tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17054566545131256922024-03-13T07:32:47.695-07:00Check out my new website www.M3D-Consulting.comHi, I am a sustainability and management consultant with a background in interior design and design management. As an eco design enthusiast, I believe that green is the future of our industry and it should be second nature to our design concept and intent. This blog is my way of sharing my passion for design, sustainability and great creations with you.Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-75850172971893096842011-06-14T19:11:00.000-07:002011-06-14T19:11:58.644-07:00Sustainability: The New Executives and what they do?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:OfficeDocumentSettings> <o:RelyOnVML/> <o:AllowPNG/> </o:OfficeDocumentSettings> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:DoNotShowComments/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In today's growing environmentally conscious market, businesses are demonstrating their commitment to social responsibility by offering "green benefits". These eco friendly benefits are helping companies located is some of the most competitive regions in the nation gain an advantage in recruiting and retaining top talent. In addition, businesses are finding green benefits as a useful tool for decreasing their organizations environmental impact by creating a culture of sustainability, enabling their employees to live healthier and environmentally conscious lives.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">These companies are adding new leaders to their executive team to help manage this process.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These new leaders are going by the title Chief Sustainability Officer (CSO), Director of Sustainability and Sustainability Managers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The role of these individuals is to unilaterally introduce policies and programs to improve the organization’s social and environmental impact. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Some of the things that these Executives look at is their organization’s impacts and try to understand the sustainability profile.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This leads to the creation of a “sustainability audit” which is done by asking:</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What are the issues that are most important to the stakeholders? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Who ARE the stakeholders? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What are the problem areas on everyone’s radar screen? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Which ones are lurking around the corner?</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Engaging employees is very important for the success of any change or progress is going to be limited.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>These Sustainability Executives have to also have social presence, presentation skills and be good communicators to be able to sell the message of sustainability. They set sustainability goals, gather hard data of what the changes are bringing and report on it. They- </span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Analyze the sustainability data for trends </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Balance safe and ambitious goals <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Create metrics that truly measure progress <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Follow what the stakeholders expect to see in a sustainability goal</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Communicating progress is a key part of any successful sustainability program. All the great results in the world won’t matter if the employees, management, and stakeholders don’t follow along. So these Executives need to understand</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What level of detail do employees need? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">What is the best way to communicate with customers? </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Can people understand where the organization is headed? </span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">They need to understand simple and effective ways to communicate internally and creative ways to tie the organization’s sustainability progress to a brand image.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As they do that, they will need to be able to manage some of the following depending on what the organization wants to accomplish:</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Energy Audits</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Waste Audit</span><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">“green” IT</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol;"><span><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Creating a paperless office</span><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Eco-purchasing system</span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">These leaders also understand the importance to engage in the local community. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As part of the organization’s corporate social responsibility initiatives in greening the business practices many companies sponsor local green initiatives or participate in activities such as tree planting initiatives. There are many ways to engage with local community, and this involvement can be as broad as sponsoring a local carpool service to supporting school Earth Day events. Some examples of what can be done:</span><br />
<ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Explore ways in which the company can engage with the local community </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Create an employee volunteer program </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Partner with sustainability/green NGOs that can advise and guide your sustainability initiative</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Become a vocal proponent of local and/or state government initiatives to support the greening of businesses </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 11.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;"><span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">Start or sponsor a community recycling program </span></li>
</ul><span style="font-size: 11.0pt;">These are but some of the responsibilities that these new team of executive face and they are welcomed to help bring true sustainability to our business practices.</span><br />
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As we move into this decade we see change all around us. Companies are requiring more LEED AP’s to join their ranks and others are pushing for specific specialties, i.e. St. Louis based company McCarthy Building Companies, Inc has required all its LEED AP to have BD+C specialty. The hiring of Sustainability Managers and Chief Sustainability Officers is on the rise in all forms of industry. An article in GreenBiz.com stated that 36% of larger companies in the US have Sustainability Leaders as part of their executive teams and the numbers are growing. With all this change moving through the industry on all levels, how is your organization handling these changing times? What changes have to be made to start the rebranding process?<br />
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First the leaders or an organization have to believe that there are positive effects of sustainable practices on their organization, employees, bottom line and overall environment. Only through that belief will the commitment be there and true change will happen. When the president of a company believes in sustainability and is willing to change the company culture will true change happen. Adding a few LEED AP’s on the team or a few consultants here and there will not cut it in the long run for any company that wants to survive as time progresses. Change and rebranding need to happen to propel a company as one of the leaders in the industry and have the company stable in the future. These changes have to happen internally in a company with the change in company culture, policy and standards. Consecutively changes have to happen externally with all lines of communication showing this change.<br />
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I want to first look at <a href="http://www.startwithwhy.com/">Simon Sinek ‘s</a> simple philosophy of the “Golden Circle”. The “Golden Circle” has 3 simple ideas Why, How and What? Simon states that most companies concentrate on What they do and not Why they are doing it. More successful companies are opening communication channels with why their company is there and attracting people that are dedicated to their vision and creating customer loyalty. This philosophy stems not only to external customers but to internal staff.<br />
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When starting to think about rebranding, a company has to truly see:<br />
