Articles tagged with: energy performance
2030 challenge, AIA COTE, aia portland, architecture 2030, BetterBricks, boora architects, design awards, energy performance, high performance, NEEA, Net Zero, port of portland, portland state university, vincent martinez, Zero Energy, ZGF, zimmer gunsul frasca
What do you get when you combine the Portland AIA Design Awards, the Portland AIA Committee on the Environment (COTE), NEEA’s BetterBricks initiative, and the Architecture 2030 Challenge? Why, the 2030 Challenge Design Awards, of course! Presented November 10th… at the Portland AIA COTE Green
building energy, ecotrope, energy modeling, energy performance, LEED, mark frankel, new buildings institute
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
ashrae, BetterBricks, building energy, commercial buildings, energy performance, energy star, portfolio manager
…Wouldn’t it be convenient to compare the energy performance of commercial buildings as readily as you can compare the mileage ratings of different vehicles? Local and state governments around the Northwest are implementing programs to facilitate this process. While the proposed programs, so far, will all rely on EPA’s ENERGY
bullitt foundation, denis hayes, energy performance, Jim Hanford, Net Zero Buildings, Paul Schwer
Designed to be the most energy efficient commercial building in the world – at least for the moment – the Bullitt Foundation’s Cascadia Center… will achieve this objective through integrated architectural and engineering design, cutting-edge technology and components, carefully selected building materials and conscious choices by tenants.
In 2007, Congress
commercial buildings, COMNET, energy efficiency, energy performance, energy use, hvac systems, mechanical engineers, performance requirements
While you may not find them on the racks at airport bookstores, COMNET’s recently published Commercial Buildings Energy Modeling Guidelines and Procedures… are a lot more interesting than you might imagine. While intended as a guideline for building energy modelers and simulation software developers, architects interested in learning to increase
2030 challenge, AIA, aia convention, architecture, architecture 2030, Chris Chatto, energy performance, margaret montgomery, nbbj, paula vaughan, ZGF
At the AIA Convention in Miami last Thursday, several Northwest firms presented on their efforts to track and benchmark energy performance on all their projects. The session focused on how firms are doing in meeting their AIA 2030 commitments. Margaret Montgomery, Director of Sustainability for NBBJ and Chris Chatto on the ZGF…
AIA, bnim architects, bob berkebile, building, buildings, claire johnson, design, don horn, efficiency, energy, energy consumption, energy efficiency, energy performance, Energy Use Index, engineer, Green, green buildings, Greenbuild, high performance, integrated design, LEED, northwest energy efficiency alliance, STEFFEN, sustainability, sustainability experts, WMIG, zgf architects
The Northwest Energy Efficiency Alliance’s BetterBricks initiative congratulates the Seattle AIA 2010 What Makes It Green Award winners and the Seattle AIA and Seattle COTE for an outstanding program and process. The program culminated in the 11th annual awards event held in Seattle on June 2nd…. This came
