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Feb 16

How do building operators interpret energy use data to optimize building performance?

High-resolution datasets and simple data visualization techniques help us identify common scheduling irregularities and pinpoint sources of energy waste — A building automation system is a network that connects and controls a commercial building, such as its lighting systems and heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems. A building operator or energy manager determines when certain automations take place by creating a schedule.

Energy Efficiency

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How do building operators interpret energy use data to optimize building performance?
How do building operators interpret energy use data to optimize building performance?
Energy Efficiency

5 min read


Jun 17, 2020

Flight Emissions Are a Big, Hairy Problem

If you traveled in 2019, then you were aboard one of 40 million flights that had departed worldwide—more than 100,000 trips per day (ICAO). That number could explode in the coming years. — The effects of CO2 emissions from air travel create quite a conundrum for would-be environmentalists. This became apparent when I set out to trace my transportation and residential energy carbon footprint over the last 12 years.

Carbon Emissions

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Flight Emissions Are a Big, Hairy Problem
Flight Emissions Are a Big, Hairy Problem
Carbon Emissions

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Nov 19, 2016

Prelude to a Trump: Recollections From a ’90s Kid About Small-Town America

Three giant crosses — a taller one flanked by two smaller ones — still smoldered the next morning as my mother drove me to school. …

Memoir

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Prelude to a Trump: Recollections From a ’90s Kid About Small-Town America
Prelude to a Trump: Recollections From a ’90s Kid About Small-Town America
Memoir

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Jul 6, 2015

Sustainability as Longevity

A brief look at what sustainability means today in the context of green construction, what sustainability might come to mean in the future, and how ultra long-term thinking can radically change our notion of all things sustainable. — The term “sustainability” has been given several definitions over the years. In 1976 Robert Stivers described sustainability as an economy “in equilibrium with basic ecological support systems.” …

Sustainability

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Sustainability as Longevity
Sustainability as Longevity
Sustainability

12 min read


Jul 2, 2015

The First LEED Certified Backyard Chicken Coop

Our initial foray into small-scale urban farming quickly turned into a trailblazing adventure, an examination of what environmental stewardship and occupant satisfaction mean outside conventional frameworks, and a race to attain LEED certification. — Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is a green building rating system developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, the driving force behind the green building industry in the U.S. and 30 other countries. While LEED isn’t the only certification program out there, it’s undoubtedly the most popular. So…

Chicken Coop

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The First LEED Certified Backyard Chicken Coop
The First LEED Certified Backyard Chicken Coop
Chicken Coop

15 min read

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