http://greenbuildconsult.com/index.php/news en jyudelson@cox.net Copyright 2011 2011-12-11T01:10:45+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-building-consultants-top-ten-global-megatrends-for-2012/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/green-building-consultants-top-ten-global-megatrends-for-2012/#When:01:10:45Z Green building consultant Jerry Yudelson offers his insights on the green building industry with a list of top MegTrends for 2012 with global green growth cited as the fastest-growing trend. Green building consultant Jerry Yudelson offers his insights on the green building industry with a list of top MegTrends for 2012 with global green growth cited as the fastest-growing trend. Tucson, Arizona, December 5 Download the 2012 MegaTrends PDFGreen building industry leader Jerry Yudelson says that green building will continue its rebound globally in 2012 in spite of ongoing economic difficulties in most developed economies. The green building consultant published his annual “Top Ten” list of green building MegaTrends, which included this and other insights. “What we’re seeing is that more people are building green each year, and there is nothing on the horizon that will stop this MegaTrend or its components,” explains Jerry Yudelson, the principal of Tucson-based green building consulting company, Yudelson Associates. “However, in 2010 and 2011, the continuing slowdown in commercial real estate and the end of recovery funding put a crimp in new green building projects.” Yudelson added, “In putting together my Top Ten trends for 2012, I’m taking advantage of conversations I’ve had with green building industry leaders in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia as I have spoken all over the world the past year.” Yudelson’s Top Ten Green Building MegaTrends include: Green building in North America will rebound in 2012, using new LEED project registrations as a proxy for this growth. “The reduction in commercial real estate building,” he said, “has not been offset by other sectors such as government construction, which continued to falter, and so the growth rate of new green building projects fell dramatically in 2010 and 2011.” In 2011, LEED in new construction accounted for about 20% of all put-in-place space, with domestic LEED project registrations up almost 40% vs. depressed 2010 levels. However, Yudelson sees faster growth in green retrofits, ongoing college and university projects and NGO activity as serving to backstop the fall in commercial and governmental construction. In addition, growth will be rapid in China and other fast-growing economies. Green building will continue to benefit from the Obama presidency, with a strengthened focus on greening the executive branch. A commitment to a minimum of LEED Gold for all new federal projects and a focus on major energy-efficiency renovations highlight this trend. The focus of the green building industry will continue its switch from new building design and construction to greening existing buildings. “One fast-growing LEED rating system the past two years has been LEED for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance (LEED-EBOM), with cumulative floor area in certifications now greater than in existing buildings, and I expect this trend to pick up in 2012,” said Yudelson. “My book, Greening Existing Buildings, documents the strategic and tactical components of this trend.” One driver of this MegaTrend is the fact that “‘green’ buildings have rents and asset prices that are significantly higher than those documented for conventional office space,” according to the most recent major academic research on commercial buildings. Awareness of the coming global crisis in fresh water supply will increase, leading building designers and managers to take further steps to reduce water consumption in buildings with more conserving fixtures, rainwater recovery systems and innovative new water technologies. “My recent book, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis, shows how to do this in green buildings all over the world.” Download the 2012 MegaTrends PDFThe global green building movement will continue to accelerate, as more countries begin to create their own green building incentives and developing their own Green Building Councils. More than 90 countries with incipient or established green building organizations, on all continents, will show considerable green building growth in 2012. We’re seeing strong growth in China, other places in Asia, Brazil, Eastern Europe, South Africa and the Arabian Peninsula countries. For the first time in 2011, more LEED-registered projects are in progress outside the U.S., up more than 50% compared to 2010 levels and representing 44% of all new LEED projects. Zero-net-energy designs for new buildings will become increasingly commonplace, in both residential and commercial sectors, as LEED and ENERGY STAR certifications and labels become too commonplace to confer competitive advantage. Developers of speculative commercial buildings will also begin to showcase Zero Net Energy designs and intentions. Performance Disclosure will be the fastest emerging trend, highlighted by new requirements in California, Seattle and other locations. Commercial building owners will have to disclose actual building performance to all new tenants and buyers and in some places, to the public at large. This trend is already established in Australia, for example, and will spread rapidly as the easiest way to monitor carbon emissions from existing commercial and governmental buildings. Green Buildings will increasingly be managed in the “Cloud”, as witnessed by the