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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 |
NYC Retrofit Accelerator Trainings: Heating and Air Sealing; Water Conservation and Plumbing; Energy Efficiency Electrical Heating: Wednesday, February 8 and Thursday, February 9, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm (WAIT LIST). Water: Wednesday, February 15, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. Electrical: Thursday, February 16, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm. New York City; specific...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/08/2017 + Show |
Event: Offshore Wind Energy - a New Frontier for Massachusetts, February 8, 5 - 7PM, Northampton
Western Mass Green Consortium Event Wednesday, February 8, 5 - 7PM Location: Platform Sports Bar, 125A Pleasant Street, Northampton. You are invited to join the Western Mass Green Consortium at the upcoming Green Night discussing Off Shore Wind Energy. The event is open to the public, donations welcome. From 5:00-5:30 grab a drink or...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/08/2017 + Show |
Event: Zero Waste by 2030: Eliminating waste to landfills. February 7, 6 - 8pm EST, NYC
Zero Waste by 2030: Eliminating waste to landfills. February 7, 6 - 8pm EST Fisher & Paykel Experience Center 150 E 58th Street, Ste #361 New York, NY 10155 What will it take to get to zero waste in New York City? Can we truly reach zero waste? Join an in-depth panel discussion with representatives from the NYC Department of Sanitation,...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/07/2017 + Show |
Open House of Passive House in Construction at Little Birds Farm. Saturday, February 4, 2017, 1:30 pm. 72 Hartwood Club Road, Sparrowbush, NY. Please join Jeremy Shannon, passive house architect and builder, as he gives a tour of the construction progress of his new Passive House home in Orange County NY near Port Jervis. The rough systems...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/04/2017 + Show |
Conquering the Energy Code for Architects & Engineers - Residential February 3, 9am - 5pm Urban Green Council - Manhattan 55 Broad Street, 9th Floor - Blue Room New York, NY The new Energy Code is now In effect! Conquering the Energy Code: Residential prepares architects and engineers in New York State to comply with the many new...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/03/2017 + Show |
Career Webinar: How to Get A Job In Sustainability: Building a Leadership Career in Business, NGOs and Government. Thursday, February 2, 2017, 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm EST. Dr. Eban Goodstein, Director, Graduate Programs in Sustainability at Bard College. Access Code: 376549508. To access the webinar, please click...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/02/2017 + Show |
Webinar: Restoring the Carbon Balance – Session 2. Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm
Webinar: Restoring the Carbon Balance – Session 2 Wednesday, February 1, 2017, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm. The capacity of the Earth's atmosphere to safely hold excess carbon without too much warming is very limited. The situation is growing more urgent, but even after the 2015 Climate Conference in Paris, the pace of transforming economies away...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 02/01/2017 + Show |
Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) Grant Fundraiser - January 25th 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST
Manhattan Solid Waste Advisory Board (SWAB) Grant Fundraiser Date & Time: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM EST Location: 1 Bryant Park 48th Floor New York, NY 10036 Join in to help New Yorkers compost, repair, share and reuse more! This evening will honor and thank the 2016 Manhattan SWAB Compost Grantees. Since its...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 01/25/2017 + Show |
Sustainable City Network will host a free 1-hour webinar Monday January 23rd from 2-3 pm EST, about the new LEED Pilot Credit - Informing Design Using Triple Bottom Line Analysis. Featuring Ryan D. Meyers and Stéphane Larocque of Impact Infrastructure, the webinar will begin at 2 p.m. EST. This new pilot credit requires calculating the triple...
By Kalyani.rc // Passive House / Sustainability Enthusiast Event Date: 01/23/2017 + Show |
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