Sentences with phrase «high performance building»

They will also outline the role of data collection in the evolution of high performance building best practices.

We're growing and taking advantage of the increasing demand for high performance buildings.

This sustainable construction is achieved through precision craft and high performance building techniques.

It may not be the answer, but it certainly helps move high performance building forward.

To harness high performance building principles to deliver superior comfort, indoor air quality, and energy efficiency.

Plus, the benefits of high performance buildings far exceed the energy savings.

This is an entry - level position for someone with technical skills who is interested in working in the field of high performance buildings, energy efficiency, and building science.

Intello, available from 475 High Performance Building Supply in Brooklyn, is a «smart» vapor retarder that prevents moisture transfer into the wall assembly while allowing it to dry out if it becomes accidentally saturated.

Friday, August 19, 2016 marked a huge success for everyone who has been working hard to promote high performance buildings in Canada.

The drive for high performance building enclosures fueled by the need to create more energy efficient buildings has opened the door for new building systems, materials, and technology in the market.

The Levy Partnership, Inc., a leading energy and environmental consulting firm, is seeking talented and energetic professionals with a background in Engineering, Architecture or related field to work on Passive House and other high performance building design, consulting and research projects.

While high performance building owes a great debt of gratitude to European pioneers like Dr. Wolfgang Feist of the Passivhaus Institut in Germany, standards like Passive House need to be aligned with the US market, US rating schemes, and US incentive programs to really take off here.

High Performance Buildings + Natural Materials Straw and Cellulose Friday, February 13th, 2015 at RMI Boulder, Colorado

He is a Certified Passive House Consultant and builds and designs Passive Houses and other high performance buildings in the mountains of Western Maine.

Foam Free High Performance Building Enclosures: presents a clear and practical guide to achieving the highest levels of resilient and sustainable building enclosures while eliminating foam.

Experiment Design and Training Data Quality of Inverse Model for Short - term Building Energy Forecasting L Zhang, J Wen, C Cui, X Li and T Wu 4th International High Performance Buildings Conference, 2016

She worked with Ecocor High Performance Buildings in Searsmont, Maine for 4 1/2 years while completing a low energy home in the midcoast area before relocating to Southern Maine.

Especially in budget - conscious high performance building, this ability for «parametric analysis,» or simultaneous testing of many design parameters, is mission critical.

It's such a drastic alteration, it'll probably kill the program and we'll see even more fragmentation of high performance building programs.

Building industry professionals and individuals who are going to be involved in the design and construction of Passive House buildings or EnerPHit (retrofit) projects, including: architects, engineers, design professionals, site supervisors, general contractors, building inspectors, city planners, homeowners, investors and suppliers of high performance building materials that may be used in Passive House construction.

Please note: 110: Introduction to Passive House High Performance Buildings is not required to take this course.

We look forward to seeing more Canadian manufacturers become certified by the Passivhaus Institute over the coming year, growing the local market of high performance building components!

Who: Join former Palo Alto Mayor, Peter Drekmeier, supporters and members of Passive House California and a collection of high performance building activists on a 8 - mile route though Palo Alto's neighborhoods.

Hempcrete is completely non-toxic and creates an incredibly high performance building.

In addition, the IAC, comprising leading high performance building manufacturers, facilitate and shape critical research, gain market intelligence, speed innovation, and expand the high - perf.

Stas Zakrzewski is principal architect at zh - architects, is passionate about beautifully composed high performance buildings and believes in the increasing importance of designing energy sensitive and sustainable projects.

According to the National Institute of Building Sciences, high performance building integrates and optimizes all major high - performing building attributes, including energy efficiency, durability, life - cycle performance, and occupant productivity.

Ken Levenson is an architect with a passive house under his belt, who now sells insulating products at High Performance Building Supply, so some might say that he has a vested interest.

They set up the American High Performance Building Coalition, to demonize and criticize the USGBC at every turn.

«The costs are coming down,» says Levenson, who is a partner of the online 475 High Performance Building Store.

So most net zero energy projects have to employ high performance building strategies like Passive House to meet their energy targets.

Most lenders do not recognize the monetary value of high performance buildings so it can be harder for borrowers to obtain loans that cover the full cost of passive house construction; however, GEM has partnered with SecurityNational Mortgage Company, which recognizes the value of green.

(Note: This post was first published on the 475 High Performance Building Supply blog and is reproduced here with permission.)

Sefaira and Architecture 2030 Partner to Drive Deep Energy Reductions in the Building Sector We're delighted to announce that we've partnered with Sefaira, the leader in software for high performance building design, to raise awareness of the 2030 Challenge and help architects achieve the Challenge targets.

I really admire John Straube; he is the author of another bible about the topic, High Performance Building Enclosures, which I consulted on my recent house renovation.

High Performance Buildings + Natural Materials Straw, Cellulose and Wood Thursday, February 19th, 2015 in Oakland, California

As a previous commenter noted, many previous efforts to promote high performance building have failed dismally.

The Conservatory is recognized as one of the world's greenest buildings.The Pittsburgh 2030 District is, according to the city's website, «a collaborative, nationally recognized, but local community of high performance buildings in Downtown and Oakland that aim to dramatically reduce energy and water consumption, transportation emissions, and improve indoor air quality while increasing competitiveness in the business environment and owner's returns on investment.»

Advocates of passive house design promise a lot of benefits, but the past few weeks of cold weather and combined with power failures have tested the mettle of high performance buildings of all kinds.

Jim Savage, Green Built's founder, started with the idea that Tiny + could serve as a prototype to show people what hemp - based building can be — and that it is possible to create non-toxic, high performance buildings that are nevertheless beautiful.

A subsequent energy efficiency project at Husted Hall was awarded a High Performance Building Plaque from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA).

Along these lines, the guys at 475 High Performance Building Supply, a Brooklyn - based provider of products for high - performance projects, have a list describing 13 ways foam fails, starting with the «dangerous toxic ingredients.»

International LCA Initiatives Athena is a valued contributor to international LCA activities, playing an active role in the Sustainable Building Challenge, a continuation of the Green Building Challenge that since 1996 has engaged over 75 teams in project assessments of high performance buildings.

High Performance Gets Real: In this one - hour course, the instructor will describe attributes of high - performance building, outline known challenges of material use in high performance buildings and describe what is meant by a systems approach and how it differs from conventional approaches.