large number of new entrants and new products in fields of building automation, facility management, wireless controls and information technology in 2011. Local and state governments will step up their mandates for green buildings for both themselves and the private sector. We’ll see at least 20 major new cities with commercial sector green building mandates, mostly in the “Blue” states. The desire to reduce carbon emissions by going green will lead more government agencies, universities, hosp and corporate owners to require green buildings. Solar power use in buildings will continue to grow with the prospect of increasing utility focus on aggressive state-level renewable power standards (RPS) and goals for 2020. As before, third-party financing partnerships will continue to grow and provide capital for large rooftop systems such as on warehouses and big box retail stores. However, we may very well see a slowing of large solar and wind systems, as federal grant and loan guarantee support, in lieu of tax credits, is phased out in 2012. About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability planning and green building consulting. Founder Jerry Yudelson, a LEED Fellow, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants. He is the author of 12 green building books and served for two years as Research Scholar for Retail Real Estate Sustainability for the International Council of Shopping Centers, a 70,000-member international trade organization. Jerry is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences and chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years. Read this press release on the web with other resources. Click here to download the PDF version of this press release. » Visit the Yudelson Associates Slideshare page » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page   Company Press Releases 2011-12-11T01:10:45+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-build-bulletin-december-2011/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/green-build-bulletin-december-2011/#When:06:31:18Z Welcome to the final GreenBuild Bulletin for a very challenging year! We wish you all the very best for the upcoming Holiday Season and we offer our sincere hopes that 2012 will be a year of growth and prosperity for you and your organization.  In the spirit of looking ahead to 2012, we bring you green building insights that include 10 MegaTrends and 3 Guiding Principles for Green Building’s New Year. Welcome to the final GreenBuild Bulletin for a very challenging year! We wish you all the very best for the upcoming Holiday Season and we offer our sincere hopes that 2012 will be a year of growth and prosperity for you and your organization. In the spirit of looking ahead to 2012, please find below green building insights that include 10 MegaTrends and 3 Guiding Principles for Green Building's New Year. 2012: Two Perspectives on the New Year in Green Building 10 MegaTrends In his annual projections, Jerry says that green building will continue its rebound globally in 2012 in spite of ongoing economic difficulties in most developed economies. There's no doubt that more people are building green each year, and there is nothing on the horizon that will stop this MegaTrend or its constituent elements. Jerry says, "In putting together my Top Ten trends for 2012, I'm taking advantage of conversations I've had with green building industry leaders in the U.S., Canada, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Australia during the past year." Click here to download Jerry's 2012 MegaTrends as a PDF Read the Top Ten Trends on the Sustainability Industries website 3 Guiding Principles Jerry's latest perspective on the New Year is "Marketing Green Building and Sustainable Design Services." Here he asks, what will it take in 2012 in order to create a competitive advantage for design firms deeply experienced in Sustainable Design? Jerry has been meeting with principals of leading architectural firms in Seattle, Sacramento and Portland, to discuss how they can move ahead in an increasingly competitive environment. Check out our three guiding principles for creating a 2012 marketing plan for sustainable design services. After all, Jerry wrote the only book on Marketing Green Building Services! From Global Impact to New Workshop: Water Essentials Flows On Inspired by his latest book, "Water Essentials" is a new course that Jerry Yudelson will be teaching as an adjunct faculty member at San Diego State University, College of Extended Studies, starting February 13. Be sure to let your colleagues and friends know about this great introduction to the upcoming water crisis facing our country and our planet. In a related note, New Society Publishers reports that Jerry Yudelson's most recent book, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis will be translated into Korean in 2012. Needless to say, we are thrilled with the global appeal and reach this book is having. Green Building Book Review — The Ecological Engineer: Glumac We took a long look at an impressive new book, The Ecological Engineer: Glumac, by David Macaulay (Ecotone Press, 2011). This book clarifies the essential role that mechanical, electrical and plumbing engineers play in green building design and operating success. However, it's seldom that they get enough credit and even more seldom that they 'spill the beans' about how great green buildings are actually conceived and designed. In our opinion, this is an essential book for every architect and engineering firm's library! Glumac's mantra is "Green Buildings That Work," and this book is full of documentation about the actual performance of a