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Workshop: LEED v4 - The Intersection of Collaboration, Performance & Well-being USGBC Nevada Tuesday, February 28, 8:00am - 12:30pm Tickets: $150 – $200 Location: Nevada Discovery Museum 490 South Center Street Reno , NV 89501… more...
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LEED (USGBC)
0 replies | 389 views | Posted on: 02/22/2017 | Last updated: 02/22/2017
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 … more...
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Other Whole Building Standards
0 replies | 11388 views | Posted on: 02/16/2017 | Last updated: 02/16/2017
Benefits of Passive House Buildings
"Energy efficiency is a way of managing and restraining the growth in energy consumption. Something is more energy efficient if it delivers more services for the same energy input, or the same services for less energy input" – Internation… more...
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Passive House
0 replies | 4959 views | Posted on: 02/06/2017 | Last updated: 02/13/2017
Passive House & Prefabricated Homes: The Way Forward?
With evolving building standards, certifications and processes, there has never been a better time for architects, contractors, consultants, and supply companies to unite and create a truly green future. High performance prefab firm Ecocor… more...
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Passive House
0 replies | 1633 views | Posted on: 09/21/2016 | Last updated: 09/22/2016
Energy Star: A Leading Label in Voluntary Energy Conservation
Although long popular, Energy Star has recently become a top symbol for energy conservation and going green, helping save families and businesses $300 billion on utility bills while at the same time reducing greenhouse gas emissions by two … more...
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Certifications/Labels and Transparency
0 replies | 4191 views | Posted on: 07/11/2016 | Last updated: 07/23/2016
What is The Living Building Challenge?
The Living Building Challenge (LBC) is an international sustainable building certification program, created in 2006 by the International Living Future Institute, as a part of the Cascadia Green Building Council, itself a chapter of both the… more...
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Living Building Challenge
0 replies | 563 views | Posted on: 02/01/2016 | Last updated: 02/01/2016
Hello Allison and all I was able to meet during USGBC Greenbuild! For those of us who work primarily within the Indoor Environmental Quality arena, I am excited to see the WELL Building Standard gaining so much speed in the marketplace. A… more...
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WELL Building Standard
2 replies | 571 views | Posted on: 01/29/2016 | Last updated: 02/01/2016
The One World Observatory Recently Achieved LEED Gold Certification
The observatory on the top of New York’s Freedom Tower, known as The One World Observatory, recently achieved LEED Gold Certification. The observatory opened earlier this year on May 29. The new building that towers over Ground Zero, is 1… more...
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LEED (USGBC)
0 replies | 531 views | Posted on: 09/27/2015 | Last updated: 01/29/2016
Downtown Tampa Area to become first Well Building Health and Wellness City District
Tampa's downtown Amalie Arena will be part of the world’s first health- and-wellness city district, to be certified according to the Well Building Standard. Partners in the project include Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik, buildi… more...
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WELL Building Standard
0 replies | 560 views | Posted on: 10/13/2015 | Last updated: 01/29/2016
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is launching Residential Energy+, an initiative to measure and value home energy performance and costs in valuing residential real estate. The measure has three top goals: 1. Putting a home energy metric i… more...
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Other Whole Building Standards
0 replies | 653 views | Posted on: 10/18/2015 | Last updated: 01/29/2016
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