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[18 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 21 views]
Net Zero Energy Certification Launched

The International Living Future Institute, responding to market demand, has launched the Net Zero Energy Building Certification…, the first program that provides third party certification of net zero energy performance. Building upon the success of the Institute’s Living Building Challenge (“LBC”) the new initiative is designed to address

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[17 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 9 views]
DOE Announces Guide for More Energy Efficient Retail Buildings

The following post appeared in Environmental Design and Construction on January 10.
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the release of the third installment in a series of four 50% Advanced Energy Design Guides (AEDGs)…. This latest guide will help architects, engineers, and contractors design and build highly

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[5 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 23 views]
Pushing Energy Efficient Retro Fits Closer to the Tipping Point

Rocky Mountain Institute’s Michael Bendewald recently penned an article for TriplePundit.com about the $4 billion President Obama… committed to building retrofits.  In the article, Bendewald provides a number examples demonstrating how deep energy retrofits are bolstering the economy through job creation and inching closer to the tipping point for the mainstreaming

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[12 Dec 2011 | One Comment | 103 views]
CAES Study

The Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES), a public-private partnership of Boise State University, Idaho State University, and the University of Idaho, located in Idaho Falls, Idaho, is tasked with delivery of “innovative, cost-effective, credible energy research leading to sustainable technology-based economic environment”. A new case study by NEEA’s BetterBricks…

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[5 Dec 2011 | One Comment | 162 views]
PCC Newberg Center – Portland AIA 2011 Sustainable Design Award Winner

A 2011 Portland AIA Design Awards jurist commented upon the Portland Community College Newberg Center…, winner of this year’s Sustainable Design Award, saying “the building is a diagram of itself”. What might that mean? Well, unlike the hidden building systems in many facilities, you can get a good sense

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[9 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 38 views]
Call for Entries for 2011 Beyond Green High-Performance Building Awards

 
The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) has opened the call for entries for the 2011 Beyond Green™ High-Performance Building Awards…. The awards recognize buildings, initiatives and products that shape, inform and catalyze the high-performance building market. The award winners will be invitedto present their projects on Capitol Hill

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[9 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 95 views]
Atlas Shrugged:  The Burden of Energy Performance

As an architect or engineer striving to increase building energy performance, do you often feel the weight of the world on your shoulders? The combined load of client expectations, the 2030 Commitment…, energy models addressing multiple baselines, and LEED documentation, must all be optimized within budget constraints as you

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[12 Oct 2011 | No Comment | 65 views]
The Search is On For Champions of Energy Efficiency

The BetterBricks Awards return to for the ninth year in Oregon and the seventh year in Washington to recognize local professionals who are taking significant strides in reducing the energy consumption and carbon footprint of Northwest commercial buildings.  Green building professionals are encouraged to submit a nomination no later than

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[19 Aug 2011 | No Comment | 243 views]
Deep Energy Retrofits – Chicago’s Energy Efficiency Opportunity

Retrofitting our existing building stock to achieve substantial energy savings is quickly becoming a major theme for city governments across the nation in an effort to cut energy consumption – and save taxpayers money.  In a recent GreenBiz article written by Rocky Mountain Institute’s… Michael Bendwald, the author looks at