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<div style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in;">1.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span>What its vision is and why they are doing it. Taking those elements and seeing how this new vision is different from its current culture and how to make these changes; then communicating the Why to its staff and external connections. It is also important to have staff at all levels as advocates of this new vision.</div><div style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in;">2.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span>Looking into what services or product it provides and how additions or modifications to these can be done to follow the new vision. How can these modifications happen with the least disturbance to company function? </div><div style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in;">3.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span>Redesigning the internal communication systems of the organization to make it easier for staff to achieve this vision . i.e. by creating standards, educating staff and supplying staff with proper tool to simplify the process. In anything designed if the interface is simplified people will be more accepting of that change.</div><div style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-left: .75in; mso-add-space: auto; text-indent: -.25in;">4.<span style="font-size: 7pt;"> </span>Redesigning its external communication systems to include Why they do what they do. Part of this would incorporate sustainability, CSR and collaboration with others that have the same vision, standards and integrity of the organization. An organization needs to start looking into who they work with, i.e. contractors, manufacturers, engineers and products being used. Working with companies that understand sustainability and have the expertise on staff to do the job right is important. This is important on two levels, they get the work they truly want to produce without sacrificing quality, time and you further push the message of the organization.</div><div style="text-indent: -.25in;"><br />
</div>These are things a lot of companies are looking to do, having people that understand these processes and how to make them happen is important, as I said this is being realized in the industry as Sustainability Managers, Sustainability Directors and Chief Sustainability Officers are being added to executive staff of all types of organizations. Also, there are a lot of conferences on the subject, such as Urban Green Council’s “Speak Green” Conference that is dedicated to the subject.<br />
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To truly be a Sustainability Company you have to have sustainability on all levels not only in the work you do.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-9886483069682756662011-06-02T09:43:00.000-07:002011-06-02T09:45:44.210-07:00Eco Thinking: Sustainability<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-46ec1Lg-IyA/Tee878VrhBI/AAAAAAAAAWY/byG-ZtRYN30/s1600/ecothinking.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-46ec1Lg-IyA/Tee878VrhBI/AAAAAAAAAWY/byG-ZtRYN30/s1600/ecothinking.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The world around us is transforming in many ways, everywhere we look a change is happening. As we take in all the information, we should take the time and make a change ourselves. As a society we need to start looking at sustainability and see the whole picture of the implications on all aspects of life. From our manufactured products to the food that is consumed, all these things are connected. Sustainability means we need to design better, need to build better, need to manufacture better and need to grow better. In better I mean, thinking of designing things with no hazardous material, building things with the environment and people’s health in mind, manufacturing products that will not cause toxins from manufacturing to the grave in landfills and growing foods that will not hurt people and the environment.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Organization working together and supporting each other is very important. Collaboration is a word that needs to be imbedded into our vocabulary and way of life. Working together to start a change not only helps others but also can help a company’s bottom line. As we all start to make these changes and ask for others to do the same, companies will start seeing this demand and develop products to support it. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Sustainability is not only about our natural environment. Sustainable practices protect human health and quality of life. Sustainability in Social Corporate Responsibility in today’s changing market will not only benefit a company’s bottom line but also help others. An Example of a company is Perkins + Will, this is a firm that understands how sustainability and corporate social responsibility affects us all. This company is a carbon-neutral organization and is committed to supporting a diverse culture of sustainable design through applied research, internal education, public advocacy and outreach. <br />
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Sustainability is very important to a business as it involves people, it involves our planet, it involves profit and making sure they all work together. Sustainable practices protect our health, our children's health and insure that we have healthy people on a healthy planet. Understanding that there are synergies in everything that we do and that supporting one thing will affect another is important. Example, Advocating a program that supports locally grown organic foods and having them be available to people in all financial groups will not only lower our carbon foot print, support local business but help fight child obesity and disease. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As a global community, it is time to take the lead for our planet and our children’s future. All industries are affected in this area and understanding that all of us can make a difference is key. As consumers we need to start supporting local organic farmers and eco products. Starting this trend will show businesses that this kind of product is in demand and more will be on the market thus reducing pricing for such items. As business owners, we will need to build sustainability practices into our business and collaborate with others who do the same. Companies that do this will educate their employees on the subject and the collaboration can form partnerships to reduce pricing for the consumer and secure contracts that might have been lost to others. As parents we need to educate our children on how eco thinking helps us and other living things. Educating our children is of great importance on all levels as they are the future.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">I am not a tree hugger or an extremist on the subject but a realist on what needs to happen. In today’s market, the change is coming and having companies be leaders on this subject will only be a benefit for them. Looking at the world around us and taking in the information is important. Is it right to have lead in our children’s toys where they put them in their mouths and get poisoned? Is it right that when a company manufactures a product it pollutes the drinking waters of the surrounding area to cause harm to the people and eco system around them? Is it right to have hormones, pesticides and chemicals in our foods that is causing disease? Is it right to have products in our home that emit toxins that we and our children breath?</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">With today’s technology and available information on sustainable practices, we can change our built environment to have none of the above questions ever uttered. As designers, business owners, contractors, engineers, consumers it is our responsibility to start specifying, supporting and working with groups that are pushing sustainability. It is one of the most exciting and thrilling times we live in because all decisions that are being made have an impact; and as individuals we have a say to make a difference. Don’t wait for others to take a lead, pave the road.</div><div class="MsoNormal"> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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I have been passionate about the environment all my life, from cleaning up beaches to talking to others about what we need to do to protect it. It is a very exciting time to see the change in our industry and in all industries. I see sustainability in everything that we have to do and it is it's time as it is becoming a money maker as well. In our society, for business to change there has to be financial benefits. Understanding how these financial benefits can happen to all companies is important to help make this change happen.<br />
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I have been reading and talking to a lot of people on the subject and how to help bring on change. They have been asking how to help this change happen and why is it so hard for people to start making this change. Some people called it ignorance and others called it habit in why change is not coming fast, I call it lack of knowledge. In our culture we have been brought up to be a consumer society that throws everything away. Be it in a business, where that culture is set or a town or city or state, etc. the culture is learned by seeing others do it. How do we change that culture? Setting up new rules, talking about it and educating our employees, public and children. Education is a very important part of that culture change and it should be done on all levels of an organization and society.<br />
