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Parting Shot: Style and Sensibility
The desire for a unique home design is an American tradition. Numerous architectural firms advertise custom home designs, and plans for “unique” home designs are readily available via a quick search on the Internet. But how truly unique are these homes that can be found by anyone who types in the right keywords? Furthermore, what sustainable efforts are put into the homes?
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News From NEOCON
NeoCon World’s Trade Fair, the country’s largest
conference and exhibition of contract furnishings for the design and management
of the built environment, returned to Chicago’s Merchandise Mart for its 40th
annual year, June 9-11, 2008. This year, the event showcased thousands of new
products from hundreds of the world’s top manufacturers in commercial,
residential, healthcare, hospitality, institutional and government design
products.
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The Greening of BIM
During the last several years, Building Information Modeling (BIM) has been a popular topic of discussion. While it is highlighted in many high-profile projects, it is equally effective on more everyday buildings.
by K.P. Reddy CEO, RCMS Group
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Green Tradeshow Booth Unveiled
Sherwin-Williams, a leading provider of green products in the coatings industry, unveiled an environmentally preferable tradeshow booth. The display, developed in collaboration with Opus Design, showcases the company’s green products and environmental initiatives through innovative construction.
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Local Non-Profit Formed to Fight Global Warming
A local Boston-area resident (and professional architect) has launched a new non-profit corporation, with the dual goals of helping to fight global warming and providing education on environmental issues. The organization is called "One Penny Per Mile, Inc." (OPPM) and, as the name suggests, has a unique formulation geared to help achieve these goals. OPPM will accept donations from automobile drivers at the rate of one penny for every mile driven. The donated funds will be used to develop new energy systems powered by renewable ‘green’ sources, such as the sun and wind.
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Seminar Series to Highlight Green Technologies
ISH North America 2008 (ISH NA) announced its efficient technologies and renewable energy-focused seminar track, structured to educate professionals on the growing use of green applications within their field.
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New Sustainability Analysis Dashboard
Mad*Pow Media Solutions announced its collaboration with Autodesk to demonstrate the company’s technology concept for a new sustainability analysis dashboard. In combination with the Revit platform for building information modeling (BIM), the new concept demonstrates how architects, engineers and designers could benefit from real-time graphical feedback about impact of design decisions on the potential LEED green building rating of a project.
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Editor’s Note: Green Overload
We’re all consumers. And while ED+C doesn’t target the mainstream consumer, we’re happy to see that the environmental industry is progressing rapidly into the mainstream.
by Michelle Hucal LEED AP
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