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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 |
Executive Director and Additional Opportunities at Renew Missouri
Renew Missouri has the following open positions: Executive Director To apply, please email a PDF copy of your resume, cover letter, and examples of relevant work product to apply@renewmo.org. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis. Renew Missouri offers internships during the spring, summer & fall semesters. The...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 04/05/2017 + Show |
We are looking for a dynamic superhero to join the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association staff as our Director of Communications & Development in Greenfield, MA. The ideal candidate will be as passionate about content curation and donor cultivation as they are about our mission, which is to advance the adoption of sustainable energy practices...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 04/05/2017 + Show |
Job opportunities with PHIUS, Chicago, Illinois
It’s an exciting time at PHIUS! We’re seeing a rapid uptake of the PHIUS+ 2015 Passive Building standard, and growing participation in our professional and product certification programs as well. There’s been a terrific upsurge in project certifications across an increasingly broad array of locales and building typologies. More and more...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 04/05/2017 + Show |
Enterprise Community Partners is dedicated to expanding our understanding of the role of design in community development – from architectural design of affordable housing to urban planning and community engagement to design thinking as a process for innovation. The Design team at Enterprise is a national voice in the community design movement....
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 04/05/2017 + Show |
Canada's largest Passive House building under construction in Vancouver
Eighth Avenue, a real estate development group is currently developing a mixed-use project with 85 unit market rental building in the rapidly revitalizing/re-evolving neighborhood of the East Hastings corridor, Vancouver Heights. The property has been rezoned to permit a mixed-use building of approximately 60,000 square feet, six stories in...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 04/01/2017 + Show |
Solar experiment lets neighbors trade energy among themselves
Brooklyn is known the world over for things small-batch and local, like designer clogs, craft bourbon, and artisanal sauerkraut. Now, it is trying to add electricity to the list. In a promising experiment in an affluent swath of the borough, dozens of solar-panel arrays spread across rowhouse rooftops are wired into a growing network. Called...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/16/2017 + Show |
The historic New Delhi Ashok Hotel: Beyond green to LEED Gold
Nestled within 25 acres of prime land in the diplomatic enclave of New Delhi, India, The Ashok hotel epitomizes heritage and grandeur, with sustainability embedded as its core value. This 550-room, five-star hotel built in the 1950s has both historical and national significance. Recently certified LEED Gold under LEED O+M for Existing...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/16/2017 + Show |
Apple’s Solar Island in Japan to boost Clean Energy Promise
Marking a major boost to Apple's commitment to expand clean energy use in its operations and taking the clean energy campaign to suppliers, the iPhone maker's operations in Japan will be turning 100 percent renewable energy thanks to its Japanese supplier Ibiden. Announcing this, Apple said Ibiden will be using 100 percent renewable energy to...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/16/2017 + Show |
Denver to require rooftop gardens to reduce heat island effect
Denver’s status as one of the nation’s most intense urban heat islands has spurred a group of activists to propose a “green roofs” ballot initiative — a measure that could animate environmentalists while mobilizing developers to fight it. How green roofs can help: In large cities, heat-radiating roofs and pavement often elevate...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/16/2017 + Show |
LEED Pilot to certify Cities and Communities
Did you know that LEED doesn't just work for buildings, but it works for cities and communities too? In addition to building certification, LEED also includes a certification pilot structured for cities to measure and improve performance, focusing on outcomes from ongoing sustainability efforts. This pilot leverages a globally consistent method...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Last updated: 03/16/2017 + Show |
Panel Discussion: Permaculture and Urban Eco-System Design by Sustainability Practice Network & City College of New York Mon, April 3, 2017 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EDT Location: Grove School of Engineering at City College l Steinman Lecture Hall 160 Convent Avenue between 140 & 141 St New York, NY 10031 Permaculture, a portmanteau of...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/03/2017 + Show |
Moving Goods and People to, from, and along the Brooklyn Waterfront by BWRC and UTRC Friday, March 31, 9:00 AM – 4:00 PM EDT Location: Brooklyn Borough Hall 209 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 In the mid-twentieth century, before its decades’ long decline, the Brooklyn waterfront buzzed with the movement of ships and trains and...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 03/31/2017 + Show |
Event: “Garbage Warrior” - Film Screening, 3/31, 6:30 PM, Manhattan, NY
“Garbage Warrior” - Film Screening Friday, March 31, 6:30 PM, Solar 1, 23rd St. at the East River, Manhattan Ticket: $10 “Garbage Warrior (2007) tells the inspiring story of New Mexico eco-architect Michael Reynolds, who builds passive solar houses known as "Earthships" out of found and reclaimed materials. The second in Solar One's...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 03/31/2017 + Show |
Webinar: Risks and Rewards in the Zero Net Energy Marketplace, 3/30, 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Webinar: Risks and Rewards in the Zero Net Energy Marketplace Thursday, March 30, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM What value is derived to owners and developers from a zero net energy building? This session will explore and understand the developer and owner perspectives on investor value of zero and take a close look at income, cost, and...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 03/30/2017 + Show |
Event: The Square Roots Urban Farming Community Farm Tour, 3/28, 5:30 PM, Brooklyn, NY
The Square Roots Urban Farming Community Farm Tour Tuesday, March 28, 5:30 pm, 630 Flushing Ave, Brooklyn, NY, 11206 Come to the Square Roots farm - meet the farmers, taste the food, talk with others about the local food in urban areas. To RSVP, please...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 03/28/2017 + Show |
Participate in Earth Hour 2017 from your Cities, 3/25, 8:30 PM your local time
What your city can do for Earth Hour? At 8:30 p.m. your local time on Saturday, March 25, hundreds of millions of people around the globe will turn off their non-essential lights for one hour during Earth Hour to display a commitment to protect the one thing that unites us all -- our planet. From the beginning, cities and towns across...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 03/25/2017 + Show |
Event: Blower Door Testing Workshop, 3/25, 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM, Kensington, CA
Blower Door Testing Workshop Passive House California Saturday, March 25, 2:00 PM - 5:30 PM Jane & Pierre's WIP Home Kensington, CA Join Passive House California (PHCA) for a hands-on blower door training workshop. Learn how to use a blower door to assess the air-tightness of your structure, a necessary step for achieving the Passive...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 03/25/2017 + Show |
Webinar: Communicating About Clean Energy and Climate Change Solutions, 3/23, 12:00pm -1:15pm EST
Webinar: Communicating About Clean Energy and Climate Change Solutions Thursday, March 23, 12:00pm -1:15pm EST Struggling to reach and motivate stakeholders to engage in outreach events? Participants in this webinar will learn the basics of developing an effective climate engagement strategy for their target audiences. This webinar will...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 03/23/2017 + Show |
Green Up New England Challenge: Application Deadline March 22
Project Green Schools, in partnership with the Boston Bruins and Walmart is excited to announce our Green Up New England Challenge, which aims to develop Green Student Leaders in schools throughout New England. Schools across New England that enter the challenge will be asked to compete in energy reduction, waste reduction, water reduction,...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 03/22/2017 + Show |
Event: Triangle: Bi-Monthly Luncheon Series Focus on LEED V4, 3/21, 11:30am - 1:30pm, Raleigh, NC
TRIANGLE: Bi-Monthly Luncheon Series Focus on LEED V4 by USGBC North Carolina Tuesday, March 21, 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM EST Location: Hyatt Place Raleigh West 710 Corporate Center Drive Raleigh, NC 27607 With LEED v4 fully underway for all new registered projects, there's some apprehension about what the changes to the system are, and...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 03/21/2017 + Show |
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