http://greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/ en jyudelson@cox.net Copyright 2013 2013-04-11T06:03:34+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/truth-green-building-performance-book-leading-green-building-consultant http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/truth-green-building-performance-book-leading-green-building-consultant#When:06:03:34Z A new book from leading sustainability, green building author and expert Jerry Yudelson challenges assumptions about the value of sustainable design and environmentally-friendly buildings. Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) April 01, 2013The hottest topic for architects and developers in the green building industry is “How well do green buildings actually perform?” How do we know that these environmentally-friendly designs significantly reduce energy consumption and produce measurably better water conservation?Jerry Yudelson says, “I decided to find out!” Yudelson and co-author Professor Ulf Meyer of Berlin, Germany, has compiled the most extensive research to date on the measurable performance of LEED Platinum or equivalent buildings. “With 55 case studies from 18 countries, we found out what to expect from high-performance green buildings in most of the major climate zones around the world,” said Yudelson. The World’s Greenest Buildings, from UK publisher Routledge, looks at buildings constructed since 2003, which were willing to release a year’s worth of energy use data and, where possible, water use data. In order to be included in this green building book, buildings had to have a LEED Platinum or equivalent top rating from a national green building rating program, represent a non-residential type, and be at least 50,000-sq.ft. in size. “We were aiming at the top-rated green buildings built in the past 10 years,” said Yudelson, “with the goal of giving guidance to future projects in terms of best-practice energy and water performance, but also to refute the claims that green buildings don’t perform. In fact, the average building we profile uses almost two-thirds less energy than the 2003 average of U.S. commercial buildings.”With 55 case studies from 18 countries, we found out what to expect from high-performance green buildings in most of the major climate zones around the world. Praise for the book comes from academics and practitioners around the world: “Yudelson and Meyer have identified global design exemplars that integrate architecture and context, economics and social responsibility, performance and aesthetics, demonstrating exciting solutions to meet the challenges of creating a more sustainable world.” —Bruce Kuwabara, founding partner, Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects, Toronto “This book’s important mission is to make the most plausible case that ‘post-fossil planet- and people-friendly architecture’ is the only way to go.” —Professor Martin Despang, University of Hawaii School of Architecture, Honolulu “This is information we have all been waiting for; while offering a global overview of green buildings, it helps to unlock the truth about the real performance of sustainable commercial architecture.” —Professor Steffen Lehmann, University of South Australia, Adelaide “Using real performance data, Yudelson and Meyer showcase and compare buildings which combine great design, environmental quality and sustainability, providing the guidance necessary for the next generation of sustainable building design.” —Thomas Auer, Transsolar Climate Engineering, Stuttgart, Germany The book presents 22 projects in North America, 1 in South America, 17 in Europe and 17 in the Asia Pacific region, giving for the first time in print a good look at global sustainable design practices for high-performance commercial buildings. The book also includes chapters on the business case for green building, integrated design process and sustainable urbanism. Further information on the book can be found on Yudelson’s website. Yudelson is the author of 12 previous green building books presenting design and planning options for increasing sustainability in the built environment. While he advocates for technological solutions, Yudelson also claims, “We must dramatically change our approach to design, construction and operations to meet urgent carbon reduction goals for the built environment.” A professional engineer, LEED Fellow of the US Green Building Council and experienced sustainability and green building consultant, Yudelson trained as an engineer at Caltech and Harvard and completed his MBA with honors at the University of Oregon. About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability consulting, designing with water and green building certification. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, a LEED Fellow, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker. In 2011, Wired magazine dubbed him the “Godfather of Green.” He is the author of 13 green building books and chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years through 2009. For more information please contact Jerry Yudelson, 520-243-0996 or via jerry(at)greenbuildconsult(dot)com. 