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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 |
Event: Fresh in February - A Taste of NYC's Urban Farms, 2/23, 5:30 – 8:30 PM EST, Brooklyn, NY
Fresh in February: A Taste of NYC's Urban Farms by NYC Agriculture Collective (www.farming.nyc) Tickets: $22.50 Thursday, February 23, 5:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST Location: Honey's 93 Scott Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11237 Brrrr... Baby it's cold outside and that means your chances of enjoying fresh and local food are practically...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/23/2017 + Show |
The Temple Emanu-el Streicker Center Fifth Avenue and 65th Street, New York, NY 10065 Wednesday, February 22, 2017 7:30 PM — 9:00 PM The Climate Conversation Heats Up! Ten years after the release of the Oscar-winning documentary An Inconvenient Truth, the community of nations put the historic Paris Agreement in to force, committing to...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/22/2017 + Show |
Green Careers: Resume Speed (up)Dating Workshop, February 21, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST
Green Careers: Resume Speed (up)Dating Workshop by GreenHomeNYC Tue, February 21, 2017 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST Ticekts: $3 - $5 Location: Steven Winter Associates 307 7th Ave #1701 New York, NY 10001 Do you want to improve your resume, but don't know exactly how? Come to GreenHomeNYC's annual Resume Speed (up)Dating Workshop to get...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/21/2017 + Show |
Community Resilience through Green Infrastructure by NYC Urban Field Station Tuesday, February 21, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM EST Location: Pace University, 1 Pace Plaza, 1st Floor in the Aneillo Bianco Room (please use entrance at 3 Spruce Street) New York, 10038 Science of the Living City Presents: Community Resilience through Green...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/21/2017 + Show |
Webinar: The Sustainable Lifestyle - Defined and Explained, Tuesday, February 21, 10am - 11am PST Sponsored by: The Earth Institute, Columbia University This webinar will define and explain the sustainable urban lifestyle that can be achieved in the sustainable city. Cities provide the dynamic, social and ever-changing environment that...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/21/2017 + Show |
Event: Conquering the Energy Code for Architects & Engineers: Commercial. February 17, 9am - 5pm EST
Conquering the Energy Code for Architects & Engineers: Commercial February 17, 9am - 5pm EST Urban Green Council - Manhattan 55 Broad Street, 9th Floor - Blue Room New York, NY Demystify New York State's 2015 Energy Conservation Construction Code with Conquer the Code, a training course to help architects and engineers design more...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/17/2017 + Show |
USGBC MA: Building Tech Forum 2017, February 16, 5:30-8:30 pm: The Rise of the Smart Cities, Boston
Investigate the next frontier for sustainability in the urban realm: the potential of smart cities. Learn how this growing trend will benefit the agenda for sustainability. Hear from Jascha Franklin-Hodge, the City of Boston's Chief Information Officer, Ben Myers, Sustainability Manager for Boston Properties, and Kurt Roth, Chief Scientist...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/16/2017 + Show |
The 'V' in HVAC: design and control of ventilation systems Thursday, February 16 8:30 am – 4 pm Lunda Center, Western Technical College, La Crosse, WI Tickets: $199 Presenter: John Murphy, LEED AP Applications Engineer, Trane Hosted By: Xcel Energy Ventilation is critical for making a building safe and comfortable. This full-day...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/16/2017 + Show |
America’s Water Crisis: An Issue of Environmental Justice Friday, February 10, 2017, 9:30 am to 2:00 pm Fordham Law School, Skadden Conference Center, Constantion Room (2nd Floor), 150 West 62nd Street, NY, 10023. Since the Flint, Michigan water crisis gained national attention in April 2014 the issue of pollution in our waterways has...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/10/2017 + Show |
Big Deals: Visionary Responses to Climate Change in NYC Wednesday, February 8, 2017, 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm The Center for Architecture, 536 LaGuardia Place, NY, 10012. Addressing climate change calls for incredible creativity. Two major projects are being explored here in New York City: a storm barrier called The Dryline (BIG U) and the...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/08/2017 + Show |
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