GSA Net Zero Renovation Challenge Charrette

This report summarizes the discussion in and outcomes of the GSA Net Zero Renovation Challenge Charrette.

 

Green Footstep: Calculations and Data Sources

Green Footstep is an online assessment tool for reducing carbon emissions from building construction projects and is publicly available at greenfootstep.org. The Green Footstep tool guides the user through the process of life cycle carbon assessment, and then reveals how users can theoretically reduce the net carbon emissions. Some description of the calculation method is provided on the website; however the calculations and data sources are not provided in detail. This paper provides these calculations and data sources in order to make the Green Footstep methodology completely accessible to the general public.

 

Global Ecology Center at Stanford University: Factor Ten Engineering Case Study

 

Whole-Building Retrofits: A Gateway to Climate Stabilization

This paper discusses creative elements of deep whole building retrofits. It discusses process and technique, how to select suitable buildings, the key players that must be involved, project development tasks the design team must complete, and tools and skills that engineers will need to acquire to comprehensively and cost- effectively retrofit the existing commercial building stock.

 

Accelerating Campus Climate Initiatives: Breaking Through Barriers

Accelerating Campus Climate Initiatives: Breaking Through Barriers is a practical guide for anyone working to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a college or university: sustainability directors, CFOs, presidents, students, faculty, and staff. The book covers five topics: climate action planning, buildings and utilities, renewable energy, transportation, and carbon offsets. Buy the book now.

 

Sense and Response: A Bioclimatic Dialogue of Place

This paper analyzes human's historical and contemporary responses to the biological environment.

 

Policy of Energy Change

Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper and RMI Chief Scientist Amory Lovins discuss energy policy including how to design walkable cities, how to drill for efficiency and what governments can do to accelerate the clean energy revolution.

 

Accelerating Progress Toward a Sustainable Hawai'i Island

This report is the end product of RMI's project with Hawai'i County, in which RMI reviewed the County's goals, developed a whole-system conceptual framework to evaluate the goals, made recommendations that would help Hawai'i County lead by example, and suggested ways of measuring progress toward those goals.

 

Design for Health: Summit for Massachusetts Health Care Decision Makers

This report describes the process and outcomes of RMI's Design for Health, a summit for Massachusetts health care decision makers. The Summit was a meeting of healthcare facility decision makers addressing the opportunities and challenges in implementing sustainable design principles in the Massachusetts healthcare construction marketplace.

 

Introduction to Green Building: Environmental Sensitivity with Building Materials

This article about environmentally sensitive building materials is the second in a series about green building. The author details the environmental impact of building materials, including concrete, metals, wood, and carpeting.

 

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