Category Archives: Sustainable Practice

GreenBuild 2014

GreenBuild 2014
11/01/2014: Greenbuild 2014 began with Ivan Neville, son of Aaron Neville,  setting the tone at the Superdome opening plenary with a dazzling jazz performance.  The Superdome, which housed thousands of refugees during hurricane Katrina, was a perfect setting to tell the story of the renaissance of New Orleans.  Now the Mercedes Benz Superdome,  after a 180MM restoration, the dome…
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GreenBuild 2013

11/27/2013: Philadelphia, PA: The City of Brotherly Love played host to over 10,000 green building fanatics this year.  Besides great buildings, great history and great cheesesteaks, Philly had so much to offer the green building aficionado. The long-awaited release of LEED version 4, which was delayed over a year and a half due mostly to…
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Green Building Class and Construction Products Class to the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors

08/22/2013: Goshen,  NY: Michael Shilale, AIA, LEED taught a class in sustainable design for members of the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors. In case you missed it, here is a link to the slideshow. [embed]http://www.slideshare.net/mshilale/green-building-presentation-8-1913?utm_source=slideshow01&utm_medium=ssemail&utm_campaign=share_slideshow[/embed] Titled “Sustainable Housing and Building Green, What Agents Should Know,” agents explored sustainable strategies that save energy, reduce carbon emissions, and…
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Emergency Generators vs Co-Generators

12/5/2012: The recent storm brought much damage and disruption to our area. The loss of life was devastating. The financial cost - extreme. As we rebuild and rethink our buildings, infrastructure and our communities,  we can build better. I have many thoughts and ideas for rethinking our buildings to make them more resilient and economical. …
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2012 GreenBuild Update

2012 GreenBuild Update
Nutritional labeling for products, toxins in 'mother's milk", can video games save the world? 11/28/2012: This year's green building conference had much to inform, inspire, and provoke thought.  Two keynote presentations created a yin and yang of emotion.  Beginning with William McDonough's remarks about how we are toxifying our environment,  he states,  "If that is…
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