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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Perception Management to Change the World.
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 […]
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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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Synergies: The User Interface
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 […]
Continue reading »Synergies: Let’s Be Independent, Together
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 […]
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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 […]
Continue reading »The Dunk Tank
I will be in the Dunk Tank at the staff picnic planned and hosted by the union and supported by the Authority. I only mention this […]
Continue reading »What happened to “Re-use”?
I spent all day Saturday cleaning up and hoeing out our basement. You’d think in a 1,200 sf home (not including the basement) we […]
Continue reading »Body Shaming and Real Food
I am eagerly awaiting the film coming out of Australia entitled “Embrace”, which is about the debilitating effects of body shaming.The author realized she wasn’t […]
Continue reading »Price on Carbon Emissions – Breathe Easy
We may finally be getting to a place where we can internalize the costs of carbon in our planning, and this should change our understanding of our […]
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