Archive for the 'Architecture' Category
Passivhaus Schools
The Route to Low Energy Schools in the UK?
11 December 2009 | RIBA, London
This very succesful one-day conference explored how the German low energy Passivhaus standard could provide a solution to achieving low energy buildings and improved air quality in UK schools.
Click on “Conferences” in the aecb.net menu, or go straight to http://www.aecb.net/phschools2009.php. to [...]
Danish architect Bjarke Ingels rockets through photo/video-mingled stories of his eco-flashy designs. His buildings not only look like nature — they act like nature: blocking the wind, collecting solar energy — and creating stunning views.
The Rocky Mountain Institute has created an online carbon assessment tool called Green Footstep that helps architects, engineers, and developers understand how much a building contributes to global warming.
Green Footstep reveals the design targets required to achieve carbon neutrality, net zero site energy, and other goals, and can be used on residential and commercial new [...]
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.