number of LEED Gold and Platinum projects. (Full disclosure: Glumac is a consulting client of Yudelson Associates.) New Keynotes Spread Good Green Building News Jerry Yudelson has developed a new set of keynote and workshop presentations that meet the needs of busy professionals by helping them to stay up on key topics facing the green building business, including building performance, zero net energy buildings, urban water crises and more. Please take a look and help him get the message out to your business, trade or professional group for meetings and corporate events in 2012. His presentations uplift, inspire and inform. For example, Jerry spoke last week to 200 professionals attending the annual forecast breakfast of the Commercial Brokers Association in Seattle. Jerry is already booked for talks in Australia, Serbia and Turkey for the New Year. Thank you very much for speaking at our Insights program. You were a big hit. Several attendees came to the event specifically to hear what you had to say. Tricia Deering, CEO Commercial Brokers Association, Seattle Looking forward to seeing you all and to continuing to grow the business of green building in 2012. E-Newsletter Archive 2011-12-08T06:31:18+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-build-bulletin-september-2011-greenbuild-expo-edition/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/green-build-bulletin-september-2011-greenbuild-expo-edition/#When:18:46:53Z The 25th and “Greenbuild Expo Edition” of the Green Build Bulletin from Yudelson Associates covers Jerry Yudelson’s LEED Fellow honors, among other awards and media attention; the upcoming Greenbuild 2011 Expo in Toronto; Jerry’s new ZONE Seminar; and CSOB Bank Headquarters and Ohlone College case studies… Congrats to Jerry for Green Building Leadership Recognized No less than the U.S. Green Building Council, Wired Magazine and Investors Business Daily have recently given Jerry Yudelson significant awards and media attention: Among the First to Get LEED Fellow Honors Jerry is extremely honored to have been named to first national class of 34 LEED Fellows by U.S. Green Building Council and the Green Building Certification Institute. This important honor recognizes Jerry's leadership role in expanding the visibility of the LEED system across the green building industry. For more information of his honor please check out this press release. "LEED Fellow" and the LEED Fellow logo are trademarks owned by the U.S. Green Building Council and awarded to individuals under license by the Green Building Certification Institute. Wired Magazine: “The Godfather of Green” Jerry was dubbed the “Godfather of Green” in Wired Magazine’s September issue as part of an interview on zero-carbon homes. Jerry’s latest initiative is focused on articulating the business case for zero-carbon buildings and homes, which he sees as the next large green building wave. Investors Business Daily Jerry was also extensively quoted for an article in Investors Business Daily about the rising popularity of energy efficient buildings. Don’t Miss Greenbuild 2011 in Toronto Next week, October 4-7, Greenbuild 2011 will showcase the state of the green building industry with a high-profile array of speakers and presentations by a virtual who’s who of industry vendors. Jerry will be moderating Session OR06, “Sustainable Campus and Eco-District Planning: What’s Next?” on Wednesday, October 5th at 10:30 am. Jerry will also speak to a gathering of the EnOcean Alliance (the wireless standard for sustainable buildings) about green buildings and smart cities. We hope to see you there! Jerry’s proud of his role in developing and organizing the USGBC’s Greenbuild conference and bringing it to its current pre-eminence as North America’s largest and most comprehensive green building conference and exhibition. More more information visit: www.greenbuildexpo.org Jerry Speaks! New ZONE Seminar Rolls Out Jerry’s latest seminar is the Zero-Net Energy (ZONE) Building Design Seminar which is specifically oriented toward architects, engineers, builders and developers. This workshop’s premiere presentation was a half-day session in Phoenix on August 26th, with almost two dozen participants. Other recent talks have included a national webinar on water conservation for the National Association of Plumbing, Heating and Cooling Contractors; a talk on water conservation at the University of Arizona; and a talk in San Diego for the American Society of Plumbing Engineers. We’re busy lining up 2012 webinars and talks, including the USGBC chapter in Las Vegas, the Construction Specifications Institute western region conference in Tucson, GreenExpo365.com, and an extended studies course on water for San Diego State University. Please contact Jerry to set up a presentation to your group. For more information, please download Jerry’s presentation flyer or view this press release about the new workshop. Case Studies Showcase High-Performance Projects Here are some advance insights from Jerry’s forthcoming book, “The World’s Greenest Buildings: Promise vs. Performance in Sustainable Design” (Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2012). In this edition of the GreenBuild enewsletter, we’re showcasing two case studies. Both of these projects are LEED Platinum and Yudelson has produced a downloadable PDF case study document for your convenience. Please click to download: The CSOB bank headquarters building in a Prague suburb   Ohlone College in the San Francisco Bay Area   E-Newsletter Archive 