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With that belief in mind, I am happy to be working with <a href="http://green-buildings.com/">green-buildings.com</a> to bring my first webinar on "Green Building for Beginners Webinar: Introduction to Green Building and LEED" for Free to the public. Check it out at <a href="https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/721079240">https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/721079240</a> . I hope to have more of these in the future.<br />
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We are all leaders of change, finding creative ways to help bring on that change is important. We might be lost in the forest but all of us working together we can create a path.<br />
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As our industry is moving forward new laws are being passed to help us sell and implement these ideas. The NYC City Council passed three laws that will make New York City rooftops greener places. These still need to make it passed the mayor's office for them to get Local Law numbers.<br />
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There are laws that are get in the way of green buildings and finding ways to help change this is essential. The three following bills are introduced to get around some of these regulations. <br />
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<strong><a href="http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/ViewReport.ashx?M=R&N=Master&GID=61&ID=775425&GUID=7638B129-3FE8-4DC2-B523-AC400214C3BC&Extra=WithText&Title=Legislation+Details+%28With+Text%29" target="_blank">Introduction 341</a></strong>, <em>Allow Large Solar Rooftop Installations,<i> </i></em>currently the Building Code provisions limit the amount of rooftop that can be covered with mechanical equipment to 1/3 of the roof; otherwise it is counted as another floor of the building. Under the new law, solar equipment is not counted towards these limitations and can cover as much of the roof as permitted by other codes (such as the Fire Code).<em> </em><strong><br />
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<a href="http://legistar.council.nyc.gov/ViewReport.ashx?M=R&N=Master&GID=61&ID=775441&GUID=56667AEE-8778-4047-A85F-0A89BB418653&Extra=WithText&Title=Legislation+Details+%28With+Text%29" target="_blank"><strong>Introduction 358</strong></a> applies the approach to combined heat and power. Currently, the Building Code exempts a range of mechanical equipment on rooftops, including HVAC equipment and water tanks from building height restrictions. However, until these two laws were passed, solar and CHP equipment were not included in these exemptions – they are now. <br />
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</div>You can read a far more detailed explanation of <strong>Introductions 347</strong> (cool roofs) and <strong>341</strong> (solar), as well as all implemented NYC Green Codes Task Force recommendations on the Urban Green Website <a href="http://www.urbangreencouncil.org/greencodes/proposal-status/">web site</a>.<br />
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As changes are being changed at city level so are changes coming on a NY State level. The<strong><a href="http://www.nylcv.org/solar" target="_blank" title="SREC"> Solar Industry Development and Jobs Act </a></strong> "holds the promise of vastly reducing greenhouse gas emissions, creating good jobs and reducing our dependence on imported fossil fuels. The New York Solar Jobs and Development Act is projected- -- conservatively -- to produce <strong>22,198 direct and induced jobs</strong>, not including potential manufacturing jobs and other indirectly induced jobs. These local employment opportunities range across a broad spectrum of salary levels, skill and education requirements, and employment fields. <br />
Moreover, <strong>New York would benefit from some $20 billion in economic activity</strong>. This legislation holds serious advantages over the current energy policy, which sends tax dollars out of state to bring in (environmentally-degrading) coal energy from around the country."<br />
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Organizations such as The Urban Green Council and The New York State of Conservation Voters are pushing for and helping these changes - check out the websites above and support these great organizations that are making a difference. <br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Check out this free webcast from greenbiz.com <a href="http://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=lobby.jsp&eventid=282567&sessionid=1&key=8996A64F5A7E03941E4AEABBB5BB3D10&eventuserid=46228883">"Benign by Design: Characterizing and Balancing Risk"</a>talking about</span><span style="font-size: small;"> the California Department of Public Health’s Standard Method for the Testing and Evaluation of Volatile Organic Chemical Emissions from Indoor Sources Using Environmental Chambers Version 1.1 (Emission testing method for California Specification 01350) highlights how a hazard is identified and characterized and, from that, an estimate of risk is made. The goal is to understand risk from exposure to chemicals by various routes; dermal, oral and inhalation. Finally, we must ensure that products designed to reduce toxic material burden also meet functional requirements. <br />
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">Challenges in eliminating chemical classes with respect to fire and electrical safety.</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">One of the first sections of any LEED reference guide is Sustainable Sites.<span> </span>Understanding SS is one of the first steps on a LEED project. Why do you think that is? Is there a reason why it is the first section? <span> </span>Understanding what this section is about will let us understand these questions.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">SS is the first section of LEED as it is the first thought that a developer, contractor, company, design firm, etc. need to think of before a project can begin and break ground.<span> </span>What site to choose?<span> </span>Where to build?<span> </span>Where to move your company?<span>....</span> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sustainable Sites has these prospective people thinking of finding a location:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">that needs to be redeveloped or that might need to be redeemed </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">that is close to public transportation, housing and amenities for employees </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">that will have developed strategies to maximize outdoor space </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">that will have developed strategies to protect water ways and overall surrounding environment</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sustainable Sites section has 8 credits that help in understanding how to achieve the above listed items. These credits show the how to, the requirements and give examples of strategies and potential technologies. <span> </span>There is a prerequisite, which has to be met, that states the construction site needs to be protected and that no pollution happens from site activity. The 8 credits are:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Credit 1, Site Selection – choosing a site that reduces environmental impact from the location of a building on a site.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Credit 2, Development Density & Community Connectivity – developing in urban areas with existing infrastructure, protect greenfields and preserve habitat and natural resources.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Credit 3, Brownfield Redevelopment – rehabilitate sites that are contaminated to reduce pressure on undeveloped lands.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Credit 4, Alternative Transportation: 4 options – reduce pollution and land development impacts from automobile use.<span> </span>This gets one thinking about public transportation, bicycles, energy efficient vehicles and parking capacity.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Credit 5, Site Development : 2 options – Promoting biodiversity by conserving existing natural areas and restoring damaged areas or having a high ratio of open space to development footprint.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>6.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Credit 6, Stormwater Design: 2 options, Quantity and Quality control –<span> </span>limiting distribution and pollution of natural water flow by managing stormwater runoff and / or reducing impervious cove, increasing on-site infiltration, reducing or eliminating pollution from stormwater runoff, and eliminating contaminants. </span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>7.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Credit 7, Heat Island Effect: 2 options, Non-roof and Roof – Reducing heat island (thermal gradient differences between developed and undeveloped area) to minimize impact on microclimate, human and wildlife habitat.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>8.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Credit 8, Light Pollution Reduction – minimize light trespass from the building and site, this would reduce sky-glow to increase night sky access, improve nighttime visibility through glare reduction, and reduce development impact on nocturnal environments.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Overall choosing a site is the first step in any project and by understanding the credits of this section, we would understand that the Sustainable Sites (SS) section defines the need to:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Choose a site to build on that has been built on by others.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Choose a site that is close to transportation, amenities and housing.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Redevelop and/ redeem a site to make it both ecologically friendly and environmentally friendly.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>4.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Reduce the impact of heat island effect and light pollution that impacts our ecosystem and human health.</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 38.4pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span>5.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Protect our air and water ways from pollution. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 20.4pt;"><br />
