Tag: Green building
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234: The Business Opportunity of Sustainable Building
Robert Sroufe, PhD. is a Professor of Sustainability, Operations and Supply Chain Management at Duquesne University. His practical experience comes from sustainable supply chain management. He says he was ‘co-opted’ into the green building movement by other experts who invited him to present to their students about the business opportunities of sustainable building. Customised Sustainability…
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217: The Performance of Luxury
Browsing the photo gallery on Jeff Bogard’s R.E.A Homes website, ‘sustainability’ is not likely the first word that comes to mind. Can large, luxury houses actually be sustainable? This is one of the topics I discussed with Jeff, who’s been providing high performance homes for discerning clients in Saint Louis for over fourteen years. True…
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206: How to Save Time and Money on Green Certification
Green certification of building projects faces multiple challenges; from sourcing appropriate products, documenting and verifying materials, through to minimising, sorting and recording construction waste. Compiling all this information in a form that’s useful for the certifying agency can be yet another big challenge. Through Green Badger, Tommy Linstroth’s goals is to make sustainability in the…
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141: Are Passive House and Green Building Relevant in a Temperate Climate?
I love Rich Williams’ enthusiasm for what he does. Even if you don’t live in the temperate climate of San Diego, you can learn a lot about the relevance of concepts like Passive House for a better performing home. Alliance Green Builders are dedicated to ‘building tomorrow’s homes for today’. As well as being Passive…
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133: Greenbuilders
Polly Bart loves to get muddy. Despite having an undergraduate degree in architecture and a doctorate in city planning, Polly is not an architect. She’s a builder and founder of Greenbuilders, Inc. She loves creating, lifting rock and building things. In fact, she loves it so much, she can’t understand why everyone doesn’t want to build things!…