Tag Archives: Building Green

NorthernStar, DOE, Foundations & Basements Recap

DOEclrThanks to Michael Anschel we are able to provide the second day of the NorthernStar Conference which was covering foundations & basements on this day. (The first day & more information) This event was composed of individuals from DOE, Verified Green & the University of Minnesota among others working on creating better guidelines for the
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NorthernStar, DOE & Windows – A Recap

michael-anschel-thermal-comfort-guideI just loved this tweet – “I really like days when michaelanschel attends and tweets some interesting conference to which I am not invited.” Well that makes two of us, but fortunately Michael is nice enough to tweet about them. Speaking of nice, he was also nice to allow me to pull them all together
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The HTRC, Safety Sunday, & a few more Changes

alagbs_com_logoThe only constant is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be. Isaac Asimov  Just a little over 14 months ago, the Resource Center
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Building Green Homes: Looking back & Lessons Learned

Final_MILCI guess I can credit some of my desire to learn about and utilize energy efficient designs, green buildings, & solar power with the area I grew up in. I can recall some of our schools field trips where we would go see new houses being built with photovoltaic panels, and eating food cooked on
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Green Building Principles & Common Sense

Common sense unfortunately is missing from most discussions of building green. There are groups that state that petroleum based products, concrete, & other items should never be used. There are contractors that simply state that it is a fad, and a complete joke while others push it no matter what the
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What is Green Building?

It seems like everywhere you turn - people are talking about building or remodeling green. Well what is it exactly?
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