Tying evaluation to design
After gathering feedback from project teams, this credit includes the next iteration of Pilot Credit 1: Life Cycle Analysis of Building Assemblies and Materials. The intention of this pilot is to tie LCA evaluation to design decisions, and test the availability of LCIA data from product manufacturers. Structural and envelope material selections are often the first decisions made on a project, LCA is a tool best used to analyze the impact of structural and envelope materials before the project’s design is finalized.
Greensulate – A fungus-based insulation material that's grown rather than manufactured
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I had been reading about the innovative mushroom-based insulation material, Greensulate, which was developed by two industrious college students, for several years. The YouTube videos I watched about it were a lot of fun. Yeah, yeah, I thought.
Thoughts on the Future of Petroleum
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It's fitting that this first blog of 2011 takes a look into the crystal ball--at the energy source that pretty-much defines our culture.
EPA offers guidelines for broken CFLs, but will we follow them?
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New, improved guidelines from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) about how to deal with a broken compact fluorescent lamp (CFL) are intended to take some of the mystery out of the purchase and use of CFLs. But by suggesting a response that borders on Hazmat lockdown, the guidelines may potentially add to consumers' uncertainties.