Perspectives
Author: Brad Jacobson
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Work-Life Balance: Transforming Downtown for a New Era
Breaking down the challenges of revitalizing downtown districts, and the triple-bottom line that can be achieved through concerted action.
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Introducing EHDD’s Early Phase Carbon Assessment Tool
The EPIC tool brings together operational and embodied carbon impacts and potential sequestration measures, on a level playing field and measured over a project life cycle so we can see more clearly where we get the biggest, and most immediate, bang for the buck.
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Designing for Sustainability at Boulder Commons
For the past 15 years my architecture firm, EHDD, has been advancing the concept of net zero energy buildings as a response commensurate with the scale of the challenge of climate change. Morgan Creek Ventures’ goals for Boulder Commons took the stakes up a notch and led to an innovative, unexpected solution. Until Boulder Commons […]
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A Challenge for 2030 Leaders
The latest AIA 2030 Commitment report was released early October (2016), and the results are sobering. The target for year 2015 is a 70% reduction in energy use across a firm’s portfolio as measured against an existing building baseline, a step up from 60% goal in 2014. Projects reported only an average savings of 38%, […]
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Seismic Shifts
Exploiting Opportunities in Retrofit Projects
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Net Zero 3.0
What’s next for Net Zero Energy?
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Packard Foundation Achieves Goal of Operating Its Headquarters at Net Zero Energy
What does this accomplishment really mean?
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The Packard Foundation
This Non-Profit Leads the Way with Net Zero Energy Next-Generation Workplace