Energy Star tax creditsSimple is as simple does. It works. Its easier to understand. Easier to fix. The real world does not reward complexity.
An important aspect of good design is simplicity. HVAC can be complicated enough, given the need to maintain various spaces at set [...]
The guys over at Autodesk made this cute animation to drive the point home
The Buildings Sector accounts for about 40% of U.S. Energy, 72% of Electricity, and 34% of Natural Gas use. Building energy costs totaled $390 billion in 2006.
The Buildings Sector accounts for about 40% of U.S. Energy, 72% of Electricity,
and 34% of Natural [...]
Delayed commentary on things learned and shared at a recent RevitDC meeting:
NAMING THINGS and SHARING (it’s a matter of INTEGRITY)
Naming comes up again. “Inconsistent” is the keyword. I am glad that I am not the only one who struggles with it. Shakespeare wrote “What’s in a name? That which we [...]
Continue reading about BIM is a database – Naming is important
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 [...]
Continue reading about The bottom line! Building commissioning today
An important point, when planning a project, is that the skillsets of the users may be the real driver of success. Software skills by the senior experts helps too. Understanding the database may be as important as understanding the data. Its a bit of a hurdle that [...]
What if? Energy independence, green jobs, deal with peak oil , have healthier children, cleaner air and water, save the rainforests….
Continue reading about What if global warming is actually a hoax?
This doesn’t need any explanation.
A picture is worth a thousand words.
Additional editorial on LEED and Energy Star marketability
Continue reading about Calculating the advantage of a LEED certified building
Change is in the wind. Software and information technology forces a break with the past.
For generations, we engineers depended on drawings. The desktop PC, and software, such as Autocad, changed our dependence into a 2-d CAD.
Stephen Roth wrote in the recent issue of Consulting Specifying Engineers magazine.
HVAC [...]
Concerns brought up by Howard McKew of Engineered Systems magazine in the July 2009 issue. He said “Owners, Please Demand More from your IPD team” (Integrated Project Delivery ) McKew cites the fact that the new IPD approach being promoted by the AIA is possibly a lawyers dream to make money in [...]
Continue reading about Owners: Demand more Energy Modeling for the bottom line
Here is an exciting example of green design filled with good ideas.
This LEED certified home in Arlington is also an beautiful example of how a lower carbon footprint looks and how utility bills can be lowered to almost nothing.
Is it ironic that the house is listed for $1.175 million but the [...]
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
The Consilience Blog: A multi-discipline forum
Architecture 2030
Facilities Net
Jerry Yudelson
Bim and Integrated Design
BIMForum.org
HVAC DATA model from LBNL