So I flipped on CNN this morning early as I usually do and was shocked that I hadn’t heard about the ice storm back there. Apparently Kentucky and Arkansas are badly hit by a winter storm that has left droves of power outages in its wake. Here is an article for you if [...]

So almost a month ago I wrote an article titled Top 100 Ways to Continue F*%#ing the Future. To be honest it got quite a bit of press and I have to say I’m somewhat proud.
I didn’t think I had the potential to generate that much conversation. But this blog and EBS’s presence [...]

I recently learned a few things that I was a little shaky on.
This article talks alot about one of those things.
That is the power of WHITE - and yes I mean the color.
For the majority of people out there we understand the ability of light colors. They reflect while dark colors absorb. [...]

While gearing up for the new presidency and getting excited about him closing Guantanamo, I also think now is the time to actually get things done. President Obama to me seems like the type of man who is no bullshit, real, and measurable.

This means several things for us as peons. It means we [...]

Obama is in office and already teaming up with the USGBC on setting a goal to have all federal buildings become carbon neutral 2025. What does that mean? achieving net zero carbon emissions by balancing a measured amount of carbon released with an equivalent amount sequestered or offset. Obama also stated that he wants [...]

I have something for you - a great article, a must read, and a great prelude to Tuesday’s festivities!

Top 10 Green Building Stories of 2008
Well we may not have gotten everything we asked for - As a country we certainly didn’t expect to be here on January 20th.
No one expected to see hundreds of thousands [...]

Being from Connecticut I appreciate when one of my own takes on the responsibility of educating the sustainability movement. Living there for most of my life has shown me the true meaning of the word pretentious.

That being said – I wanted to highlight someone from CT who is anything but the “P” word and [...]

I figured it was time to poke some fun at ourselves and our industry. So here a couple jokes to get you through the day.

• How many daylighting consultants does it take to change a light bulb?

  None—the sun will be back up in exactly 10 hours.

• How many LEED Accredited Professionals does it take to change a light bulb?

  Four—one to tell you how to earn LEED points by changing it, one to change it, one to document the change, and one to deliver the check to the U.S. Green Building Council for certifying the change.

• How many product manufacturers does it take to change a light bulb?
  

What do we mean by green building?
Buildings of the world consume:
• 40% of the world’s energy & materials
• 25% of the wood harvested
• 17% of our water
The average American house uses:
• 13,127 board feet of lumber
• 6,212 square feet of sheathing
• 2,000 square feet of flooring
In the U.S., buildings account for:
• 36% of total electricity consumption
• 62% of electricity use
• 30% of greenhouse gas [...]

Commissioning is used to deliver a building that operates as it was designed, and it’s not completed until the building operators are trained to run the building correctly. The focus is typically on the heating ventilating and air conditioning, but can involve the building envelope, emergency power and any other system that is part [...]