Posts Tagged: Green Building Design
FDIC 2013
The Super Bowl of Firefighting is just about a month away! If you have never been then you need to make plans to attend NOW!
I am very happy and honored to be presenting again this year and would like to invite you to attend my class on 4/25/2013
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Structural Insulating Sheathing
Combines insulative and water-resistant barrier benefits with structural properties to offer an affordable method of bridging the thermal short-circuiting of a building’s frame.
Exterior walls must provide multiple functions including weather a…
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Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings Report
Fire Safety Challenges of Green Buildings
Author: Brian Meacham, Brandon Poole, Juan Echeverria and Raymond Cheng, Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Re-posted by permission of Brian Meacham NFPA
Introduction
Many new commercial facilities are…
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Solar Panel Safety for Firefighters
The Fire Training Program at the Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training (DPSST), in partnership with the Washington County Fire Training Association (WCFTA), recently hosted a one-day class on Solar Photo Voltaic (PV) Safety for Fire F…
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Expect more Foam Sheathing Insulation
WASHINGTON, D.C. (November 6, 2012) – The Foam Sheathing Committee (FSC) of the American Chemistry Council (ACC), through an industry effort, achieved an important change in gaining broad acceptance of a performance-based standard for the use of foam i…
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New NIST Laboratory to test Net-Zero Home
The following information was released by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST):
NIST Unveils Net-Zero Energy Residential Test Facility to Improve Testing of Energy-Efficient Technologies
In a ribbon-cutting ceremony today, the …
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Cold Formed Steel
Cold-Formed Steel (CFS) is the common term for products made by rolling or pressing thin gauges of sheet steel into goods. Cold-formed steel goods are created by the working of sheet steel using stamping, rolling, or presses to deform the sheet into a us…
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Green Construction & Building a Brighter Future
Before I share a special guest article.I would like to invite everyone to join me this Friday at Firehouse Expo @Baltimore Convention Center Baltimore, MD
I am very excited and honored to be teaching this year.
Green Building Construction For The…
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WHAT ARE SIPs?
SIPs is an acronym for Structural Insulated Panel. Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) are a high performance building system for residential and light commercial construction. The panels consist of an insulating rigid foam core sandwiched between two st…
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The Greenest College Campuses
Compiled By: Online Colleges Guide
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Greenroofs: Wind & Fire Video from Virtual Summit 2011
This is a great discussion about Green Roof Wind & Fire Codes from Virtual Summit 2011 panel.
Panel members:
Kelly Luckett, Mike Ennis, and Jim Kirby
Description:
No longer can the green roof be deleted from a project due to failure to…
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Bethlehem Fire Department responds to incident involving solar concentrator
The fire alarm was activated and Hever and WDIY's Executive Director Bill Dautremont-Smith evacuated WDIY volunteers from the building before the Bethlehem Fire Department arrived and doused the smoldering panel.
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Solar Glass
What is Energy Glass?
ENERGYGLASS™ is the only Optically Clear Building Integrated Photovoltaic Window System in the World.
ENERGYGLASS™ is a patented Optically Clear Vertical Building Photovoltaic Window System that produces continuous Energy …
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NFPA & Green Builder® Media to partner at VISION House®
The National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) has partnered with Green Builder® Media, North America’s leading media company focused on sustainable living to participate in the VISION House® located in INNOVENTIONS at Epcot® at the Walt Disney Wor…
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Trombe Walls
Since ancient times, people have used thick walls of adobe or stone to trap the sun's heat
during the day and release it slowly and evenly at night to heat their buildings. Today's
low-energy(green) buildings often improve on this ancient technique by …
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Free Green Building Codes 101 Webinar
Green Building Codes 101: Navigating the Standards, Codes, and Rating Systems.
This webinar addresses many of the questions about the relationships between green standards, codes, and rating systems. This webinar was developed collaboratively by ICC, …
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Photovoltaic Systems & Firefighter Safety a New UL study
Do you know what Photovoltaic (PV) is?
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What are the safety hazards with PV?…
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Green Roofs in Indianapolis, Indiana
Greetings to all,
This post is dedicated to all brothers and sister firefighters but especially those in Indianapolis, Indiana the home of FDIC the Super Bowl of Firefighting :)
MAYOR ANNOUNCES COMPLETION OF FIRST GREEN ROOF INSTALLATION ON INDI…
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First National Green Building Code Approved!
For the first time, the US has a national green building code.
The International Green Construction Code (IgCC), approved last week after two years of development, applies to all new and renovated commercial buildings and residential buildings over th…
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Precast Concrete Wall Panels
Energy-efficient AG Wall Systems from Superior Walls offer a fast way for builders to construct above grade building applications for houses and commercial projects.
Superior Walls®, a leading manufacturer of energy-efficient precast founda…
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Green Maltese will be at FDIC 2012
I am very excited and honored to be accepted to be a part of FDIC 2012
I just wanted to share with you all and thank you for support!!
From email :)
Dear Classroom Instructor John Shafer,
Congratulations! I am pleased to inform …
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GO PURDUE!!
Green Maltese was able to go on another fun educational field trip again!
This field trip was to West Lafayette to Purdue University to visit the Team Purdue IN Home open house.
The INHome is a part of the 2011 U.S. Department of Energy Solar …
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Gateway Midwest Fire & Leadership Training
Green Maltese is extremely excited about being a part of the Go Forward inaugural event, October 21-23 at the Ameristar Hotel Resort, Spa & Casino in St. Charles, Missouri.
Education Opportunities from Green Maltese @ Gateway Conference:
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Roanoke Green Station 3
Roanoke,VA — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has recognized the city’s new Williamson Road Fire Station with “gold” LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. This certification was achieved as the result of the facility scoring 39 credits (or points), which are defined and rewarded by the USGBC. To qualify as a basic LEED facility, the project must achieve 26 credits. LEED “silver” certification is achieved at 33 points.
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Green Building Design Principles Video
Stay Safe
Lt. John Shafer
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