Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Greenbuild”
At a presentation at the Cincinnati Civic Garden Center several years ago, we found out what our number of Earths was for our lifestyle. Were you a vegetarian? Take the bus? Wear second hand clothes? The young lady that won used 1/4th of an Earth for her lifestyle. I use 1/10 of the carbon as the average person. Carbon offsets …
“Some scholars have said Schitts Creek is a utopia,” Mahesh Ramanujam asked Dan Levy. Dan’s interview spotlighted the community in a small town and his hope for the future. Information from the USGBC We are delighted to announce a Greenbuild 2021 Exclusive Conversation with Emmy® Award-winning Writer, Actor, Director and Producer, Dan Levy. Dan Levy has won numerous Awards as …
Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2021 Connect With Us Please email [email protected] for any media requests. Melissa Baker, Senior Vice President, Technical Core, will be available for media interview during the conference. Follow USGBC on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn for updates throughout the conference. Don’t Miss This Week: Visit with the USGBC booth at the expo hall (booth 5107) and meet …
This session explains the newly launched Structural Engineers (SE) 2050 Commitment Program by the Structural Engineering Institute (SEI) of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE). SE 2050 is a national program with goals of reducing the embodied carbon of our structural systems to net zero by 2050 through education, tracking of embodied carbon, and establishing reduction targets over time. …
Editorial, “This presentation gave us some insight into how to describe and quantify embodied carbon, especially for transportation. It’s frighting what is predicted to happen by 2050. Location, location, location is so important but the doubling of population by 2050 compounds the problem. None of the 2020 Greenbuild presentations addressed the population boom. This unspoken reality seems to ignore population …
Editorial, “With all this talk about zero-carbon and its comprehensive effect on everything about building conception, construction, operation, maintenance and deconstruction; we wondered about what this is going to look like when we apply the same science to housewares, consumables, food, transportation and clothing. Inexpensive appliances from China will be frowned upon. Understanding the amount of micro plastics in paper …
Editorial, “This presentation confirms our three step strategy to understand our project’s needs and timeline. We’re volunteering to help the Contemporary Arts Center (CAC) in downtown Cincinnati to achieve LEED Certification. First we implemented the U.S. Green Building Council’s ARC building carbon footprint measuring system. Second we are assembling the complete energy history of the building from its construction in …
Editorial, “We didn’t know that fossil gas releases so much methane into the atmosphere during drilling, during extraction, during transmission, and during burning to offset any benefits over coal. Heat pumps and induction cooktops are much more efficient and use electricity. 100 percent electric buildings are here and we won’t have to pay for replacing the aging fossil gas distribution …
Editorial comment, “We love hearing about carbon! It is so inclusive and brings every aspect of our world into focus. No longer can suppliers say, not applicable, not our problem, doesn’t apply. Steel from China isn’t the same as steel from the mill 50 miles from us. Concrete has always bothered us and now we have a rational way of …
Editorial, ” This session reviews the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Cities program globally. Cincinnati received its LEED Certification in November 2019. The second speaker presented his PhD work analyzing efficiency models holistically and not individually. This allows a city to understand where investment will have the most impact. We are donating our time attending Greenbuild to help the Contemporary …
