Archive for the 'Architecture' Category
This ongoing seminar series is sponsored by the Professional Practice Committee of the AIA Orange County, and facilitated by Digital Vision Automation. The podcasts contain compelling presentations and lively panel discussion by the top BIM movers and shakers in southern California, who have been doing BIM for a long time.
Session 1, held on November 13th, [...]
“A high-tech building covered on all sides with solar cells has won an international contest for the best home powered only by the sun.
Team Germany, which also won in 2007, took first place in the Solar Decathlon, beating out teams from Illinois and California.
At a ceremony Friday in Washington, D.C., the [...]
This is an audio recording at the SFU City Program from September 24, 2009 with Guido Wimmers (Equilibrium Consulting Inc.), Dave Ramslie (Cascadia Region Green Building Council), Murray Frank (Constructive Home Solutions Inc.): “Boon or boondoggle? Building codes will allow for the construction of six-storey woodframe buildings. Is this good news for planners who want [...]
Experience UBC’s environmentally friendly green buildings on campus.
The Federal Building in downtown Youngstown, Ohio, features an extensive use of natural light to illuminate offices and a white roof to reflect heat.
It has LEED certification, the country’s most recognized seal of approval for green buildings.
But the building is hardly a model of energy efficiency. According to an environmental assessment last year, it did [...]
I just came accross this interesting approach for web-based collaborative LEED tracking. Is anybody using this system or other web-based services. What are the benefits over using LEED Online?
This information was contributed by Houston Neal of Software Advice:
“Tracking LEED credits is a document-intensive process. Just ask any experienced LEED Accredited Professional (AP). Submittal documentation includes [...]
This is a neat study tool that I came accross lately: “LeedVisual synthesizes difficult information about LEED NC credit into easy to understand and memorizable pictoral format.”
See www.leedvisual.com for more ..
The global integrated design firm, Perkins+Will launched the 2030 e2 Energy Estimating Tool. This free online tool was created to assist Perkins+Will’s designers in designing buildings to achieve the 2030 challenge. Specifically, 2030 e2 allows users to set target goals for four key areas: energy efficiency, green power offsets, on-site renewable energy, and grid-supplied renewable [...]
“50 something architects, designers, engineers, consultants and construction professionals just attended the inaugural meeting of the newly formed Seattle Ecotect User Group. This meeting, sponsored by IMAGINiT and Callison Architecture was held at the Seattle offices of Skanska.
A presentation and model sharing was given by Teresa Burrelsman of Callison, discussing the need for quick design [...]