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</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-45112361516336813902011-04-02T07:59:00.000-07:002011-04-02T07:59:31.844-07:00Eco Thinking: Greener Greater Buildings (GGBP) Plan: 4 Energy Laws<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DUkxDTzTPCA/TZczY3ac3sI/AAAAAAAAAWE/zrB_bZcH6Ks/s1600/index.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-DUkxDTzTPCA/TZczY3ac3sI/AAAAAAAAAWE/zrB_bZcH6Ks/s1600/index.jpg" /></a></div>This week I went to The Urban Green Council's free training session on NYC's <!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:TrackMoves/> <w:TrackFormatting/> <w:DoNotShowComments/> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:DoNotPromoteQF/> <w:LidThemeOther>EN-US</w:LidThemeOther> <w:LidThemeAsian>X-NONE</w:LidThemeAsian> <w:LidThemeComplexScript>X-NONE</w:LidThemeComplexScript> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> <w:SplitPgBreakAndParaMark/> <w:DontVertAlignCellWithSp/> <w:DontBreakConstrainedForcedTables/> <w:DontVertAlignInTxbx/> <w:Word11KerningPairs/> <w:CachedColBalance/> </w:Compatibility> <m:mathPr> <m:mathFont m:val="Cambria Math"/> <m:brkBin m:val="before"/> <m:brkBinSub m:val="--"/> <m:smallFrac m:val="off"/> <m:dispDef/> <m:lMargin m:val="0"/> <m:rMargin m:val="0"/> <m:defJc m:val="centerGroup"/> <m:wrapIndent m:val="1440"/> <m:intLim m:val="subSup"/> <m:naryLim m:val="undOvr"/> </m:mathPr></w:WordDocument> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" DefUnhideWhenUsed="true"
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">Overall these laws were made for owners to be able to understand and manage their energy use, while improving our built environment.<span> </span>Also, these buildings will be graded and made public for all to see.<span> </span>This will also benefit the real estate market in the future as prospective buyers will know the efficiency of the building they are buying and the cost savings they will have with that efficiency.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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The Green Economy Post is an informative blog covering the impact of the environment, sustainability, cleantech and renewable energy on the US economy. Readers are provided with insightful feature stories, checklists, commentary, case studies, practical advice and insight, news and... <span class="pseudo">more</span>.<br />
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One article is about 12 tactics on how to engage your employees in the company's sustainability efforts. The article <a href="http://greeneconomypost.com/sustainability-engage-employees-11952.htm">Make Sustainability Personal</a> talks about emphasized in my previous posts. Check out the site and the article, its a good read :)</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-37022268836104181132011-03-27T16:02:00.000-07:002011-03-27T16:02:05.934-07:00Design Management: Creativity, Design and Darwinism<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=maya3-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1422177807&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe> Many things will inspire you in life or just strike a cord of revelation or connection. I was reading an article on the DMI web page and it inspired me to write this blog.<br />
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I have been part of the <a href="http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/aboutdmi/aboutdmi_s.htm">Design Management Institute</a> (DMI) for years now. DMI has great information and bring design and business leader together to educate and advance business on all levels. My Masters in Design Management has taught me the importance of Design on all levels of business and how to use design and creativity can make a company grow. I was reading one article by Charles Bezerra titled "<a href="http://www.dmi.org/dmi/html/publications/news/viewpoints/nv_vp_cbz.htm">Key to Innovation</a>" where he links Darwinism to business practice.<br />
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One part of the article hit home in what I have been saying to some companies out there about the green movement and what to do in managing change to be the leaders in the industry. Charles stated "Darwin never said that the strongest or the most intelligent is the one that survives; what he really said was <b>the one who survives is whoever is better prepared for change, in other words, the most adaptable.</b> In a world of extreme competition as we live, <b>people and organizations need to learn to adapt faster and faster</b>."<br />
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In business a company needs to stay ahead of the competition and make sure that it has the tools to stay ahead of the game. As back in the 80's ADA changed the way the industry thinks so is the green / sustainability movement. For any company to be one that gets the jobs and stay ahead of all they will need to adapt to the change. Adaption needs to happen on all levels of the organization. This needs to be done consecutively. Making sure all communication channels are open and all internal and external communication systems are sending the same message. Analyzing existing standards,tools and seeing what needs to be added or changed is important.<br />
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At the same time an organization needs to make sure that their employees are also educated to what the changes are and what they need to do. Educating the staff on all levels will create a solid team and insure that mistakes are not made. "To innovate, a company needs to create the right environment, the right culture to inspire people and enlighten their minds, in order to lead people to reach their full potential. Acquiring machinery, processes, and systems has no value if we don’t invest in people. This is the most important job for today’s leaders. In innovation there are no formulas. Before creating innovations, we need to create the innovators." <br />
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I understand these needs and have started <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/m3dconsulting/home">M3D Consulting</a> to help organization with the change process. Check out my website for more information.<span style="font-size: small;"><span dir="ltr" id="sites-page-title"></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1. Interior Environments<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2. Ecological Environments<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3. Material Use</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="margin-left: 37.9pt; text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Understanding what are the implication of the 3 ideas, how to achieve these goals and how they are all connected is important. LEED credit sections address all these ideas across the all credits. LEED breaks down these ideas in credits and helps the users address them in detail and find documented ways to achieve them. Here are the 3 ideas in a more defined mode:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">1.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Interior Environments</span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> – When thinking about interiors consider the users of the space and the environmental impacts of everything you are doing to make that a healthy one for the users. This would include:</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Air quality – ventilation and toxic material that may be released in the air</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Natural lighting – visibility to the outside, day lighting</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Temperature – Creating an environment with temperature that is stable and suitable to the human body (not too hot or too cold)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Material reuse – includes, recycling and trying to keep items out of landfills on all levels</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Information on how to try to achieve these environmentally safe and healthy interiors would be in these LEED sections:</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Energy & Atmosphere</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Material & Resources</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Indoor Environment Quality</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">2.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Ecological Environment – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When thinking about<b> </b>building, renovating, designing… one needs to consider the implications on the natural environment and all living things. This would include:</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Rebuild the eco systems for other living things</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Remove toxins from the environment for the health of humans and other living things</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Reduce the use of natural resources that destroy other living things homes, this includes water</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Reduce the impact of our needs on other living things</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Information on how to try to achieve these ecologically sound environments would be in these LEED sections:</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Energy & Atmosphere</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Material & Resources</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sustainable Sites</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Water Efficiency</span></li>
