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Greenbuild 2007 - Now Online!

Greenbuild, one the premier green building conferences in the United States, starts today in Chicago.  For those of us who couldn’t make the trip (including yours truly, currently sitting at his desk in Baltimore), there is now a way to catch some of the action online:  Greenbuild 365.
Sponsored by the United States Green Building Council, [...]

By brianjonas | 07 Nov 07 | Comments (0)

Solar Decathlon - Winners!

The 2007 Solar Decathlon is over. The winners have been annouced!
First Prize: Technische Universitat Darmstadt - 1024 pts
Second Prize: University of Maryland - 999 pts
Third Prize: University of California at Santa Clara - 979 pts
As you can see it was a close race up until the end. The Darmstadt team pulled ahead with strong [...]

By jonasrisen | 22 Oct 07 | Comments (0)

Solar Decathlon 2007 Opens!

The official opening day of Solar Decathlon 2007 was Friday Oct. 12th. I visited the event on Saturday along with thousands and thousands of others. The weather was perfect, sunny too. Everyone was very optimistic about the houses this year and very keen to explain, learn, and discuss the strategies and materials going in to these [...]

By jonasrisen | 15 Oct 07 | Comments (1)

Sandy Wiggins Lecture: Zero Energy House

Tonight the USGBC Baltimore Region Chapter hosted a seminar on Zero Energy House Design. The guest speaker was Sandy Wiggins, who was Vice President of the USGBC, founder of the Delaware Valley Green Building Council, and current principal of Consilience  LLC. He is now dedicating most of his time to operating Consilience LLC which is [...]

By jonasrisen | 25 Sep 07 | Comments (0)

Baltimore Bioneers’07

Baltimore Bioneers’07: Cultivating Change. Inspiring Solutions 
The Bioneers are back and the convention this year is host to an inspiring lineup of speakers and topics.  For those of you unfamiliar with the Bioneers, they are an organization started in 1990 by Kenny Ausubel and Nina Simons whose stated goal is to bring together scientific and social innovators [...]

By jonasrisen | 24 Sep 07 | Comments (0)

The Solar Decathlon is almost here…

The 2007 Solar Decathlon is coming to the National Mall in Washington, DC this October! Houses will be on display in the "solar village" from October 12th through the 20th at 10am-5pm on weekends and 11am-3pm on weekdays. The entire Decathlon is closed on October 17th for competition purposes.
For those of you unfamiliar with the [...]

By jonasrisen | | Comments (2)

David Suzuki Keynote Speech

The USGBC has finally uploaded the 2006 Greenbuild keynote address by David Suzuki to their Web site. This link will take you to the USGBC Web site and makes available the lecture in several different formats.
David Suzuki is a Canadian newscaster and advocate for environmental causes. He is well known worldwide because of his [...]

By jonasrisen | 17 Sep 07 | Comments (0)

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