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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: Rising Urbanists: Green Infrastructure for the 22nd Century Friday, April 14, 9:30 AM - 5:00 PM, Tickets: $10 Student, $25 Professional Location: Hunter College West Building 904 Lexington Ave, 7th-floor auditorium New York, NY 10065 3.0 LA CES PDH/HSW The ASLA-NY Student Chapter at the City College of New York is organizing a...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/14/2017 + Show |
Event: Los Angeles Women in Green - Breakfast, 4/14, 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM, Los Angeles, CA
Event: Los Angeles Women in Green - Breakfast Friday, April 14 7:30 AM - 10:00 AM Please join us for a discussion on social justice at the Los Angeles Women in Green - Breakfast. Since November, new fault lines have emerged around a wide range of issues, ranging from labor and development to immigration and healthcare, civil liberties,...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/14/2017 + Show |
Event: Thermal Bridge Modelling for Intermediate Users, 4/14, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST, New York
Thermal Bridge Modelling for Intermediate Users by New York Passive House Friday, April 14, 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM EST Tickets: $25 Ready to step up your technical skills game? Join NYPH member, Ed May of bldgtyp for a two-hour course on Thermal Bridge Modelling for Intermediate Users! This course is targeted to: Passive House Consultants,...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/14/2017 + Show |
Webinar: Building Support for Waste Reduction Programs, 4/13, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM
CURC Webinar: Building Support for Waste Reduction Programs Successful waste reduction programs change the ways institutions operate. Getting from the proposal stage to implemented program above all requires getting the buy-in of stakeholders that can include everyone from the president to department secretaries. This webinar will showcase how...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/13/2017 + Show |
Free Event: Energy Star Portfolio Manager Training, 4/11, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM, Boston, MA
Free Event: Energy Star Portfolio Manager Training Tuesday, April 11, 12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Location: 50 Milk Street, "Lighthouse" Room - 20th Floor Boston, MA 02109 Join the City of Boston and the USGBC Massachusetts Chapter for a training session on how to use Energy Star Portfolio Manager and comply with BERDO. In 2017, the Building...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/11/2017 + Show |
Event: Make it Tight: Building Enclosure Airtightness Training, 4/11, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM, Newton, MA
Event: Make it Tight: Building Enclosure Airtightness Training Tuesday, April 11th, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Location: Auburndale Builders 151 Adams Street Newton, MA 02458 Ticket: $100 Join 475 in this seminar on the importance of building enclosure airtightness and how to achieve it. In this four-hour comprehensive introduction to...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/11/2017 + Show |
Event: Office of Energy Resources and Commerce - An update by the Renew Energy Initiative Tuesday, April 11th 12:00 PM – 2:00 PM EDT Location: Rhode Island Commerce Corporation 315 Iron Horse Way Suite 101 Providence, RI 02908 Tickets: $0 – $25 Please join us on April 11th for lunch with Christopher Kearns of the Rhode Island...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/11/2017 + Show |
Event: Funding 101: Pathways to Funding Your Clean Tech Startup Tuesday, April 11 11:45 AM - 2:00 PM Venue: Greentown Labs 28 Dane St Somerville, MA 02143 United States Tickets: $25 - $35 While bootstrapping may be preferred, some businesses are almost impossible to launch and grow without capital. From angel & VC investments to...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/11/2017 + Show |
Event: Visit the first PHIUS+ Affordable Multifamily Housing in Portland, ME. Friday, 4/7, 1:00PM - 5:00PM Downtown Portland, ME Friday, April 7, 1:00PM - 5:00PM CEUs Pending: 2.5 AIA LU/HSW, 2.0 BPI, and certificates of participation are available Join NESEA for a tour of Bayside Anchor, a recently-completed 45 unit apartment building in...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/07/2017 + Show |
Developers Convention To Address "Why Green Infrastructure?" 2017 Atlantic Builders Convention: NJ Builders Association Day - Tuesday, April 4 Exhibits and Seminars - April 5 & 6 Atlantic City Convention Center Atlantic City, New Jersey New Jersey Future, in partnership with the New Jersey Builders Association, will debut a suite of new...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 04/04/2017 + Show |
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