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Passive solar glass home: watching the sun move

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 16:10:15 +0000

A passive solar dream house in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. “Until you live in a glass house I don’t think you notice as much how the sun moves,” explains homeowner Cliff Butler. “We see it move daily.”

Duration : 0:4:41

Technorati Tags: chapel hill, climate control, green building, natural daylighting, north carolina, passive solar

Yale’s Kroon Hall Green By Design

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:48:43 +0000

Kroon Hall, the ultra-green home of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies, is one of the greenest buildings in the United States. Kroon was recently granted LEED platinum status, the highest possible certification for sustainable buildings, by the U.S. Green Building Council and named one of the Top Ten Green Projects of 2010 by the American Institute of Architects. In this video, learn more about Kroon’s green features and watch the building materialize, as Professor Stephen Kellert observes, “like a phoenix rising from the ashes.”

Duration : 0:7:56

Technorati Tags: green architecture, green building, green design, Kroon Hall, sustainable architecture

Skillman Residence, San Carlos, CA

admin — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 13:48:28 +0000

2009 Sustainable San Mateo County Green Building Award Winner (Residential).

Owner: Peter and Laurel Skillman
Architect: Freebairn-Smith & Crane
Builder: CEO Construction, Inc.

The Skillman residence is an exemplary residential project that demonstrates innovative reclamation of materials from other projects along with extensive innovative applications of sustainable design strategies. The house is beautifully sited on the hill and blends into the landscape with the green roof planted with native species. In addition to the green roof, the innovative design strategies include LED lighting, daylight harvesting and passive solar design which results in extremely low energy usage.

Video producer: Rick Bacigalupi, www.BaciPix.com

Duration : 0:4:22

Technorati Tags: architecture rick, bacigalupi, bacipix, green building, green roof, LED lighting, san carlos, san mateo, sustainability, sustainable design

Autodesk Revit Sustainable BIM Software – buildaroo.com

admin — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 07:21:42 +0000

Autodesk is one of the leading manufacturers of architectural design software. At this year’s Greenbuild conference, the Buildaroo News Team interviewed Catherine from Autodesk about the company’s Revit software, which is a Building Information Modeling (BIM) software that helps you explore early design concepts and forms. And the essential building information modeling (BIM) data that Autodesk Revit Architecture software provides can be used to support sustainable design, clash detection, construction planning, and fabrication. Michael from Autodesk walks us through the system’s sustainable features as well as its unique built-in weather database in the above video.

Some sustainable features built into the system include:
- water and energy use
- PV use
- LEED credits
- daylighting
- light controls and occupancy sensors
- carbon emissions
- insulation
- HVAC
- wall and roof construction
- The system allows you to generate an estimated energy bill and to then work on design alternatives to decrease energy cost.

Another really useful and unique feature of this system is its large built-in weather data base. Green Building studio draws from 1.6 million weather stations around the world and therefore ensures that the weather conditions you use in your design are accurate to that area.

Duration : 0:6:32

Technorati Tags: Architecture, Autodesk, BIM, buildaroo, buildaroo news, buildaroo.com, building, building information modeling, carbon emissions, clash detection, construction planning, daylighting, design, design software, Energy Efficiency, energy use, estimate energy, fabrication, Green, green building, green building studio, hvac, insulation, LEED, light controls, manufacturer, occupancy sensors, PV use, revit, software, sustainable, video, water use, weather database

EnviroGT™ Green Building Products for LEED Credits

admin — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:36:46 +0000

http://www.inprocorp.com/About/EnviroGT.aspx. With a commitment to green building and green architecture, InPro introduces an extended line of EnviroGT™ products ideal for green construction projects. EnviroGT sustainable products may help contribute credits to your LEED certified project using innovative building materials that contribute to sustainable architecture.

Duration : 0:1:11

Technorati Tags: certified, green architecture, green building, green construction, inpro, ipc, LEED, sustainable architecture, sustainable building

Home Green Home – Webisode 8: We All Made It Happen!

admin — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 06:46:25 +0000

HousePortInchttp://gdata.youtube.com/feeds/api/users/houseportincTechHouse Port, Pop Up House, Hally Thacher, prefab home, modular home, sustainable home, solar, green building, green development, eco-living, smart house, green rating, green design, green living, eco-friendly housing, SIP, structural insulated panelHome Green Home – Webisode 8: We All Made It Happen!

Duration : 0:1:39

Technorati Tags: eco-friendly housing, eco-living, green building, green design, green development, green living, green rating, Hally Thacher, House Port, modular home, Pop Up House, prefab home, SIP, smart house, solar, structural insulated panel, sustainable home

Bulgaria Green Building Market Place (BSBC) – Build Green Central Eastern Europe

admin — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 15:38:15 +0000

Ward Miller, President of the Bulgarian Sustainable Building Council provides an overview of the green building marketplace, legislation, education, and other activities related to sustainable construction in Bulgaria. The Bulgaria Sustainable Building Council is one of two organizations, including the Bulgaria Green Building Council, interested to join the network of national councils recognized by the World Green Building Council.

The presentation was delivered on April 15, 2010 as part of the Build Green Central Eastern Europe conference (www.BuildGreenCEE.org) organized by the Romania, Polish, and Hungary Green Building Councils and supported by the World Green Building Council. The event brought together 14 national Green Building Councils to share their knowledge of their local markets and discuss regional and international policy and trends.

Duration : 0:17:49

Technorati Tags: Bulgaria, green building, sustainable construction

Home Green Home – Webisode 4: Who Knows How It Will Turn Out?

admin — Sun, 04 Jul 2010 14:41:02 +0000

Duration : 0:2:8

The Emerging Building Performance Industry (pt 5) (HERS CBPCA Class)- buildaroo.com

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:39:13 +0000

The 3-hour seminar is the class given prior to the first HERS (Home Energy Rating System) class given by the CBPCA (California Building Performance Contractors Association). The seminar reviews how the emerging building performance industry is impacting the work of building officials, inspectors, planning personnel, policy makers, and many types of contractors and green building consultants. Current funding available through AB811 tax assessments, federal tax credits, stimulus funding, and utility rebates starting in early 2010 are creating new business opportunities and driving the development of the building performance industry. Learn how you can take advantage of these opportunities in Sonoma County and surrounding areas. In addition, the fundamentals of building science principals will be discussed.

Californias Long-Term Energy Efficiency Strategic Plan establishes aggressive goals for reducing energy consumption in homes by 40% statewide by 2020. To meet this target, cities and counties around California are developing aggressive new policies and programs to support and grow the necessary businesses to achieve this goal. Learn how Sonoma County is making progress and how you can take advantage of the emerging opportunities.

Brought to you by buildaroo.com. For more videos on energy efficiency and energy training, visit www.buildaroo.com.

Duration : 0:9:55

Technorati Tags: building performance, CBPCA, energy training, green building, HERS, home energy efficiency, home energy rating, reducing energy, stimulus funding, sustainable building, tax credits, tax incentives, training, utility rebates

Home Green Home – Webisode 1: Hally Thacher Brings the Pop-Up House to Life

admin — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 18:39:09 +0000

A preview of the Home Green Home Webisode series from Houseport, Inc.

Duration : 0:0:55