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</div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">3.<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></b><b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Material Use – </span></b><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">When thinking of materials, one needs to think about all materials being used. Make sure all materials used are environmentally friendly and toxin free. One needs to think of how materials are manufactured and what will happen to them after their use is done; the term “</span><a href="http://www.mbdc.com/detail.aspx?linkid=2&sublink=8"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Cradle to Cradle</span></a><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">” is being used in the industry. This would be thinking about all materials from production to the grave. This would include:</span></div><div class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><br />
</div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All exterior building materials</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All interior building materials</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">All materials used on building site</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Information on how and where to use environmentally sound materials would be in these LEED sections:</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Energy & Atmosphere</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Material & Resources</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Sustainable Sites</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Water Efficiency</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Indoor Environment Quality</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">LEED reference guides and sections help answer the questions of the what and the how for these 3 ideas. Each LEED Section is broken down to:</span></div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Prerequisites - have to do’s</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Credits – areas of green buildings / environments one is looking into</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Intent – what one wants to have happen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Requirements – what one needs to follow by law and code for it to happen</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Potential Technologies and Strategies - what could be done to achieve this</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Submittals – What one would need for a LEED project in this section</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Supportive Section – This area has terms, definitions, calculations, decision makers and more</span></li>
</ul><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Understanding how to use these sections as a tool and how they all relate to the 3 main ideas is important to understanding green building and communities. LEED Green Associates have an understanding of how the LEED sections relate to the Interior environments, Ecological environments and Material use. LEED AP with a specialty understands how to implement these sections for their area of expertise. </span></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-4262509649179464602011-03-06T07:19:00.000-08:002011-03-06T07:19:24.138-08:00My Article on Green-Buildings.com<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><h1><span style="font-size: small;"> <iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=maya3-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0471476110&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe></span></h1><h1><span style="font-size: small;">Check out my article on green-buildings.com</span></h1><h1><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.green-buildings.com/content/781809-sustainability-through-corporate-social-responsibility-and-leed">Developing Sustainability through Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)</a></span></h1><h1><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1><br />
<h1><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></h1><h1> </h1></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-53481369568324014002011-03-06T06:58:00.000-08:002011-03-06T06:58:29.772-08:00Thinking Green: Is LEED Enouph?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZDLsNDaLICc/TXOg_rGawAI/AAAAAAAAAVY/AHhLXSNaiBc/s1600/lbc21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="205" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-ZDLsNDaLICc/TXOg_rGawAI/AAAAAAAAAVY/AHhLXSNaiBc/s320/lbc21.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Is LEED Enough? It is a question that is being asked by a lot in the industry. My answer is NO. LEED is only a stepping stone that all need to know. We are in a time of change just like back in the mid 1980’s when ADA was first introduced by congress. This was not an easy transition for the building industry as we needed to learn to build and design differently; But now any designer, architect, contractor, etc knows the simple regulation such as main hallways need to be 5’-0” min, doorways need to be 3’-0” min. Without thought we know these have to be done. Well, LEED provides these same rules that need to be followed and thought of as all aspects of a project is being developed. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">The introduction of ADA did not just happen like that. <a href="http://www.dredf.org/publications/ada_history.shtml">“…The ADA story began a long time ago in cities and towns throughout the United States... It began with the establishment of local groups to advocate for the rights of people with disabilities. It began with the establishment of the independent living movement which challenged the notion that people with disabilities needed to be institutionalized, and which fought for and provided services for people with disabilities to live in the community.”</a> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">Again our industry is in transition and we are at the beginning of the movement where we have local organizations fighting for the change. Some examples of NYC organizations are USGBC Urban Green Council, NY League of Conservation voters, GrowNYC, Lower East Side Ecology Center, Solar One / Two. There are so many more that are out there that see the need for change and are fighting this battle through education, public awareness and policy. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">This is not an easy transition for companies as it was not back in the 1980’s, but it is coming and it is time to embrace it. As individuals we need to educate ourselves with the basics, LEED Green Associates is a start. As companies we need to hire individuals that understand the green building process; these individuals would be LEED GA or LEED AP. As organizations we need to make sure that we work with companies that have true knowledge of sustainability with an accredited staff. As consumers we need to purchase green products and organic produce to show the manufactures that this is where they need to be.</div><div class="MsoNormal">As I stated before LEED is NOT enough and as I said it is not an easy transition. If it was simple at this time, all that is built would be LEED Platinum. But we need to start Striving for Living building and communities with LEED Platinum as a minimum. The Living Building Challenge strives past LEED to create self a self sustaining building and community, etc. It has similar performance areas as LEED, they are: Site, Water, Energy, Health, Materials, Equity and Beauty. They provide a framework for design, construction and the symbiotic relationship between people and all aspects of the built environment. Check out the latest Version 2.0 challenge at <a href="http://ilbi.org/lbc/Standard-Documents/LBC2-0.pdf">http://ilbi.org/lbc/Standard-Documents/LBC2-0.pdf</a> . </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal">As individuals, we need to strive for higher sustainability measures while using LEED as a template for understanding. As we do this and collaborating with others to try to achieve these measures, people will start developing products that will make it easier for others to do the same. </div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"> “If not us, who? If not now, when?” John F. Kennedy.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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"Maya J Camou has been accepted among the prestigious ranks of Stanford Who's Who as a result of her exceptional effort in the Architecture, Design and Education industries check out the press releage link below."<br />