2011-09-28T18:46:53+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/sustainability-consultant-to-emphasize-ecodistricts-in-planning-workshop-at/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/sustainability-consultant-to-emphasize-ecodistricts-in-planning-workshop-at/#When:20:10:20Z Green building, sustainability consultant and author, Jerry Yudelson will lead a leading edge workshop on EcoDistricts and Campus Planning at GreenBuild International in Toronto Green building, sustainability consultant and author, Jerry Yudelson will lead a leading edge workshop on EcoDistricts and Campus Planning at GreenBuild International in Toronto Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) September 26, 2011 Yudelson Associates founder and president, Jerry Yudelson will lead a forward-looking workshop on EcoDistricts and Sustainable Campus Planning at the Greenbuild International Conference and Exposition in Toronto on October 5th. Yudelson will be joined by colleagues Brodie Bain, principal of Mithun architects and planners in Seattle, and Rob Bennett and Tom Puttman of the Portland Sustainability Institute, in Portland, Oregon. The next major evolution of the green building and zero carbon movement will be at the district scale, where it’s easier and more economical to deal with energy supply, water system management and waste recycling than at the individual building scale. The educational workshop session, “Sustainable Campus and Eco-District Planning: What’s Next?” will feature four of the leading exponents of sustainability planning at the district scale. Sustainable campus planning has become a model for sustainable district-level planning of many types. By capitalizing on a limited number of building owners, passionate grassroots constituents, committed municipal leaders, and mission-based operations, colleges and universities have made great strides that serve as an example for other organizations. Yudelson says, “The next major evolution of the green building and zero carbon movement will be at the district scale, where it’s easier and more economical to deal with energy supply, water system management and waste recycling than at the individual building scale.” Yudelson and Bain will discuss their work in creating a Campus Sustainability Master Plan for The Ohio State University, the nation’s largest, along with a Climate Action Plan. That work was completed in 2010, with a consultant team consisting of Mithun, Yudelson Associates and Heapy Engineering of Dayton, Ohio. About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability planning and green building consulting. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and keynote speakers. He is the author of 12 green building books and served for two years as Research Scholar for Real Estate Sustainability for the International Council of Shopping Centers, a 70,000-member international trade organization. He is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences, workshops and seminars. Yudelson also chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years from 2004 through 2009. Read this press release on the web with other resources. Click here to download the PDF version of this press release. » Visit the Yudelson Associates Slideshare page » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases 2011-09-26T20:10:20+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/jerry-yudelson-named-godfather-of-green/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/jerry-yudelson-named-godfather-of-green/#When:22:20:35Z Yudelson interview featured in September issue of Wired magazine Yudelson interview featured in September issue of Wired magazine Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) September 23, 2011 The September 2011 issue of Wired magazine features a full-page interview with Jerry Yudelson, in which he’s featured as the “Godfather of Green.” The interview deal with Yudelson’s views about the future of Zero Net Energy homes, which he views as the next major trend in homebuilding. Yudelson is the principal and founder of Yudelson Associates, a leading green building and sustainability consultant firm. In the article, “The Zero-Carbon House: It’s Just Around the Corner,” by Nate Berg, Yudelson says, “Production housing is where it’s getting interesting. The big home builders are starting to put on 2- or 3-kilowatt systems as a standard feature, and it’s just part of the price of the house. There’s no add-on cost. That’s a real breakthrough.” In his seminars on zero-net-energy building, Yudelson shows how homes can be made to produce as much energy as they consume: first-cut energy use 75% or more below a standard or “code” home, then add up to 5 kilowatts of solar panels. The real trick, he says, “is to make the home so efficient that it can heat itself with internal loads such as lights and refrigerators and natural sunlight coming through highly efficient windows.” In summer, Yudelson advocates using as much natural ventilation and external shading as possible, with trees and rolling shutters, even in hot climates such as Arizona, where, he says, “I can be very comfortable at an internal temperature of 78F, so long as there’s no sun coming directly into the windows.” Zero-carbon homes are coming to production housing, meaning that large builders think that low-energy homes will give them an edge. Yudelson says, “The real key is the windows. There’s some revolutionary nanotechnology that’s about to go into the glass—different kinds of coatings that make them five to 10 times more energy-efficient than even the best double-paned windows. These windows are almost as energy-efficient as walls.” Yudelson is also very supportive of passive house design, especially the German Passiv Haus standard now being introduced into the U.S. About Jerry Yudelson and Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability planning and green building consulting. