ASHRAE High-Performance Building-Design-Professional Certification Now Available
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air-Conditioning Engineers' (ASHRAE's) new certification program, High-Performance Building Design Professional...
Free Online Green-Building Education Programs
The Green Building Initiative (GBI) is providing free online education sessions on topics related to green building. ...
Green Health-Care Buildings
Editor's note: Following is the third in a series of excerpts from The Green Building Revolution, the latest book by Jerry Yudelson, PE, MBA, LEED AP,...
What Does It Mean to Be Green?
Green by any other name still says energy efficiency. That is my conclusion after HPAC Engineering conducted a reader survey on the present and near future...
The Business Case for Green
Editor's note: Following is the second in a series of excerpts from The Green Building Revolution, the latest book by Jerry Yudelson, PE, MBA, LEED AP,...
LEED Commissioning for New and Existing Buildings
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) operates 10 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating Systems. Eight of those systems--LEED for New Construction (LEED-NC), LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB), LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI), LEED for Core & Shell (LEED-CS), LEED for Schools, LEED for Retail--New Construction, LEED for Retail--Commercial Interiors, and LEED for Healthcare--require commissioning. The other two--LEED for Homes and LEED for Neighborhood Development--do not. This article will compare and contrast the eight that do....
Greening K-12 Schools
Editor's note: Following is the first in a series of excerpts from The Green Building Revolution, the latest book by Jerry Yudelson, PE, MBA, LEED AP,...
Working on Your Green-Building Education
A recent survey determined that engineers and architects want more information on the growing green-building initiative. Good news: Three educational opportunities to help expand your knowledge of green and sustainable buildings are coming up. ...
The Green-Building Revolution
Editor's note: Jerry Yudelson, PE, MBA, LEED AP, will serve as a keynote speaker for HPAC Engineering's fifth annual Engineering Green Buildings Conference...
Optimizing Existing-Building Energy Efficiency
Much has been written about energy efficiency and sustainability in relation to new-construction projects. But what about existing facilities? Are there...
Green HVAC Designs for Data Centers
Because of their computer and HVAC equipment, data-processing centers are among the largest commercial users of electrical energy. While the energy consumed...
Clinton Announces Green Partnerships
Former President Bill Clinton announced several partnerships aimed at improving the energy efficiency of hundreds of millions of square feet of public...
Well-Informed Marketplace Goal of EnVisioneering Event
If the world's complex energy challenges are to be met, all stakeholders must be better-informed and educated and more willing to share knowledge. That...
Building Science and Integrated Design
For years, HVAC engineers have been trained to provide designs. After the architect determines a building's layout, the HVAC engineer designs a comfort...
Marketing Green Buildings
Many engineers I have met think marketing is something left best to their firms' marketing professionals and that, somehow, marketing is beneath them....
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