Today’s Building Energy Use Tracking and Disclosure Challenges Will Provide Better Tools and Reporting Consistency in the Future
Energy use in modern buildings is staggering. Each year in America we spend close to $450 billion dollars on energy consumed in buildings. However, 13 cities, o... Read more.
The Benefits of the Certified Energy Manager (CEM) Designation for Energy-efficiency Professionals
It seems every industry has accreditations and certifications administered legally and by trade organizations. Many people wear them as a badge of authority pro... Read more.
Measuring Electrical Success Can Be Done at the Micro-level
Measuring energy use in a building seems like a straightforward notion. Energy enters a building through the electric meter and the utility company sends a bill... Read more.
USGBC, Walmart Consider Chemicals of Concern to Human Health
A couple of interesting things have happened the last few months in the green-building world revolving around addressing the reduction of harmful chemicals in o... Read more.
Inspiration from Donald Judd
When you attend architecture school one of the first classes you are required to take is art history. As a young student I sat in the lecture hall looking at sl... Read more.
An Artist’s Home and Studio in a 19th Century Cast-iron-façade Building Receives 21st Century Upgrades While Maintaining the Artist’s Stark Vision
Despite shunning the term “minimalism” throughout his lifelong career, Artist Donald Judd is nonetheless considered one of the theory’s great scholars. Ju... Read more.
So Much Yet to Do in New Orleans and Other Natural Disaster Sites
Recently I took a trip to New Orleans, a city I love dearly and have visited many times in recent years. This trip was a little different than the others; I was... Read more.
Reuse, Re-cool
I was intrigued by “Inspiration” on the back page of the January-February issue of retrofit about the town of Nocona, Texas, reclaiming its identity in the ... Read more.
Low-hanging Fruit
USA Today Disparages “Easy” LEED Credits, Which Is Nothing New In my article titled “LEED and Economic Development,” I discussed USA Today’s criticism... Read more.
LEED and Economic Development
Green-building Incentives Promote Renovation and Redevelopment in a Down Economy Recently USA Today published an analysis of the Washington, D.C.- based U.S. Gr... Read more.