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Building Science: Colorado Energy Star Summit To Address Weatherization Program
The Colorado Energy Star Summit aims to cultivate interest in careers focused on home-performance improvements. Nowadays, discussions about job prospects in the homebuilding and remodeling sectors...
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Disaster spawning new concepts in bridge research, testing and safety
Civil engineers have developed a new system to better analyze the connections that hold major bridge members together, which may improve public safety, help address a trillion-dollar concern about...
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Verizon CFO promises Verizon iPad, no MiFi required
During an interview with Bloomberg, Verizon CFO Francis Shammo spilled the beans about an upcoming version of the Apple iPad. The new device will use CDMA technology making it compatible with Verizon's...
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Non-Residential Green Construction Is The Most Likely Source of Growth For...
Notice the key words in the first sentence below: non-residential 'green buildings'. While the article discusses some home builders that are leveraging energy efficiency for marketing properties,...
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Energy Labels a Powerful Tool for New Homes and Retrofits
Oregon-based Earth Advantage Institute presented information at the 2011 International Builders' Show about their campaign for a national energy performance labeling program. Executive director, Sean...
View ArticleLight-Emitting Rubber Could Sense Structural Damage [Technology Review]
Researchers at Princeton University have built a new type of sensor that could help engineers quickly assess the health of a building or bridge. The sensor is an organic laser, deposited on a sheet of...
View ArticleIn Efficiency, As in Real Estate, It's Location, Location, Location
According to an EPA-commissioned study, location efficiency provides greater energy savings than home efficiency. Densely populated, mixed-use neighborhoods that reduce reliance on cars, result in...
View ArticleGreen Building Certification Standards: Passivhaus
There are high energy efficiency standards in construction, and then there are extremely high energy-efficiency standards. The German Passivhaus (passive house) construction minimizes heating...
View ArticleiPad Project Management Apps
"Project management seems like an obvious use case for iPads, so we were surprised to see a relatively small number of professional project management applications. But we found a few. For this article...
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Amazon's Kindle Fire vs. Apple's iPad for Construction Inspections
When Amazon announced the new Kindle Fire tablet at $199, I wondered if this device wouldn’t replace the iPad for construction inspections. Over at my personal blog, I wrote about it: In terms of...
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How will Google's new glasses impact the construction industry?
The prototype version Google showed off on Wednesday looked like a very polished and well-designed pair of wrap-around glasses with a clear display that sits above the eye. The glasses can stream...
View ArticleDARPA puts out fire using nothing more than sound
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) published the following video demonstrating how a fire could be extinguished using sound: Wired's Danger Room has more: The team arranged two...
View ArticleWill 3D "Printing" of buildings eliminate construction defects?
Dutch architect Janjaap Ruijssenaars has an ambitious plan for a new home on the coast of Ireland. Using a so-called 3D printer, the architect will pre-fabricate the Möbius strip concrete shell in 6 by...
View ArticleIs Contractor Directory Service BuildZoom Exposing Itself To Significant Risk?
When BuildZoom launched in March of this year, it served as a listing service for contrators. The intent was to leverage publicly available data from various state contractor licensing boards to...
View ArticleSmart Toilets and Home/Building Automation Systems May Create Security...
Each year in Las Vegas, elite hackers from around the world gather at DEFCON to discuss the latest trends in computer network security. Do some googling if you are interested in learning more about the...
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Interview With the Founders of ClaimKit: “A Simple, Turnkey Solution For...
When I learned that two of my favorite blogging construction lawyers had teamed up for an innovative startup, I jumped at the opportunity to interview them. The post was scheduled to go live on AEC...
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Proprietary Construction Software Contributes To $52-Million Verdict
When I was handling internal project controls during construction of the $500-million research and development campus construction for Pfizer, I had to first be “Pfizer-ized.” A fellow colleague from...
View ArticleNewer, more efficient and more sustainably sourced solar panel technology on...
A team of researchers led by Stanford professor Shanhui Fan and Paul Braun at University of Illinois may have stumbled onto a real breakthrough in the efficiency, safety and long-term sustainability of...
View ArticleBio-Bricks and Bio-Concrete – Next generation building materials may be grown...
The Cradle to Cradle Product Innovations Institute is a non-profit organization that is responsible for the development of a third-party standard to “encourage innovation and the design of products...
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From the Archives: Interview with Bill Leys (@Deck_Expert) of Central Coast...
This interview was conducted back in July of 2011. Unfortunately, during one of several migrations of web hosts, the article disappeared from the archives. Bill Leys is, in my opinion, one of the good...
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