Category: Sustainability

Vision 2020.

The 2014 Vision 2020 Sustainability Summit took place last Tuesday at Greenbuild, New Orleans. For a growing number of industry-leading builders, architects, developers, manufacturers and financers, the summit has been the one place, the one day that has delivered the insight to uncover opportunities for nnovation and leadership in sustainability. Visionary practitioners across the green … Continue reading Vision 2020.

Pedalare contro il cambiamento climatico.

E del perché gli edifici possono fare molto per contrastarlo. Da Venezia a Copenaghen in bici per sensibilizzare al cambiamento climatico. Ha fatto tappa a Bolzano l’iniziativa Ride With Us, con una pedalata collettiva e il successivo evento all’EURAC. Daniele Pernigotti - titolare di Aequilibria, società di consulenza ambientale, accompagnato dall’amico Claudio Bonato, ha inforcato … Continue reading Pedalare contro il cambiamento climatico.

Making Buildings Smarter.

Meet the LEED Dynamic Plaque. The U.S. Green Building Council asked IDEO to help visualize how buildings communicate environmental performance to create spaces that both cradle their inhabitants and reduce their environmental impact. The LEED Dynamic Plaque™ is an elegant public declaration of a building’s environmental efforts. Located in a lobby or other common space, … Continue reading Making Buildings Smarter.

#wherewelearnmatters

Rick Fedrizzi, president of the U.S. Green Building Council, visited last Friday the primary school of Romarzollo, Arco (Trento) - Italy. «This is the most beautiful school I’ve ever visited» said Rick Fedrizzi, president of the U.S. Green Building Council, the nonprofit association that developed the LEED rating system, during his visit to the primary … Continue reading #wherewelearnmatters

Learning with Rick Fedrizzi.

Rick Fedrizzi, president of the U.S. Green Building Council will visit today at 11 AM o’clock guided by Paola Moschini the primary school of Romarzollo-Arco, to launch a preview of the 27th Sep World Day dedicated to 'sustainable' schools  The Green Apple Day of Service. Macro Design Studio has followed the certification process for this … Continue reading Learning with Rick Fedrizzi.

The 97% Consensus.

The Consensus Project measured the level of consensus in published, peer-reviewed climate research that humans are causing global warming. In the most comprehensive analysis to date, they analysed 21 years worth of peer-reviewed papers on “global warming” or “global climate change”. Among the 12,465 papers, they identified over 4,014 abstracts authored by 10,188 scientists that stated a … Continue reading The 97% Consensus.