by candice
best practice, energy efficiency, greenbuild, LEED, pilot project 4432 views
What are those things you might ask. If you didn’t recognize them, they are plug load tracking devices, Power Ports made by Enmetrics. We are installing them as part of a LEED v.4 EBOM pilot project at Stopwaste.org’s LEED Platinum building in downtown Oakland …
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by candice
2659 views
I received an an email today from a fellow volunteer for a green building industry nonprofit. It included a request to send out a PDF flyer attachment for an upcoming event to our network. The sender, who I do not know personally, signed the email with her initials only. She did not include the name of the organization we both work for …
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by candice
advise, branding 2493 views
Know who you are as an organization.
Define your brand in writing or you’ll go off course.
Be able to articulate it clearly …
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by candice
2295 views
What could be more timely? Ed Masria is a great visionary of our times. View the intro video then spread this around the world …
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by candice
advocacy, climate, resilience 2134 views
On the one year anniversary of Hurricane Sandy, major U.S. companies have united to petition the President to implement the Climate Action Plan announced on June 25. “By working together, the private and public sectors can improve climate preparedness while building a stronger economy and more resilient communities …
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by candice
codes, greenbuild 2043 views
Unlike LEED, BREEAM and other voluntary green building rating systems, codes hold the potential to bring green building into everyone’s everyday practice. That’s huge. So, while some are doing the essential work of pushing the sexier boundaries of green building with Zero Net Energy and Living Building Challenge buildings …
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