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker. He is the author of 12 green building books and served for two years as Research Scholar for Real Estate Sustainability for the International Council of Shopping Centers, a 70,000-member international trade organization. He has been recognized as a National Peer Professional by the U.S. General Services Administration. Yudelson is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences and chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years from 2004 through 2009. Read this press release on the web with other resources. Click here to download the PDF version of this press release. » Visit the Yudelson Associates Slideshare page » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases 2011-09-24T22:20:35+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/jerry-yudelson-named-to-inaugural-class-of-leed-fellows-by-the-green-buildi/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/jerry-yudelson-named-to-inaugural-class-of-leed-fellows-by-the-green-buildi/#When:04:43:10Z Jerry Yudelson becomes first LEED Fellow in Arizona; one of only 34 globally. Jerry Yudelson becomes first LEED Fellow in Arizona; one of only 34 globally. Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) September 21, 2011 The Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), an offshoot of the U.S. Green Building Council that certifies LEED® projects globally, recently announced its first class of LEED Fellows, including Tucson resident, green building expert and sustainability consultant Jerry Yudelson. The initial group includes 34 people with peer-acknowledged distinction. LEED Fellows have been pioneers globally in introducing green building to the design, construction and operations industry. According to the GBCI announcement, “The LEED Fellow is the most prestigious designation awarded by GBCI. This designation honors outstanding professionals who have demonstrated mastery-level technical knowledge and skill; exceptional leadership in the green building community; sharing of best practices through teaching, mentoring, or research; and an ongoing commitment to service and advocacy for green building and sustainability. LEED Fellows are expected to serve as ambassadors applying their knowledge and experience to advancing the vision of green building for all within a generation.” A professional engineer and experienced sustainability consultant, Yudelson has been involved with promoting the LEED system for more than 10 years, including service as one of the first ten (10) LEED faculty members in the U.S. Over the course of many years, he trained more than 3,500 people in the LEED Green Building rating system. He is the author of twelve (12) books on the subject of green buildings, green homes, green marketing, water conservation and sustainable development, as well as a co-author of the Green Operations Guide , published by the U.S. Green Building Council in 2010. In acknowledging this distinction, Yudelson said, “The LEED system has become the pre-eminent global green building rating and certification system because of the dedication, hard work, cooperation and selflessness of literally thousands of architects, engineers, builders, owners, real estate professionals and public agency officials. As a result, the system has a robustness that guarantees its success in the decade ahead, as we all move to combat the challenge of global climate change with a new generation of low-energy consuming buildings.” To qualify as a LEED Fellow, an individual must possess and maintain a LEED Accredited Professional designation with a particular specialty. In Yudelson’s case, he is accredited in two of the LEED rating systems: new building design and construction and existing building operations and maintenance. In addition to these accreditations, the Fellow must be nominated by a LEED accredited professional, seconded by five peers and provide evidence of significant accomplishments in the field. Yudelson Associate’s current major LEED certification project is the certification at the LEED Gold level of the 250,000-sq.ft. UniSource corporate headquarters office building in downtown Tucson, a project expected to attain certification in late 2011 or early 2012. About Jerry Yudelson and Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability planning and green building consulting. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker. He is the author of 12 green building books and served for two years as Research Scholar for Real Estate Sustainability for the International Council of Shopping Centers, a 70,000-member international trade organization. He has been recognized as a National Peer Professional by the U.S. General Services Administration. Yudelson is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences and chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years from 2004 through 2009. Read this press release on the web with other resources. Click here to download the PDF version of this press release. » Visit the Yudelson Associates Slideshare page » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases 2011-09-23T04:43:10+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/sustainability-consultant-spots-latest-green-building-trend-zero-net-energy/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/sustainability-consultant-spots-latest-green-building-trend-zero-net-energy/#When:20:11:34Z Yudelson Associates, leading green building and sustainability consultants set to begin workshops and seminars on Zero-Net-Energy Buildings. Yudelson Associates, leading green building and sustainability consultants set to begin workshops and seminars on Zero-Net-Energy Buildings Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) September 20, 2011 Yudelson Associates said today it was offering a new seminar for building owners, as well as design, construction and facility professionals, on the evolution and design of sustainable buildings and homes that are known as Zero Net Energy or “ZONE.”