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Greenbuild 2022: A Quick Guide

Stok

We’re thrilled for Greenbuild , the world’s largest green building conference, to come to San Francisco this November 1-4! San Francisco is the land of Ramaytush Ohlone People. Hershowitz , Equity Community Builders’ Suzanne Brown, and PYATOK architecture + urban design’s Janey Madamba. View the full tours list for more!

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COVID-19 workplace updates: financial & environmental impact

Stok

We used EnergyPlus software to create a whole building energy model of an office space in San Francisco assuming baseline features that are consistent with an office building built in the last five to 10 years: • All-electric fuel with a variable air volume (VAV) reheat system with economizer. Energy recovery system.

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Guide to Top 2022-23 Construction Conferences & Events

Autodesk Construction Cloud

This year’s event features training and techniques in concrete and masonry, countless exhibits from original equipment manufacturers, and educational certification seminars. Groundbreaking Women in Construction 2022 (GWIC) (San Francisco, CA). It takes place at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square this year.

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Fall Conference Circuit: 12 Top Takeaways

Stok

2: Net Zero Electricity does not equal Net Zero Energy. While we’re pouring immense effort into cleaning up the electricity grid and seeing impressive progress, there are other types of fuel that we need to be tackling with the same tenacity if we’re to truly achieve aggressive Net Zero Energy targets. Bioneers | San Francisco, CA. #10:

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Achieving Net Zero: The Role of Embodied Carbon

Stok

As Katie Ross, Global Real Estate and Facilities Sustainability Lead at Microsoft, said at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco last month, “carbon is the great equalizer.” If there’s one metric to measure climate impacts, it’s carbon. Luckily for us, we’re already mid-shift.

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Code Compliance & Beyond: Upping Baseline Building Energy Performance

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Most high-performance building certifications and city codes use ASHRAE and ICC’s building codes to define energy performance requirements within their rating systems. On the other hand, the code also encourages residential projects to install solar photovoltaic systems to lower the electricity demand. How to approach compliance.

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Achieving Net Zero: The Role of Embodied Carbon

Stok

As Katie Ross, Global Real Estate and Facilities Sustainability Lead at Microsoft, said at the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco last month, “carbon is the great equalizer.” If there’s one metric to measure climate impacts, it’s carbon. Luckily for us, we’re already mid-shift.