Posts Tagged ‘sustainability’

Number 4 - Record the Process

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies May 18th, 2009

This is the 4th Step in our 12 Steps to a Successful LEED Project series.  Please read the following and let us know what you think - feel free to comment or inquire through  our website.
4.      Record, Record, Record
This goes along with what was mentioned last week about sharing the successes we incur in life.  [...]

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Water - you’ll be drinking sh*% soon (literally)

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies March 2nd, 2009

So a couple things are on my mind this week. The main one is water however. To date this blog has focused quite a bit on energy, materials, and sustainability however we’ve lacked on the water subject.

Since Karolina let me on to this movie FLOW I’ve been newly recharged to change the world. [...]

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Its been a few days… Friedmans on my mind

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies February 24th, 2009

In keeping with our philosophy of writing every other day we decided to skip a week… Wait that makes no sense - well true. But in our defense it was a week full of vacation time, powder skiing and a Holiday.
So the title Friedmans on my mind is reflective of the fact that [...]

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LED Lighting Calculator - Just switch out those bulbs would ya!

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies February 4th, 2009

So I never like to give away trade secrets but it isn’t like this puppy should be locked away in some vault - it really isn’t all that secretive. And besides our proprietary information involves a much much more conclusive approach to sustainability (just kidding we use this calculator all the time!)

You wouldn’t believe [...]

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Kentucky is battered! - Alternatives we need YOU!

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies January 30th, 2009

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 [...]

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Top 100 Ways to Continue F&%*ing the Future Cont’

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies January 28th, 2009

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 [...]

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Green Building what? Green Building Who?

Posted by Environmental Building Strategies January 12th, 2009

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 [...]

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