“We’ve been tracking the development of this exciting new activity in the green building space,” said Yudelson, a leading international sustainability consultant and green building authority, “It has grown dramatically as sustainability concerns continue to mount.” A Zero-Net-Energy building is one that produces as much energy as it consumes on an annual basis, typically using solar or wind resources. Zero Net Energy Buildings are the Future of Green Building. Yudelson presented the definitive exploration of the business case for zero net energy (ZONE) sustainable buildings in a green building White Paper in March of 2011 and has since tracked the evolution of these buildings in the U.S. and other countries. In August 2011, Yudelson delivered the first of a planned series of seminars on Zero Net Energy Buildings and Homes, for an audience of architects, engineers, builders and developers in Phoenix, AZ. “What we have learned from the first few significant efforts,” said Yudelson, “is that the key to Zero Net Energy projects is to reduce energy demand with an entire suite of sustainability planning measures, before we add the renewable energy component.” In 2007, Congress created a Zero Net Energy Commercial Buildings Initiative with a market transition goal of Zero Net Energy for all new commercial buildings by 2030. In Golden, CO, the National Renewable Energy’s Research Support Facility, now in operation, plans to demonstrate how to achieve that level of performance in 2011. Yudelson believes that 2011 and 2012 will see an explosion of major new projects aiming at net zero energy and cites the Bullitt Foundation’s Cascadia Center commercial office building in Seattle, which just began construction as an example of the solid business case for such developments. “The Bullitt Foundation aims to fill this building with commercial tenants paying commercial rents and to still realize a positive return on investment,” he said, “something we would not have seen or imagined only a year or two ago.” About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability planning and green building consulting. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and keynote speakers. He is the author of 12 green building books and served for two years as Research Scholar for Real Estate Sustainability for the International Council of Shopping Centers, a 70,000-member international trade organization. He is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences, workshops and seminars. Yudelson also chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years from 2004 through 2009. Read this press release on the web with other resources. Click here to download the PDF version of this press release. » Visit the Yudelson Associates Slideshare page » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases 2011-09-20T20:11:34+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-build-bulletin-august-2011/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/green-build-bulletin-august-2011/#When:05:24:57Z The 24th Green Build Bulletin from Yudelson Associates covers The World’s Greenest Buildings; A Sustainability Master Plan for The Ohio State University; Taking Green Marketing to the Next Level; Helping Smaller Enterprises Find Sustainability; and more… RESEARCH INSIGHTS The World’s Greenest Buildings Jerry is continuing to research and write his new book, The World’s Greenest Buildings: Promise vs. Performance in Sustainable Design (Routledge Taylor & Francis, 2012). What we find fascinating is how few of the world’s most highly rated green buildings actually track energy use! This book has been a real education. Despite the fact that the “Green Building Revolution” is now more than a decade old, there is so much more that needs to be done!   ACCOMPLISHMENTS A Sustainability Master Plan for The Ohio State University In cooperation with two other consultants, Yudelson Associates recently completed a campus sustainability master plan for America’s largest university which comprises four campuses and more than 900 buildings. The plan provided input to Ohio State's Climate Action Plan (CAP), which is now available for review as an exemplary case study of how large organizations can effectively implement long-term and large-scale sustainability planning. Review the Ohio State University Climate Action Plan   Taking Green Marketing to the Next Level In April 2011, Yudelson Associates began working with Glumac, an international consulting engineering firm headquartered on the West Coast. Our assignment was to translate the company’s strong brand in green building and sustainable design to the next level of business. Specifically their objective is to grow a $30 million (2010) enterprise into a major engineering design and building commissioning powerhouse over the next 3 to 5 years. What can we do to help you build your green brand over the next half-decade or how can we help your organization to enhance its sustainability planning? Please contact Yudelson Associates for a free introductory phone consultation.   