Posts Tagged: Green Roofs
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
V…
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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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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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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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Ventilation Crew vs Goats
I would love to hear the roof report from the crew who found this condition on the roof! LOL
[caption id="attachment_878" align="aligncenter" width="240" caption="Goats feed on oat grass on the roof at Siegel 's Cottonwood Farm in Crest Hill, IL o…
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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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Colorado is the First Market for Launch of the Revolutionary DOW POWERHOUSE(TM) Solar Shingle
This post is dedicated to my brother and sister firefighters from Colorado.
Solar shingles are solar panels incognito. Instead of mounting on your roof, they become your roof or integrate seamlessly with the existing roof shingles.
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D.C. Fire Stations To Install Green Roofs
The beginnings of a green roof growing on the roof of the fire station of D.C. Fire Department's Engine Company 12.
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There a farm coming to a rooftop near you soon!
Rooftop farming is the practice of cultivating food on the rooftop of buildings. Rooftop farming is usually done using hydroponics, aeroponics or air-dynaponics systems or container gardens. Besides using the allready present space at the roof itself, additional platforms could possibly be created between high-rise buildings called "aero-bridges.
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Modern Roofs the Truckie Nightmare
Modern Roofs the Truckie Nightmare
Presentation Summary
The presentation will include an intense and concentrated examination of trends and methods in modern building construction with an emphasis on roofs, their direct relationship on vertical ventilation, structural firefighting operations, and firefighter survivability.
Inherent roof construction features and hazards that directly influence truck company work will be the main focus of this program.
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USED SHIPPING CONTAINERS BEING USED IN GREEN CONSTRUCTION
The majority of firefighters today associate used shipping containers with Live Fire training.
However many designers, builders and eco organizations have another idea for the use of these used containers.
Why not turn one of the world strongest mobile structures into your next home or office?
After all these container were built to withstand built to withstand typhoons, tornados,hurricanes and even earthquakes. One or more of these incredible steel modules are the safest superstructure for a home, school, office, apartment, dormitory, storage unit, emergency shelter. ...where would you rather be in a storm, hurricane or earthquake? I think in a room made of strong Corten steel
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Welcome to Green Maltese
Greetings to all my Brother & Sister Firefighters
What is Green Maltese?
Green Maltese:
My goal is that Green Maltese becomes the place where fire service leaders can gain and share knowledge about the Green Movement and anything about Green (Sustainable) Building Construction.
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