Minimize the Energy Your Building Needs with this new Free Tool

Download Ann Edminster’s Free Tool ‘Minimize the Energy Your Building Needs (Energy Free: Homes for a Small Planet, Chapter 4)’
This chapter from Edminster’s award-winning, residential zero-energy primer covers key performance issues such as building geometry, enclosure design, comfort strategies and systems, and water heating. She also discusses how to prioritize investment in different features based on […]

Sustainable Building Advisor: Greywater Uses & Project ROI

On the Sustainable Building Advisor discussion board…
Expert instructor Ann Edminster discusses greywater uses and the often intangible, but very important ‘non-energy’ returns on investments.

Student 1: Has anyone heard of greywater solutions for dust mitigation? It is common in construction to have a water truck drive around a few times a day spraying potable water on the ground […]

Free Lectures: The Greenest Urban Building in the U.S. & The Largest HVAC Experiment

Enroll in Two New FREE Sustainable Building Advisor Lectures
“The Greenest Urban Building in the United States” & “The World’s Largest Side-by-Side HVAC Experiment”

The Greenest Urban Building in the United States
Remi Tan of KMD Stevens describes the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission LEED Platinum Headquarters in this new Free Lecture. Watch to learn about the costs, design […]

Free Lecture: Integrative Design Process

Join expert instructor Bill Reed for his Integrative Design Process Free Lecture, presented with partner Sustainable Building Advisor (SBA).

An integrative process consistently produces cost-effective solutions, higher performance, healthier living systems, elegant design, reduced time to market, and is a heck of a lot more fun and less frustrating. So why is it the exception rather than the […]