NEW INITIATIVE Helping Smaller Enterprises Find Sustainability In his career, Jerry has been a management consultant to more than 75 CEOs of SME’s (small/medium enterprises). While most of the Fortune 1000 companies have actively embraced sustainability metrics and have reaped many benefits, it’s now time for the SME sector to set sail on “The Sea of Sustainability.” By using Yudelson Associates’ proprietary 10-Step Method, sustainability can become the watchword for successful enterprises of all sizes in the decade ahead. It’s not too late to start up a program that will cut costs, improve morale and help you develop new products and services. Contact Yudelson Associates for details on how we can help your company set up such a program.   A SPEAKER WITH INSPIRING INFORMATION Speaking Out is What He Does Best! Long known as a persuasive advocate for green building, Jerry Yudelson has expanded his speaking repertoire to include water conservation, high-performance zero-net-energy building and corporate sustainability. In April, Jerry spoke on retail sector sustainability to a corporate meeting hosted by electrical industry powerhouse Emerson. More on Jerry Yudelson as a Green Building Speaker Water is the Oil for the 21st Century Jerry’s presentation, Cool Water: What You Can Do to Prevent the Next Urban Water Crisis continues to draw rave reviews from audiences from Seattle to San Antonio. In Texas this June, Jerry drew a packed house to the main San Antonio library; and in July, Jerry presented water opportunities to architecture firms Moore Ruble Yudell in Los Angeles and Callison in Seattle. You can check out Jerry’s “Cool Water” PowerPoint presentation at: www.slideshare.net/yudelson or the “Dry Run” book review video at the Green Build Consulting YouTube Channel. Click here to download a PDF overview of Jerry Yudelson’s wide range of presentation topics. We are also pleased to announced that Jerry’s keynote speaking is now represented by a new organization, In The Wings — a great resource for meeting planners looking to book Jerry.   A GLOBAL LEADER Magazine Profile We’ve had a great relationship with the Australian magazine, EcoLibrium, published by AIRAH, the Australian version of ASHRAE. The magazine's May/June issue featured Jerry in an Up Close column, along with an extensive excerpt from Jerry’s most recent book, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis. E-Newsletter Archive 2011-08-11T05:24:57+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-building-consultants-water-pyramid-designed-to-prevent-future-urban-w/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/green-building-consultants-water-pyramid-designed-to-prevent-future-urban-w/#When:15:40:10Z Green building consultant and author Jerry Yudelson offers his insights on a new way to think about water conservation – the Pyramid of New Water Sources. Tucson, Arizona (Vocus/PRWEB) March 24, 2011 What’s the best way to understand how to deal with urban water crises, which are increasing in frequency in the U.S.? Green building and water conservation consultant Jerry Yudelson has produced “The Pyramid of New Water Sources,” a new visual representation of critical new opportunities in water conservation, efficiency and new supply. Yudelson said, “The ‘Pyramid’ derives from the research for my 2010 book, “Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis”, and organizes opportunities for extending our urban water supplies, going into a hotter and drier future. It represents a conceptual breakthrough and a great tool to help citizens, public officials and water planners visualize the full range of opportunities.” This new graphic reference tool shows future water supply sources, in the form of a pyramid diagram with ten steps, each of which increases in cost and complexity. In general, there is a greater potential for cost-effective increases in urban water supply for those measures at the bottom of the pyramid. The Pyramid of New Water Sources ranks the following measures: Changing behavior, with such measures as public education, effective water pricing, water audits and web-based information. Low-cost/no-cost measures, such as fixing leaks and retrofitting lower water-using fixtures Irrigation measures, including native plantings and drip irrigation, along with smart irrigation controllers. Hygiene, such as water-free urinals and high-efficiency toilets Appliances, such as water-conserving dishwashers, water softeners and clothes washers “Extreme Makeovers” that include composting (no water) toilets, hardscape (unplanted) landscaping and onsite blackwater treatment and reuse. Water heating, one of the biggest energy users in the water cycle, including hot water recirculation loops, efficient water heaters, and solar water heaters Onsite reuse, including rainwater and graywater collection and reuse for irrigation Offsite reuse, using reclaimed water from “purple pipe” systems and even “sewer mining” (treating sewage already flowing in pipes) Desalination of seawater and brackish water; new water sources, such as creating potable water with reverse osmosis treatment of reclaimed sewage. Yudelson says, “It is important to come up with simple, visual tools that help everyone grasp the essentials of what is truly a complex and multi-faceted subject.” Yudelson hopes that The Pyramid will become an essential visualization and teaching tool and expects it to be adapted for specific localities as well as educational environments. Click here to download a PDF file of The Pyramid of New Water Resources can be downloaded without cost via this blog post: http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/blog/pyramid-of-new-water-sources/. About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability planning and green building consulting. