Sasaki's Greenbuild presentation by Jason Hellendrung, "How BRT is Enabling the Renaissance of One of America's Grandest Avenues"

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BL04 J.HELLENDRUNG_IDEAS POST.pdf

The Shades Don't Need to be Down!

In open floor-plan office buildings once an interior shade is lowered it often remains down because no one has ownership of the shade.  Lowered shades limit views to the outdoors and available daylight and consequently increasing electric lighting loads.  Alternatively, though while expensive, mechanized interior shades can optimize daylight and views and alleviate the problem.  We can offset the The added cost of the mechanical shade can often be offset by not installing shades on the north facade where there are few hours they are needed and with long-term energy savings.read more

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North_Facing_Windows_Interior_Shading_Assessment.ppt

What is an ECODISTRICT?

If you Google "EcoDistrict", you mostly find greenfield or brownfield sites transformed into comprehensive sustainable communities in Northern Europe.  These are somewhat utopian projects that tell us little about how to make our existing cities into sustainable communities - but existing cities account for the vast majority of global population, and the vast majority of the global carbon footprint. 

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Building Toward a Cleaner Environment

Even though air pollution poses a significant risk to human health and the environment, its negative effects can be reduced by selecting appropriate materials in architecture and landscape architecture. One new class of materials permits the treatment of pollutants close to their source, in the city and on the street. For the last four years, European and Japanese research centers have been investigating the pollution-reducing capability of photocatalytic compounds. One such compound, titanium dioxide (TiO2), is widely used in consumer products.read more

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cleaner environment.pdf