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I started this blog in January 2007, as an outgrowth of my desire to write. I wanted to spend more time on my writing, but alas, I still had my day job to fall back on. Well, to make a long story short, I took a new day job in Virginia, so I am a [...]
Here is an observation on timing and preparation being so important to a useful charette. Charettes are good. It is not some fancy concept just because it came from France. But why are they not done more often? Maybe they are not well appreciated, understood or applied by most designers. They can be difficult to schedule, requiring many high level stakeholders to be present for hours. And many do not [...]
I have designed many HVAC systems, for all kinds of buildings, in all kinds of sizes. Most of the time, no one asked if the architectural design was optimal from the energy efficiency viewpoint. Sometimes, if there was a building element to tweak, a window overhang for instance, the architect would be performing the smallest of energy savings by design, or optimization. As HVAC [...]
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This months HPAC Engineering magazine has an article by Geoff McDonell, PE. The following quote is one of the most telling: “Typically, in a conventional linear design process, after calculating building heat losses and heat gains, an HVAC- system designer selects appropriately sized equipment and systems. At this point, energy-efficiency gains can be realized only through [...]
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I was cleaning up my favorites yesterday and came across this old article from Architecture Week by Ross A. Leventhal, in “Greening” a Profession , August 2000, choice quotes (edited by me) “…The client had not explicitly stated green design as a goal…the budget was extremely tight, meaning that all decisions turned on first cost issues. [...]
Continue reading about Past was prolog: Flashback to Green architecture in 2000
Many people do not realize that 48% of the energy in this country is used to heat, cool and light buildings. Only recently has the popular press noticed that green building is very relevant. Its about time. ”I don’t get much respect, you know what I mean?”, Rodney Dangerfield My daily role as hvac and plumbing [...]
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