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and keynote speakers. He is the author of 12 green building books and served for two years as Research Scholar for Real Estate Sustainability for the International Council of Shopping Centers, a 70,000-member international trade organization. He is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences and chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years from 2004 through 2009. Read this press release on the web with other resources. Click here to download the PDF version of this press release. » Visit the Yudelson Associates Slideshare page » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases 2011-03-24T15:40:10+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-build-bulletin-march-2011/ http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/site/green-build-bulletin-march-2011/#When:19:36:56Z Happy Spring Equinox to everyone! It’s the season for growth and development throughout the Northern Hemisphere. We hope that you also enjoyed the very large full moon on March 19th; and, to celebrate our fresh young spirit and new beginnings, here’s the latest green building resources and other offerings from Yudelson Associates. Yudelson Associates Spring 2011 Newsletter Happy Spring Equinox to everyone! It’s the season for growth and development throughout the Northern Hemisphere. We hope that you also enjoyed the very large full moon on March 19th; and, to celebrate our fresh young spirit and new beginnings, here’s the latest green building resources and other offerings from Yudelson Associates. Free Visual Reference/Resource: The New Water Sources Pyramid We’re pleased to offer to you Jerry Yudelson’s latest conceptual breakthrough, an easy to use diagram that is called the “New Water Sources Pyramid.” This attractive chart ranks alternatives for preventing the next urban water crisis by cost and complexity, from easiest to hardest, in ten logical increments. This visual tool makes an easy to use, valuable reference for water managers, water auditors and engaged citizens. You can download a free PDF copy today from the GreenBuildConsult.com blog. Project Update: Tucson’s UniSource Headquarters Yudelson Associates is actively engaged managing the LEED Gold certification of the 250,000-sq.ft., 9-story new headquarters office building for UniSource, the parent company of Tucson Electric Power. Occupancy is scheduled for later this year. We’re finding that the most challenging part is to get and keep all the project participants on the same page and same timeline for LEED certification documentation. Please click here for more information about our LEED Consulting Services. New Book Seeks Your Input: The World’s Greenest Buildings We’re still collecting case studies and building operating data for a forthcoming book, The World’s Greenest Buildings: Promise vs. Performance in Sustainable Design, the first global survey of how the highest-rated green buildings are performing. Please check out our online survey  in order to submit your project for consideration or you may contact Jerry directly with your suggestions: jerry@greenbuildconsult.com Yudelson’s Green Building Keynotes Continue to Break New Ground Jerry’s on the road again this spring, keynoting upcoming conferences and events, including a corporate meeting for Emerson, a diversified global manufacturing and technology company; keynoting the Business of Clean Energy in Alaska conference in Anchorage; and speaking on urban water crises in San Antonio in June for the US Green Building Council chapter in central Texas. In early March, two hundred people attended Jerry’s webinar for GreenExpo365.com on “The Business Case for Net Zero Energy Buildings.” You can find the presentation on Jerry’s Slideshare Channel. And, in April, you’ll be able to read Jerry’s essay on this subject in Building Design & Construction magazine’s eighth annual Green Building White Paper, “Net-Zero Energy Buildings + Homes.” Let’s Connect: Get More Green Building Resources via Social Media We’re approaching 1200 connections on LinkedIn (www.linkedin.com/in/jerryyudelson) and 600 followers on Twitter (www.twitter.com/jerryyudelson). We look forward to connecting with you via these sites. Let’s connect! The Green Building Consulting Edge LEED and Sustainability Consulting We continue to provide LEED consulting and corporate/campus sustainability consulting for clients around the U.S. As examples, we’re working on a LEED Gold-seeking corporate headquarters building in Tucson and finished (with two other firms) a major campus sustainability master plan for The Ohio State University, the country’s largest campus. We can work with corporate task forces and university committees to craft sustainability plans and initiatives as well as with building owners/developers/contractors on LEED projects. We also provide "eco-charrettes" to help focus projects at the outset of design services.   Green Marketing Consulting With the ongoing recession, excellence in marketing planning, strategy and execution is again critical for professional firms, contractors, green products manufacturers, software developers and similar companies. We literally "wrote the book" on green marketing and continue to advise clients on successful tactics and new forms of business development. This past year, we worked with three startup software clients to prepare market entry strategies. For more information, please send a note with your requirements to marketing@greenbuildconsult.com or give Jerry a call at +1-520-207-9759.   E-Newsletter Archive 2011-03-23T19:36:56+00:00