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Sustainability is not only about our natural environment. Sustainable practices protect human health and quality of life. Corporations have a social responsibility to developing programs that do that. Sustainability is very important to a business it involves people, it involves our planet, it involves profit and making sure they all work together. Sustainable practices protect our health and our children's health and insuring that we have healthy people on a healthy planet.<br />
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Some things that a Corporation or and Organization can do are: <br />
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* Develop internal communications for sustainability to educate it's employees on this subject and relate the importance of these practices to the organization. <br />
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* Promote sustainability policies on all levels of the corporation by opening communication channels with all departments, for example: collaborating with other teams including IT, Procurement, and Human Resources.<br />
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* Support and promote onsite sustainability events at local offices.<br />
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* Engage with employees to gather local knowledge related to sustainability, for example by finding NGO's that offer workshops on best practices and educational information.<br />
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* Develop external communication systems to promote company-wide sustainability programs globally via web marketing, social networks, mobile devices and more.<br />
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* Track metrics and benchmarks for corporate sustainability performance.<br />
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* Make sure all initiative are monitored and evaluated to make sure all are following the vision of the company and that improvements do not have to be made.<br />
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For those who would like more news about the subject check out the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability News website -<a href="http://www.csrwire.com/">http://www.csrwire.com/</a><br />
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Keep thinking green and one person can make a difference be that person.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-88590280179653164212010-12-31T10:26:00.000-08:002010-12-31T11:11:03.279-08:00Thinking Green: Internal RestructuringThe New Year is upon us and it is time to make New Year resolutions. I am here to give some advice on how to make it easier for a company to become more Eco-design friendly for it's staff and management team. Speaking to people n the industry I get a lot of negative comments about how it is hard to sell Eco / Sustainable design. I get that "Sustainable design has been around for ever and it is not a new concept but our clients don't want to pay for it or we can't sell it to them" or more comments that follow the same chain of thought. One of the main concepts I say is and like to follow is that "Eco design should be second nature to our design concept and intent." How as a company can you bring down the costs of Sustainable design for your clients, so you are able to sell it, make it easier for your staff to design and stream line production? I have always said that it has to start from internal restructuring; you can try to sell Sustainable / Eco design but if you don't have the right tools and educated staff internally it will be very difficult and expensive on your companies part to do so. Having the right company philosophy, standards, materials library, etc. would simplify the process for your staff and stream line it. If the design process and production is done in less time, it can be sold at a lower price to make the company more competitive. The market is also being saturated with green products and materials. Having a proper materials library with these product manufacturers and building a relationship with them will make yours able to work with these companies for better pricing on bid situations. <br />
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To also help companies become and prove their Sustainability practices and design quality as of 2010 there is a 3rd party certification process. The Green Firm Certification will help companies that are starting out to established ones with a roadmap of how to become truly Sustainable on all parts of the internal structure of the firm. This certification is recognized and is supported by many large companies such as ABC, <br />
AGC, AIA, USGBC and many more. It has also received generous support from the Kresge Foundation to develop the on line certification process. For more information check out the following link: <br />
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There has been a lot of talk about green roofs and what benefits they have on the building energy savings, heat island effect, reducing the carbon footprint, improving the eco system and actual garden usage. <br />
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What about the building facade. Is it possible to cover the building with plants to do the same things that green roofs can accomplish. Well the Musée du Quai Branly designed by architect Jean Nouvel has done exactly that.<br />
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The facade is the work of Patrick Blanc, a 54-year-old botanist whose vertical gardens can also be found at the French Embassy in India and in the inner courtyard of Pershing Hall, a chic hotel in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.<br />
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Each of his gardens have three components: the metal frame attached to the building, a PVC sheet which keeps the water in and a sheet of rot-proof felt, soaked in water and nutrients, upon which the garden grows.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AtOc8DQgerQ/TMZHnasL4yI/AAAAAAAAATc/5OLY6DiA5Ro/s1600/quaibranly.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_AtOc8DQgerQ/TMZHnasL4yI/AAAAAAAAATc/5OLY6DiA5Ro/s320/quaibranly.jpg" width="320" /></a></div>This building shows what can happen when collaboration between a larger group of designers on a project. Its time to start expanding our network and work with others on design projects from the start to see how far we can push the envelope and our imagination. If you are ever in Paris make sure to visit this museum and experiences the beauty of this work.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-46921958321137367632010-10-25T08:46:00.000-07:002010-10-25T08:51:36.372-07:00Eco Thinking: Retrofiting Existing Buildings<iframe src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=maya3-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0135125413&fc1=000000&IS2=1<1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="align:left;padding-top:5px;width:131px;height:245px;padding-right:10px;"align="left" scrolling="no" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" frameborder="0"></iframe><br />
One of the seminars at the Urban Green Expo this year was "Recognizing the Benefits of Energy Efficient in Multi-residential Real Estate." The subject was about a study being done with the coordination of Steven Winters Associates, Living Cities Foundation that is funded by Deutshe Bank and EBC (Environmental Business Council). In the study they were looking at what would be the optimum retro fitting options for existing building and that would bring the most return on investment. In the study they looked at all options from water savings, window upgrades, boiler upgrades, energy star appliances and what the ultimate savings would be. The study is still in progress but the report will be posted on the Living Cities website upon completion at<a href="http://www.livingcities.org/"> www.livingcities.org</a><br />
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From the discussion the most cost effective evaluations to date would be as follows:<br />
<ol><li> Change windows to save on energy from heating and cooling the interior environment</li>
<li>Upgrade boiler system of the building would have a fast payback in savings</li>
<li> Change to energy saving light bulbs in all building units and common areas</li>
<li>Upgrade to Energy Star appliances in all units when possible</li>
<li>Educate building occupants on water and energy saving measures they can do everyday</li>
<li>Educate Super and building staff on sustainable practices</li>
</ol>Keep moving forward and finding ways to change our built environment for the benefit of all.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-51003409004389568982010-10-23T09:16:00.000-07:002010-10-23T09:25:04.668-07:00Thinking Green: The Hannover Principles<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=maya3-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=1559636351&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>On the first day of the Urban Green Expo the key note speaker was no other then William McDonough. He is one of the founders of the concept of Cradle to Cradle. If you ever had the pleasure of hearing him speak, you would find it both educational and inspirational.<br />
