Building green can be complicated. But all the time we’re getting more and better data on how to do it well. The TED talk below from Catherine Mohr does a great job of displaying the data on embodied energy associated with deconstructing an old house and building a new green home – and the ‘payback’ [...]
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Embodied Energy in New Construction
Posted in Construction, Energy Also tagged Catherine Mohr, Concord Green, Energy, Georges Dyer, Materials, TED, video Leave a comment
Whole systems and big energy cuts
by Georges Dyer, Partner Aedi Group
Today’s Wall Street Journal had a great quick read on energy efficiency retrofits in large commercial buildings – focused largely on the Empire State Building renovation. It does a good job of showing how taking a whole-system approach makes it possible to achieve much deeper energy efficiency improvements with lower [...]
Greening of Southie
A new film on green building – The Greening of Southie – about the Macallen Building in South Boston has been released and is showing at the Coolidge Corner Theatre on July 20th.
