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Kalyani.rc
Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Member Since: 01/16/2017
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What is a High Performance Home?
"High performance homes" is a term that’s bandied around a lot. We’ve found that many people don’t really understand exactly what it means or the benefits of owning a high performance home until they’ve lived in one. So what really is a high performance home and what do you need to think about when building one? The Energy Act 2005 defines a ‘high performance building’ as one that “i...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/27/2023 + Show |
Architecture 2030 and the International Living Future Institute update their Net Zero Energy Goals
Architecture 2030 and the International Living Future Institute (ILFI) are making an effort to grow their energy efficiency reporting and certification programs. Both the 2030 Challenge and the Living Building Challenge (LBC) have encouraged progressive designers and owners with aspirational goals that are eminently hard to achieve. New policies announced on March 8, 2017, are intended to remove unnecessary barriers to certifications and sca...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/27/2023 + Show |
Timberland walks the extra mile to end plastic waste
Footwear manufacturer Timberland is walking a mile in the shoes of people whose lives are affected by trash pollution — at least, the "first mile" — through its partnership with B Corporation, Thread International. Thread transforms trash that has been collected and sorted by local workers in Haiti — where mounds of plastic bottles...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/02/2017 + Show |
Feasibility of Implementing Passivhaus Standard for Tall Residential Buildings
Highly energy-efficient and resilient buildings are crucial to the success of cities. As populations grow and cities become larger and denser, problems related to energy inefficiency are magnified and threaten urban sustainability. Passivhaus is a standard for energy efficient buildings that results in energy reductions for heating and cooling of...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/02/2017 + Show |
India ranks third globally in LEED certified green buildings with 2,386 projects
India ranks third in US Green Building Council's annual ranking of the top 10 countries for Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certified buildings. The country had around 15.90 million gross square meters (GSM) of LEED-certified space and an additional 89.28 million cumulative GSM of LEED-certified and -registered space, totalling...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/01/2017 + Show |
The Netherlands will host a new Global Centre of Excellence to help countries, institutions and businesses to adapt to a warming climate with the support of the Japanese government and UN environment programme (UNEP). The project is geared towards helping countries across the world understand how they can cope with the impacts of climate...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 02/16/2017 + Show |
Leading businesses back 2050 Net Zero goal for buildings
Three leading businesses have committed to a global target to ensure all buildings have net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Engineering firm Integral Group, international property and infrastructure group Lendlease, and the product manufacturer the ROCKWOOL Group have all joined the World Green Building Council’s innovative project, which aims to...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 02/16/2017 + Show |
What is a High Performance Home?
"High performance homes" is a term that’s bandied around a lot. We’ve found that many people don’t really understand exactly what it means or the benefits of owning a high performance home until they’ve lived in one. So what really is a high performance home and what do you need to think about when building one? The Energy Act 2005...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 02/16/2017 + Show |
India’s solar capacity to double in 2017
In 2017, India’s solar capacity is projected to double to 18 GW, with 14.2 GW of solar projects currently under development and tenders for approximately 6.3 GW are yet to be auctioned. India’s solar capacity is set to double as large projects are commissioned, despite the short-term challenges of power limitation and weak tendering in...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast 2 replies Last updated: 02/16/2017 + Show |
Low-cost solar solutions light thousands of homes in India
India’s Energy Minister Piyush Goyal announced it is now less costly to produce electricity from the sun than from coal in the country. According to the World Energy Outlook 2016, 244 million people in India do not have access to electricity despite the country being the world’s fourth largest user of electricity. Energy provider, Mera...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 02/16/2017 + Show |
How California is charting a path forward on Clean Energy