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You should pick up the book "The Hannover Principles" by William McDonough and Michael Braungart. They are 9 principles or guidelines that one should live by, design by and work towards. The Cradle to Cradle philosophy was developed from the 6th principle. The book has a lot of information and insight about Eco design. It is pocket size and only about 100 pages so an easy read and guide book. The book states 9 principles the design community should consider plus much more info. The 9 principles are as follows:<br />
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1. Insist on the right of humanity and nature to co-exist<br />
2. Recognize interdependence: understanding that nature and design development are intermingled and that we need to understand those implications as we design.<br />
3. Respect relationships between spirit and matter.<br />
4. Accept responsibility for the consequences of design: We all need to recognize that no matter how small a project is it has an impact on our environment and as designers / builders / etc. we need to understand that we are responsible for that impact.<br />
5. Create safe objects of long-term value.<br />
6. Eliminate the concept of wast: From this theory the concept of "Cradle to Cradle" was developed.<br />
7. Rely on natural energy flows.<br />
8. Understand the limitations of design: understanding that nothing lasts forever and use nature as a model and guide for design inspiration. <br />
9. Seek constant improvement by the sharing of knowledge.<br />
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Pick up the book, its an easy read and very informative.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-71968419867851751492010-10-02T19:23:00.000-07:002010-10-03T19:56:10.645-07:00Food for Thought: Roof Top Vegetable Gardens<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=maya3-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0967202612&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe><br />
As a sustainability designer I always try to see what ways we can transform our built environment for the betterment of all. Living in NY, I am always trying to see what things we can transform and roofs always come to mind. They are usually unused space that only add to the heat island effect of cities. <br />
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Green roofs are a great way to change those effects. These can be created by adding native plants to the roof that do not need much care. Others are trying out other things such as creating roof top vegetable gardens. These types of gardens can do many things, such as: Reduce heat island effect, purify the air and grow food for the local building or community. <br />
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Check out the report from NY1 <a href="http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/121676/rooftop-farm-opens-in-queens">http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/121676/rooftop-farm-opens-in-queens </a> . And their website at <a href="http://brooklyngrangefarm.com/">http://brooklyngrangefarm.com</a> These farms are great to reduce heat island effect, conserve energy for the building, feed the community and so much more. Lets hope more will pop up all over the city, especially in lower income neighborhoods where fresh organic and affordable foods is not easily accesable. Growing food right in the neighborhood would reduce the cost of organic vegetables as there will be no cost for shipping the products and that savings would go to the families in the area.<br />
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There are also publications that will help you find more information in you area. Check out Edible Communities websites for your borough or location publication. Here is the link for the Queens publication that has a story on the roof farm <a href="http://www.ediblecommunities.com/queens/fall-2010/fall-2010">http://www.ediblecommunities.com/queens/fall-2010/fall-2010</a> <br />
These types of roof top farms are developing all over the country, check out Sky High Harvest who is the first commercial scale roof top farm in the midwest ( <a href="http://www.skyhighharvest.com/">http://www.skyhighharvest.com</a> ).<br />
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Other methods have been developed to create a roof top garden without the use of heavy soil that might not work on some roofs of existing building. New uses on existing technology like aeroponic / hydroponic systems. Hydroponic is a technique of growing plants (without soil) in water containing dissolved nutrients. Aeroponic is the process of growing plants in an air or mist environment without the use of soil or an aggregate medium. A restaurant here in NY is growing vegetables this way for all the food it will serve. Here is a picture of the roof top with these units. This roof top not only has these units to grow the vegetables but also was painted white to reflect the suns heat and reduce the heat island effect.<br />
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Check out the story reported by the Huffington Post and a video report on CNN.<br />
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It is time we took back the unused spaces in our urban environments. Be a leader, be creative and think outside the box.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-41050797818691523212010-09-29T19:07:00.000-07:002010-09-29T20:41:29.222-07:00Green Design: Recycled Content and Innovation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AtOc8DQgerQ/TKPykgVpTWI/AAAAAAAAASw/eHAJXvuF68E/s1600/recycled+dog.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="191" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AtOc8DQgerQ/TKPykgVpTWI/AAAAAAAAASw/eHAJXvuF68E/s320/recycled+dog.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br />
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There is so much talk about recycled content, pre-consumer and post-consumer recycled content in the industry. Post consumer content is any discarded item after people used it. It is a great time to start thinking out of the box and start seeing other great uses for our discarded items. I recently created a small sculpture installation for PS151 of recycled car parts and discarded cinder blocks for their 9/11 memorial garden. There are a lot of other people that are also thinking out of the box, here are some examples of what has been done:<br />
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WNYC covered an artist that collects broken umbrellas and recycles them into innovative reusable items such as clothing, handbags and much more. Check out the article and images of some of her designs at the following link. <a href="http://beta.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2010/sep/27/umbrella-treasures-trash-cans-runways/">http://beta.wnyc.org/articles/wnyc-news/2010/sep/27/umbrella-treasures-trash-cans-runways/</a><br />
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In the UK a company has developed a product from recycled materials and also has an educational base to it. They produce school supplies, such a pencil cases with saying such as "I used to be a car tire". They are coming up with more innovative products for the outdoors, clothing and bags. Check them out at <a href="http://www.remarkable.co.uk/">http://www.remarkable.co.uk/</a><br />
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Other artists are taking on these challenges and creating art from our discarded garbage. One local artist is Janet Nolan. She creates artwork from post-consumer items such as discarded umbrellas, wire coat hangers, plastic bottle caps and much more. Check out her art work at <a href="http://www.janetnolanart.com/">http://www.janetnolanart.com/</a><br />
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Here in the US we need to start making headway with products made from post-consumer materials. Creating them to be innovative in design, massed produced or having items recycled into artwork. These are but a few examples of what can be done. We need to start looking outside the box in ways to reuse items and keeping them out of our landfills. As we look into what we can do with these unwanted materials, we also need to realize that they need to be produced locally. Take the next step and start using your creativity and imagination to help our environment.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-58554007373667118642010-09-27T13:29:00.000-07:002010-09-27T13:39:24.077-07:00Thinking Green: The Apartment Composting Experiment<iframe align="left" frameborder="0" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" scrolling="no" src="http://rcm.amazon.com/e/cm?t=maya3-20&o=1&p=8&l=bpl&asins=0977804518&fc1=000000&IS2=1&lt1=_blank&m=amazon&lc1=0000FF&bc1=000000&bg1=FFFFFF&f=ifr" style="height: 245px; padding-right: 10px; padding-top: 5px; width: 131px;"></iframe>Composting is a great way to recycle our garbage and to keep debris out of landfill. As of October 2010, I have helped the formation of a composting program at PS151 in Queens. Starting it at the school has also inspired me to start composting at home. We as New Yorkers live in small apartments and have the a negative image of composting. Most believe that it is smelly and that you need a backyard to do it. I am here to prove otherwise. I am also going to show that it can be done in larger families. I have 3 kids, all under the age of 7. I am going to start worm composting at home to show that it is an easy thing that can be done and that it can be done with kids around.<br />
