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Building mag story on increase (2X) for energy efficiency incentives, buildings & tenants over 25K @ Toronto - BOMA CDM http://bit.ly/7dUQC3
ecostrategy (Ecostrategy) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:49:16 -0000
Building mag story on increase (2X) for energy efficiency incentives, buildings & tenants over 25K @ Toronto - BOMA CDM http://bit.ly/7dUQC3
Some interesting large scale energy efficiency upgrades funded by fed gov Green Building Fund: http://bit.ly/6NkLW5 (pdf)
RPMcCarthy (Ryan McCarthy) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:51:48 -0000
Some interesting large scale energy efficiency upgrades funded by fed gov Green Building Fund: http://bit.ly/6NkLW5 (pdf)
Congrats! RT @BldngNrgyExprts: Building Energy Experts is selected for major utility Energy Efficiency program. http://tinyurl.com/yguw6ys
EnergyCircle (EnergyCircle) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:48:25 -0000
Congrats! RT @BldngNrgyExprts: Building Energy Experts is selected for major utility Energy Efficiency program. http://tinyurl.com/yguw6ys
Building Energy Experts is selected for major utility Energy Efficiency program. http://tinyurl.com/yguw6ys
BldngNrgyExprts (BEE GREEN) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 22:44:09 -0000
Building Energy Experts is selected for major utility Energy Efficiency program. http://tinyurl.com/yguw6ys
@newforestfood Excellent guides to Improve your homes energy efficiency http://bit.ly/lFKxS Information from #EST #green #building #energy
Ecotwiters (Ecotwiters) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 21:39:00 -0000
@newforestfood Excellent guides to Improve your homes energy efficiency http://bit.ly/lFKxS Information from #EST #green #building #energy
Building Labels To Boost ‘Sexy’ Energy Efficiency: Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 - 05:00 Author:  http://url4.eu/wPiJ
sustaincapital (Steve Messere) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 07:31:54 -0000
Building Labels To Boost ‘Sexy’ Energy Efficiency: Wednesday, 16 December, 2009 - 05:00 Author:  http://url4.eu/wPiJ

 

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Building Performance Directive Implementation Advisory Group (DIAG) - Organization with purpose of advising the UK Government upon directive implementation. Includes publications and regulations.
Meta Description: [ The EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) Implementation Advisory Group (DIAG) has been established to advise the UK Government upon the Directive’s effective and timely implementation ]

Buildings Technology Center of Excellence - Research and development of technologies to improve the energy efficiency and environmental compatibility of residential and commercial buildings. Facilities are available to manufacturers, universities, and others for proprietary and nonproprietary research and development. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory.

City of Chicago: City Hall's Roof Top Garden - An experiment to cut energy costs and reduce pollution. Page includes information about the design and construction, as well as the method of testing its benefits.

Consortium for Advanced Residential Buildings - A team of designers, home builders, and product manufacturers that has joined the Department of Energy's Building America Program on a cost-shared basis. All CARB projects are Energy-Star homes.
Meta Description: [ Steven Winter Associates is an architectural engineering research and consulting firm specializing in energy efficiency, sustainable design, accessiblity, and affordability. ]

Constructive Technologies Group, Inc. - Publications provide info on green buildings and the growing emphasis on building performance and occupant health. Produce Better Buildings Interactive computer based training products designed to improve building performance.

Cool Roofing Materials Database - Assists with the selection of roofing materials which reflect, or otherwise reject, the sun's radiant energy, before it penetrates into the interior of the building. From the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory .

DOE's Building Technologies Program - Research and dissemination of information about energy-saving appliance technologies (washers, and refrigerators), energy-efficient building construction, and related topics such as indoor air quality.

Energy Efficiency in Industrial, Commercial and Institutional Buildings - Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) information to control operating costs and to preserve profitability and maintain a competitive edge. Information to eliminate inefficient energy use through the implementation of energy efficiency measures.

Energy Efficient Building Association (EEBA) - Disseminating information and technology for energy efficient, environmentally responsible buildings and communities.

Energy Office - Offers suggestions for campaigns for more energy consciousness in offices. Includes catalogue of cost-free measures and checklists.

404 Energy Study of Roofing Materials - Energy study by Florida Light and Power confirms that using whiter, and therefore, more reflective roofing materials, decreases air conditioning costs.

Environmental Design and Construction - Magazine covering all aspects of environmentally sound building design and construction.
Meta Description: [ Environmental Design + Construction (ED+C), the premier source for integrated high-performance building, is dedicated to efficient and sustainable design and construction. ]

Guide to the International Energy Conservation Code - Provides the information and resources necessary to implement and enforce the ICC's International Energy Conservation Code.

Pakistan Energy and Environment Management Center - Provides architectural designs to reduce effects from solar radiation and improve energy efficiency, building energy conservation fact sheets, tips, building code information, and other resources.

Passive Solar Housing - How to build homes that use less than half the energy of conventional homes yet will fit into a typical suburban neighborhood.

PNL: Building Systems Program (BSP) - Research program of the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNL) to optimize the combined performance of building systems. Includes mission statement and publication.

Productive Energy Solutions - Interactive site provides information for industrial and commercial facilities to help them understand the cost and savings of operating various pieces of equipment.
Meta Description: [ US industry wastes millions on poorly performing motor systems, through both ignorance and neglect. The online tools at ProductiveEnergy.com can help you improve productivity, save energy, reduce maintenance costs, and defer capital expense by optimizing your motor systems. ]

Sea Water Cooling System for Downtown Vancouver - Proposes to use a sea water cooling system to replace air conditioners used by office buildings. Site is a result of a UBC Mechanical Engineering undergraduate project.

Stork Energy Efficient Home Technology - Features technologies for energy savings in building a new home in hot and humid Myrtle Beach, SC. Solution to the problems of hurricanes, tornadoes, termites, fire, allergies, and low maintenance. Constructed using Insulated Concrete Forms and steel trusses and steel interior walls.
Meta Description: [ A new comcept to build a safe energy efficient home that will solve a lot of home buyers problems, such as hurricane and tornado destruction, high energy costs, termites, fire, allergies, high maintenance, high insurance costs. ]

Sustainable Building Envelope - Online resource for the design and construction of sustainable building envelope and environmental control systems. Contains resources, web simulation tool, project database, and discussion forum.

The Energy Conservatory - Manufacture precision diagnostic equipment used to solve comfort, energy use, durability and air quality problems in buildings.
Meta Description: [ The Energy Conservatory (TEC) manufactures precision diagnostic equipment used to solve comfort, energy use, durability and air quality problems in buildings., The Energy Conservatory (TEC) manufactures precision diagnostic equipment used to solve comfort, energy use, durability and air quality p... ]

University of Massachusetts Building Energy Research Laboratory - Performing research on improving the energy efficiency of building assemblies, materials, heating and energy producing equipment and components.

Usable Buildings - A large and well organised collection of information, guidance and research findings on the virtual circle of good procurement, design, construction and management of buildings to make them pleasant to occupy and manage, energy efficienct in use, and productive for occupants.

V Cost Estimation Toolkit - Free software for download. MV is highly recommended for resource efficiency in large capacity facilities. Developed in cooperation with the US Army Corp of Engineers Construction Research Laboratories.