The late California historian Kevin Starr once wrote, “California had long since become one of the prisms through which the American people, for better and for worse, could glimpse their future.” These words have never felt truer. California is the sixth largest economy in the world and the most populous state in the nation. What’s more,...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 02/16/2017 + Show |
Germany calls for gas/diesel car ban by 2030
Germany isn't content with relying on financial incentives to usher in an era of pollution-free cars. The country's Bundesrat (federal council) approved a resolution that calls for a ban on new internal combustion engines by 2030. This ban would include plug-in hybrid vehicles, which were previously assumed to be the transitional technology that...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 02/15/2017 + Show |
Event: 2017 Design-Build Conference & Expo, 11/8 - 11/10, Philadelphia, PA
The Design-Build Institute of America is the only organization that defines, teaches and promotes best practices in design-build. Design-build is a collaborative approach to project delivery that integrates design and construction with a single-point of responsibility contract. For two decades, design-build practitioners, specialty contractors,...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 11/08/2017 + Show |
Event: BuildingEnergy NYC, 10/12, New York
The BuildingEnergy NYC Conference + Trade Show is NYC's fastest-growing event for professionals and practitioners working to build a more sustainable world. It brings more than 600 industry leaders and emerging professionals together to learn from and network with each other. This year's event, chaired by Eric Davis of Con Edison and Ryan Cassidy...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 10/12/2017 + Show |
Event: CitiesAlive Conference, 9/18 - 9/21, Seattle, WA
Building Resilience and Equity Across Cascadia: People, Community, and Places Within the western region of North America lies Cascadia. Although the boundaries of the region differ depending on ecological, political, economic or cultural lines - it's undeniable that Cascadia is expansive. The climate of Cascadia calls for adaptation of building...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 09/18/2017 + Show |
Free Event: 10th Annual Boston GreenFest, 8/11 - 8/13, Boston, MA
10th Annual Boston GreenFest! Boston GreenFest is a grassroots effort organized by the Foundation for a Green Future, Inc. and its dedicated team of community volunteers. Our goal is to educate and empower people to create a more sustainable, healthier world. We are actively building an interconnected, ever expanding network throughout our...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 08/11/2017 + Show |
Event: Intersolar and ees North America 2017, 7/10 - 7/13, San Francisco, CA
Intersolar North America, the most attended solar event in North America, takes place each July in San Francisco. The exhibition focuses on the areas of photovoltaics, smart renewable energy and solar heating & cooling technologies. ees North America, co-located with Intersolar North America, covers the entire value chain of innovative battery...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 07/10/2017 + Show |
Event: Smart Cities Connect Conference & Expo - Placing Cities First, June 26-28, Austin TX
Smart Cities Connect Conference and Expo - Placing Cities First June 26-28, Austin Convention Center 500 East Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas, 78701 www.austinconventioncenter.com Building upon the 2016 Smart Cities Innovation Summit, we are pleased to announce our program expansion and name change to the 2017 Smart Cities Connect...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 06/26/2017 + Show |
Event: BOMA 2017 International Conference and Expo, 6/24 - 6/27, Nashville, TN
Your commercial real estate success story began with the first steps you took toward building relationships to make your business thrive. Take the next steps toward boosting your property—and your career—at the industry’s premier professional event: the BOMA International Annual Conference & Expo. Held in Music City in downtown...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 06/24/2017 + Show |
Webinar: LEED v4: Paints and Coatings, 6/22, 12:00 PM -1:00 PM EDT
Get a comprehensive overview of LEED v4 BD+C New Construction credits – and how paints and coatings can contribute directly and indirectly to LEED credits. We’ll review credit intents, explain credit requirements, and explore where to find materials to meet the needs of the credits. Learning Objectives: 1. Describe the motivation behind...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 06/22/2017 + Show |
Event: World Green Infrastructure Congress 2017, 6/20 - 6/22, Berlin, Germany
The WGIC 2017 World Congress is a multi-day event around the greening of buildings (roofing, façade and interior greening) with accompanying events (eg urban climate, rainwater management, sustainability, future city). At the end of the congress, there will be the possibility to participate in excursions to special projects. In 2017 the...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 06/20/2017 + Show |
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