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Here is how I started it. First, I did my research on line about composting and got a few books on the subject. The book that I preferred and that I am using for a guide is "Worms Eat My Garbage" by Mary Appelhof. As part of my research I found ways to make your own compost bins on a budget. Red Worm Composting website has a great video on how to set one up and I have used their advice to set mine up. Check out the video at <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxhEQEA0GN8&feature=player_embedded#%21">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxhEQEA0GN8&feature=player_embedded#!</a> . Also if there are kids around you have to get them excited about the project as well. With my boys, I got them excited by talking about worms, books on the subject and by saying that they will be pets in the home. Now for the worms, I ordered mine from the Lower East Side Ecology Center. With them you order the amount of worms you need and then pick them up from the Union Square green market. Here is the link to their products - <a href="http://www.lesecologycenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=8&Itemid=33">http://www.lesecologycenter.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=section&id=8&Itemid=33</a><br />
There are many other venues that sell worms, check what is available near you. Also,as you try to see where you can get them, see if you can support a worthy organization at the same time.<br />
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I have set up the worm bin and will be picking up the worms on Wednesday. More posts on the progress to come.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-61998299780599770392010-09-19T17:45:00.000-07:002010-09-19T17:49:00.435-07:00Thinking Green: Urban Green Expo<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AtOc8DQgerQ/TJauXnr8haI/AAAAAAAAASo/eogZooh39j4/s1600/Urban-Green-Expo-2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_AtOc8DQgerQ/TJauXnr8haI/AAAAAAAAASo/eogZooh39j4/s320/Urban-Green-Expo-2010.JPG" /></a></div><br />
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It's time again and the Urban Green Expo is here. It is run by the Urban Green Council and is located at the Metropolitan Pavilion & The Altman Building, 125 West 18th Street. The Expo will run on Sept 29th and 30th, the exhibit hall hours are - Day 1: 10 am to 7 pm and Day 2: 10 am to 5 pm. The Key note speaker will be William McDonough one of the co-authors of Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things.<br />
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The Theme of the Expo this year is "Pushing the Envelope", On their website Urban Green wrote that "At Urban Green Expo 2010 we will explore how green buildings can “push the envelope” both literally, by focusing on the importance of high performance building enclosures, and metaphorically, by addressing topical subjects like verifying building performance and by highlighting innovative buildings, processes and systems." The Expo has a multitude of educational seminars and the Expo floor has over a 100 green products &/ services located. Check out the website for tickets, info on product and educational seminars.<a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_103789482"> www.urbangreenexpo.com </a><br />
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I will be at the Expo both days and will be blogging about the information I get there. Stay tuned or hope to see you there.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><a href="http://www.twitter.com/Maya3Design"><img src="http://twitter-badges.s3.amazonaws.com/follow_me-a.png" alt="Follow Maya3Design on Twitter"/></a></div>Maya Camouhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17989725456754749249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1705456654513125692.post-77904496044000213822010-09-13T20:55:00.000-07:002010-09-13T20:55:19.306-07:00Energy Retrofitting for Existing Homes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_AtOc8DQgerQ/TI7wvk75vdI/AAAAAAAAASY/Wp5HbDS01-A/s1600/existing+homes.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br />
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Energy is one of the major topics on the green scene these days. With the government and local utility companies rewarding those who take the step forward to make changes for the better. Home owners who want to take advantage of some of these incentives need a starting point on how to make these changes on their own properties. Well, there are many ways to perform an energy retrofit of existing homes. Here is one example of what needs to be done.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A standardized method can be used in taking on an energy upgrade to an existing house. Here are the steps to follow:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">1. Perform an initial assessment on the house. Gather information such as square footage, house volume, window data (area, type, orientation, shielding), insulation levels, appliance types and age, HVAC information, previous energy bills and materials of construction were necessary to understand the performance of the house. Find out houses characteristics, such as:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Year Built</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Conditioned Space</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Ceiling Height</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· House Volume </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Bedrooms</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Bathrooms</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Foundation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Orientation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Major Appliance Assessment- Refrigerator, Washer, Dryer, Dishwasher, Freezer</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Materials of Construction</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Insulation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Windows</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Lighting</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· HVAC</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Previous Energy Consumption</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-indent: 0.5in;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">2. Perform an Energy Audit. Organizations like NYSERDA will help you with this. Check out the following website for more info <a href="http://www.getenergysmart.org/SingleFamilyHomes/ExistingBuilding/HomeOwner.aspx">www.getenergysmart.org/SingleFamilyHomes/ExistingBuilding/HomeOwner.aspx</a> . As part of an energy audit you will have to also test the house and ducts for air tightness using Blower Door and Duct Blaster test equipment.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Some easy Energy saving recommendations would be:</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Radiant Barrier stapled to the underside of the roof trusses</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Solar screens on the south and west windows –the shading coefficient will depend on your location</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Weather stripping on doorjamb</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Programmable thermostat</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Refrigerator and freezer coils should be checked and cleaned periodically</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Ceiling fans should be added in bedrooms or other parts of the home such as family room</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">· Water heater lines should be insulated</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">3. Interview the occupants of the house and discuss to get an understanding of the household makeup and energy usage habits.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">4. Energy Modeling - Once the initial assessment is completed, energy modeling should be done to simulate the existing house. Energy modeling can be a relatively quick and accurate method used to simulate the effects of changes to the building envelope, lighting and appliances within the home.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">5. Install a monitoring system. Monitoring will help you estimate the benefit of each modification performed and help you know how all systems are performing. A system can be installed to directly monitor energy consumption and environmental conditions, as well as tell you if something is wrong with one of them.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><span style="color: #292526; font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">6. </span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Potential</span><span style="color: #292526;"></span> upgrade evaluation would come from suggestions made from the energy audit and energy modeling information. Once the list of potential upgrades is determined and modeled to estimate their benefit, savings should be compared to the installed cost to calculate a simple payback in years. </div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"><br />
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