From digital to creative ways to go green in sustainable building and the built environment, knowledge is renewable power. How to harness? Start by sharing information. Here’s a few great reads – Mashable’s 9 Digital Ways to Make a Difference, buildings that are embracing sustainability such as Starbucks, and trends that involve repurposing shipping containers. [...]
At GreenWizard, we are seeing a sizable uptick in multi-attribute searches, as our users seek product data at an increasingly granular-level. Largely due to the staggering growth of USGBC and its LEED standard, building products have moved from commodity items to highly differentiated materials in just the last fifteen years. Accordingly, the way building products [...]
The International Code Council (ICC), along with its Cooperating Sponsors, recently announced the 2012 International Green Construction Code (IgCC) is available for immediate download. Click here for more information: 2012 IgCC
Every two weeks, GreenWizard adds robust features to its product management and project collaboration solution empowering the architect and contractor community to simplify the design and construction of efficient, healthy and sustainable buildings. The following key features are being added to GreenWizard on January 28, 2012: Quickly add products from your Library If you use [...]
Every two weeks, GreenWizard adds robust features to its product management and project collaboration solution empowering the architect and contractor community to simplify the design and construction of efficient, healthy and sustainable buildings. The following key features are being added to GreenWizard as we celebrate the start of 2012: View LEED Credit Assignments Since the [...]
What is GreenWizard’s Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and why does it matter to our customers? Simply put, the right SDLC enables a software company like GreenWizard to respond rapidly to requests and feedback while the wrong SDLC can lead to delays, long turnaround times for new features, and software that does not satisfy the needs [...]
The good news is that the sustainable building industry is growing exponentially. In fact, so much so that industry research firm, IBISWorld, took notice and has added a report on the Green & Sustainable Building Construction industry to its Commercial & Institutional Buildings report. They reported there are many factors driving this growth including an [...]
Every two weeks, GreenWizard adds robust features to its product management solution empowering the AEC community to simplify the design and construction of efficient, healthy and sustainable buildings. The following key features are being added to GreenWizard for December 3, 2011: Synchronize Project Information (PI) data for all Rating Systems* GreenWizard has been actively working [...]
Bulbs made from Light-emitting Diodes (LEDs) are the cheapest lighting solution for your home or green building. Why? Because LED bulbs last 25X longer than incandescent bulbs and use just 1/8 the energy. Over an LED bulb’s lifetime, the difference amounts to several hundred dollars. Trent Hamm at The Simple Dollar did the math for [...]
Facebook’s new Pineville, Oregon data center has achieved LEED® gold certification, but that hasn’t stopped the social network giant from looking for even more ways to improve the efficiency of this and future energy-devouring buildings. Facebook is sharing their secrets and asking for advice. The design of Facebook’s new data center has managed to reduce [...]
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