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Green Building Consultant’s Top Ten MegaTrends for 2013
Saturday, January 05, 2013
As a leading green building consultancy, Yudelson Associates has now established a tradition of projecting the top green building trends at the beginning of each new year.
Interview on Integrated Building Design with Architect Stefan Behnisch
Wednesday, December 05, 2012
Integrated design ultimately must define both the form and the expected performance of a green building. In this interview, excerpted from Jerry’s new book, German architect Stefan Behnisch talks about how to integrate them.
CBRE Asia: Green Building Consultant’s “Best Practice Insights” on Integrated Sustainable Design
Saturday, December 01, 2012
Yudelson explains that integrated design for green building expands and refocuses the linear production process of traditional building design, construction and operations, establishing a new approach for an ongoing, creative dialog.
A Green Building Consultant’s Insider View of a Successful LEED Gold Project
Monday, November 26, 2012
A quick look at Yudelson Associates’ role as the green building consultant—including experiences and lessons learned—in the process of acquiring LEED Gold certification for the UniSource Energy building in downtown Tucson.
US Government Converts Outmoded High-Rise into High-Performance Office Space
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Severely lacking in energy efficiency, the 1970-era Edith Green-Wendell Wyatt Federal Building in Portland is in the midst of an extensive renovation toward high-performance standards. The US General Services Administration aims to meet the LEED Gold standard and set a new direction for renovating federal buildings.
Historic Restoration Makes Good Business Sense For Developers
Tuesday, October 09, 2012
Before the financial crisis, developer Gerding Edlen Development saw the potential for Class A office space in an old Portland warehouse. Today the renovated historic Meier & Frank Building is the North American headquarters for wind turbine manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems.
Portland Marriott Advances Greening the Hospitality Industry
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
The LEED Gold-rated Portland Marriott City Center proves that high-performance hospitality renovation projects make financial sense. With a 1.2% cost premium to achieve a LEED Gold rating, the project expects to save $675,000 over ten years in reduced operating costs.
The Experts’ Green Building Business Case for Federal Buildings
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Jerry conveys the experts’ take on how the Federal government should be (and could be) promoting its green building program to an increasingly skeptical Congress and public.
Disruptive Marketing for Green Building
Monday, August 06, 2012
How can a green building consultant, architect, engineer or builder get a market advantage in today’s constrained economy, when everyone has lots of green building experience, dozens if not hundreds of LEED APs, capabilities and experience in each market sector, etc.? I will tell you…
Impressive Green Building Design Insights from the Transsolar Symposium in Stuttgart
Tuesday, July 03, 2012
300 people from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the UK, Canada, the US and various other countries met for the 20th anniversary of Transsolar’s green building symposium. This year’s theme: “Connect Ideas. Maximize Impact.”
Top 12 Reasons That Green Building & LEED Are NOT What Most People Think
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
Jerry offers 12 assertions about the current state of green building and LEED certification as an incitement and/or an encouragement for you to engage in a conversation about our industry.
Free Book Chapter Makes Case for Green Building Restorations
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Jerry Yudelson makes the case that the restoration of older buildings using established green building practices offers a simple, yet extremely practical solution to an important environment problem.
Sustainability Consultant to Keynote at Building Conference in Melbourne, Australia
Wednesday, May 02, 2012
Green building, sustainability consultant, green building book author Jerry Yudelson will keynote next week at the Air-Conditioning, Refrigeration and Building Systems (ARBS) conference in Melbourne, Australia
Why a Building Consultant Firm? The Jerry Yudelson Answer
Friday, April 20, 2012
What should be the role of a building consultant firm in this new environment? How can a building consultant works with you to make sustainability into a game changer for your company? Godfather of Green, Jerry Yudelson answers these and other important green building questions.
Yudelson 411
Sunday, December 11, 2011
For the Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce, Barbara Travers interviews Jerry Yudelson before his speech at the 15th Annual Commercial Real Estate Insights Breakfast.
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