […]