Sentences with phrase «high performance buildings»

For more sustainability solutions, look no further than the High Performance Buildings education track!

She has spoken at national conferences for the Urban Land Institute, USGBC, BOMA, AIA, and ASHRAE; published articles in High Performance Buildings, Lessons Learned, Area Development, National Geographic, and Sustainable Facility; and has been quoted in the Financial Times, The New York Times, Preservation Magazine, New York Construction, and Forbes.

If all of these facilities were high performance buildings, the healthcare system would literally save billions of dollars.

Long a leader in sustainable, high performance buildings, the federal government has criteria that define a high performance building: the Guiding Principles for Federal Leadership in High Performance and Sustainable Building and for the Department of Defense the UFC 1 -200-02.

Michael Pawlyn has been described as a pioneer of biomimicry and established Exploration Architecture in 2007 to focus on designing high performance buildings and solutions for the circular economy.

North Carolina's globally competitive position in advanced technology sectors includes energy, but also the newer technology areas of smart grid, energy storage, intelligent and high performance buildings, electric vehicles, solar, bioenergy, wind energy, and smart transportation.

Craig Hollow will follow with US - based projects - both completed and currently under construction - to prove that High Performance buildings are not just for hippies!

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.

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

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.»

They are designed to be high performance buildings, to achieve Passiv Haus standards and to approach zero - energy status.

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

Of course, there is still lot of work yet to be done but we, along with our dedicated members and supporters, are committed to our mission to support the transition to high performance buildings.

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

PHCA is finding our core expertise at bridging the gap between policy and implementation to be a great asset in helping shift the market towards high performance buildings in general... and specific equipment, such as the heat pump water heaters we showcased at these two well - attended events.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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).

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.

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

Allison, Thank you for the mention of 475 High Performance Building Supply.

Partner with 475 High Performance Building Supply to help your projects move into the high performance future.

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

475 High Performance Building Supply seeks a highly motivated New York State product consulting team member interested in working with architects, engineers, builders, and project owners

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

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.

A leaky building might be 15 ACH50, while a high performance building is typically 1 ACH50 or less.

Energy consumption is reduced by the high performance building envelope, high efficiency mechanical systems, and then offset with renewable energy.

With a high performance building enclosure (e.g. a perfect wall and exceptional glazing) the surface temperatures of a room will become very close to the air temperature, and comfort will be enhanced, even if the air temperature approaches the extremes of the comfort band.

«For example in 2012 our Group Headquarters in Kingscourt Ireland achieved Net Zero Energy through extensive retrofit of the existing building by incorporating our high performance building envelope, rooftop solar PV and LED lighting system.

The grant has enabled us to launch our new website, which houses more resources for building industry professionals, policy makers and home buyers — with new features like a job board, individual profile pages for members and a forum, all of which are designed to foster and grow the high performance building industry and community.

And while they may sound wonkish and technical, thermal bridges demand respect: they are anathema to high performance building, providing an escape route for heat (or cool) to circumvent super-insulated assemblies and for moisture to penetrate walls and wreak moldy havoc.

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

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

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.

Effective energy modeling is vitally important in the design process of high performance building and tools borrowed from Passive House, like the Passive House Planning Package (PHPP) and WUFI - Passive, can help LEED projects eliminate the thermal bridge blind spot.

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.

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

The restaurant uses 60 % less energy for heating and cooling than a conventional restaurant thanks to its high performance building features.

In a high performance building, small design defects can make a big difference to performance, he says.

Lecture on Integrated Design and High Performance Building for Muscoe Martin's Graduate Course on Sustainability and Practice

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!

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.

As the local affiliate, Passive House California will host a series of events to promote the Passive House Standard and to encourage all green building enthusiasts to learn about this high performance building method.