Energy Star tax creditsBusiness Of A/E/C
I went looking for news on energy efficiency and found this: Private Investment in Green Sectors tops $2 trillion. This was between 2007 and 2009. There is a bright future in green high-performance buildings, it seems. Hazel Henderson, D.Sc.Hon., FRSA, former US government technology advisor and president of Ethical Markets Media said, “this new total [...]
Its hard anymore to find a politician as successful and honorable as President Clinton. And he supports energy efficiency! He knows government policy should support it and not the status quo of oil and coal. By the way, most of those politicians oughta forget it and get a job! I am driven to help building [...]
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Misinformation spreads like wildfire among those who do not read or watch more than one source of news. So-called conservative groups, like the Heritage Foundation, are particularly good at confounding this group. The truth : According to Wikipedia’s Cap and trade definition, it is where …an aggregate cap on all sources is established and these [...]
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I am worried now. A new report just came out showing that 85% of CMMS (Computerized Management and Maintenance System) software being purchased is not being used. This is software that is supposed to be used by facilities managers to streamline their work, but apparently without much eagerness. An excellent commentary in this months Engineered [...]
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BIM, IPD and “private” cloud computing at Little Diversified Architecture in Charlotte. This firm is on the top of the wave of change, being led by the author of the article, Chris France, CIO of the firm. This firm and its predecessors have always been very very good anyway. I like Chris’ understanding of the [...]
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I want to clear the air about something that has been problematic for years. I do not have the standard degree in my field. Recently I have been in close contact with many engineering, architecture, and construction hiring managers. The communication has revealed much and disappointed me on a number of occasions as I seek [...]
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Stymied by details of education again! I have devoted 30 years… to this field and still the issue of education comes up again and again. Certain states will not approve my application for licensure, citing my education not being adequate. I do not have a BSME (BS Mechanical Engineering), and my degrees are not both [...]
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I have a BS ED, which is a science that encompasses the junction between engineering and architecture. My expertise is in buildings and how they work. I focused all my career on design of the built environment and building systems. I was educated in energy conservation, neighborhood preservation, and solar energy in the 1970s. I [...]
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Money Factoid heard at the recent Eco-Build conference in D.C.: “The number of contractors adopting Building Information Modeling has quadrupled in the past year. ” Coming from a very small core of early and aggressive users to a large cross section. Another trend is that BIM is being used on larger projects by the larger [...]
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I would like to share this 2006 excerpt from the Building Design and Construction magazine white paper on the bottom line of building commissioning. To put some solid numbers on benefits of commissioning, Evan Mills, PhD, and colleagues at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Portland Energy Conservation, and Texas A&M University (Energy Systems Laboratory) reviewed published [...]
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HVAC DATA model from LBNL
BetterBricks.com
Database of Energy and $ Incentives
From Horsepower to Hearpower, Part 1: The Foundations of Power and Energy
Oil Industry started (Drake's well in PA)
The Energy Collective
Architecture 2030
Jerry Yudelson
