How Local Leaders are Charting the Road to Resilience
A perfect storm…
It’s not just a good book title.
We’ve got a doozy brewing right before our eyes.
We have major, I mean major, infrastructure deficiencies that are only getting worse.
“LEED has the power to connect people and pull them in, no matter where they are starting from.”
Scot Horst, Senior Vice President, LEED, U.S. Green Building Council
Picture this: It’s 115°F outside. There’s a dust storm sweeping through the city and it hasn’t rained in weeks.
Now: Design an optimally performing building.
Our weekly collection of green building clips. Share your good reads of the week in the comments below.
“If numbers are purely objects of human thought, then why do they correspond so strikingly to the physical universe?”
Right now 3591 is my favorite number. I know, I know – it’s not even a prime number. It doesn’t spell anything turned upside down or backwards. And, well, we all know it’s not pi. It’s not even some special number from that show Numb3rs.
On Monday, Oct. 1, the Obama Administration convened a successful data “nerd-fest” they described as an Energy Datapalooza.
Entrepreneurs, thought leaders, policy makers, and other stakeholders gathered in the Old Executive Office Building to talk about building energy information and opportunities to create value and drive market transformation at scale.
Think fast: Do you need a permit to implement greywater irrigation? How about filters? What is greywater, anyway?
The World Green Building Council (WorldGBC) is partnering with McGraw-Hill on a new international green survey, and we encourage members of green building councils around the world to participate. The survey will examine important trends affecting and transforming the construction industry on a global, regional and national level. Most critically, the survey will provide information on the benefits experienced in green construction globally and the variation of green practices and standards by region.
Happy Friday: Check out our favorite clips and announcements from this week (World Green Building Week, at that!) – and share your own in the comments.
It’s coming – that time of year when the leaves start to fall and the breeze feels just a little cooler. For most of us, autumn means breaking out that new sweater you’ve been dying to wear or gearing up for that Pumpkin Spice Latte you’ve been dreaming of since July.
But for those of us in the green building industry, the onset of fall means one thing: GREENBUILD.