Where are we going with this Green, Sustainable, Energy Efficient, Healthy Building Movement? I kind of lost some interest in blogging and tweeting the past few weeks. Main reason is I periodically get overwhelmed by the amount of daily information I am inundated with regarding Green Building. I have to constantly ask myself, “What are [...]
Where are we going with this Green, Sustainable, Energy Efficient, Healthy Building Movement?
September 16, 2010 By 2 Comments
What are the advantages for a commercial building owner to consider a green approach?
September 14, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The following is a reply to a discussion started by Galouzi Makrem of the “Building Green-Sustainability Group” on Linked in. “Lets shelve the word Green. Let’s use a real world term–”Sustainable.” Any commercial building owner, meaning the building is theirs, lock, stock and barrel, has to look at their investment simply as initial cost, operational [...]
Thinking about Energy Conservation, American Security, America’s Greatest Generation and our Veterans.
August 8, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Opinion: New York Times article, “Don’t LEED us Astray.”
August 5, 2010 By Leave a Comment
The New York Times Article, “Don’t LEED Us Astray” seems to have stirred up a lot of thought provoking discussion. One statement that enlightened me was: “Put simply, a building’s LEED rating is more like a snapshot taken at its opening, not a promise of performance.” That bull’s eyed it for me. I thought it [...]
Is retrofitting sustainability measures into existing buildings a cost effective solution?
August 4, 2010 By Leave a Comment
Is retrofitting sustainability measures into existing buildings a cost effective solution? I have been following a discussion of this title initiated by Liz Stanley the Digital Community Manager at UBM Built Environment on Linked-In for the past couple of weeks. Finally after a comment today I just couldn’t keep my opinion to myself any longer. [...]
Too Much Heat and Moisture in an Energy Efficient New House.
July 27, 2010 By Leave a Comment
In my last posting I was dealing with a real life building issue of condensation on the rim band of an insulated, pressurized crawl space. So who cares, it is in the crawl space. Well that is what causes mold, rot and unhealthy living conditions. Many people would say, “See we been telling you are [...]
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