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» Add Jerry Yudelson on Google+» Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter» Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel» View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases, 2013-04-11T06:03:34+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-build-bulletin-april-2013 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/green-build-bulletin-april-2013#When:18:00:45Z Taking the Lead with Green Building Software and Cloud Computing In a cutting edge project that has started up over the past three months, Jerry Yudelson has been consulting with Switch Automation, an Australia-based software company with a highly effective “software as a service” product for green building energy monitoring, control and reporting. The focus of this Yudelson Associates assignment has been to introduce Switch Automation’s product to the US commercial real estate market, including Jerry’s “business matching” introductions service with key potential clients. Jerry has also used his green building keynote and workshop expertise to offer webinars on behalf of the company in partnership with the leading real estate/IT website, Realcomm. These online green building marketing programs have included ROI Unleashed - Measuring the Financial Results of a Smart Building and Intelligent Building Analytics and Visualization. New Book & Video: The World’s Greenest Buildings: Promise vs Performance in Sustainable Design The launch of Jerry Yudelson’s latest green building book in January heralded a new era in demanding high-performance results from leading-edge green building projects. Take a look at the engaging video trailer that captures the importance of measuring green building performance and the unique features of the book. Check out the online press release. Worldwide Keynotes Focus on Sustainability and Water Conservation Talking (in) Turkey Jerry Yudelson offered an inspirational green building keynote at the Turkish Green Building Council’s 2nd annual conference in Istanbul. Jerry’s talk on Sustainable Buildings - Sustainable Cities: Taking Action is available for review, download and/or sharing via the presentation website, SlideShare. Please check out our website for other talk topics and upcoming presentations. Bringing Home the Dangers of Water Shortages Water shortages continue to plague cities and regions around the world and across the country, especially in the US Southwest. Continuing to sound the alarms and themes of his book, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis, Jerry keynoted Geosynthetics 2013 in Long Beach, CA. Addressing this gathering of more than 300 water engineers and product manufacturers from around the world, Jerry explained how water supply changes will also lead to significant new business opportunities. This keynote presentation is also available for your review on SlideShare. Please share this important message with others.   GreenBuild Blog Highlights New Case Study: Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, Vancouver, BC Blog post executive summary and free, downloadable PDF case study, compliments of Yudelson Associates complete with energy consumption reports. Annual Top 10 Green Building Megatrends: Now a Presentation Jerry’s annual overview of the hottest trends in the green building industry has gone from blog post to presentation. Jerry presented his 2013 industry overview for the first time to the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) in Phoenix. This presentation is also now available for download and sharing via SlideShare. Or, for members of the media and others, it is available as a press release as well. E-Newsletter Archive, 2013-04-10T18:00:45+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-building-consultant-top-ten-trends-2013 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/green-building-consultant-top-ten-trends-2013#When:01:52:27Z Jerry Yudelson predicts the top green building trends in the year ahead Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) January 07, 2013 Leading green building and sustainability consultant Jerry Yudelson releases his annual list of “Top 10 Megatrends” for the green building industry. Yudelson says, “It looks like a good year ahead for the green building industry. Based on our experience, it seems clear that green building will continue its rapid expansion globally in 2013 in spite of the ongoing economic slowdown in most countries of Europe and North America. More people are building green each year, with 50,000 LEED projects underway by the latest counts; there is nothing on the horizon that will stop this Mega-trend or its constituent elements.” It seems clear to us that green building will continue its rapid expansion globally in 2013 in spite of the ongoing economic slowdown in most countries of Europe and North America. Yudelson’s “Top Ten Green Building MegaTrends” for 2013 include:Green building in North America will rebound strongly in 2013, in terms of LEED project registrations. Yudelson says, “Even with commercial and governmental projects proceeding at a lower level, there should be faster growth in green retrofits, with surging college and university projects, along with NGO activity.”The focus of the green building industry will continue its switch from new building design and construction to greening existing buildings. The fastest growing LEED rating system the past three years has been LEED for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance (LEED O+M), with cumulative floor area in these certified projects now greater than in new construction. Jerry Yudelson’s green building book, Greening Existing Buildings, documents the strategic and tactical components of this trend.Green Buildings will increasingly be managed in the “Cloud,” represented by the large number of new entrants and new products in fields of building automation, facility management, wireless controls and building services information management in 2011 and 2012. Yudelson says, “2013 could well become ‘The Year of the Cloud’ for how quickly this trend will manifest.” Awareness of the coming crisis in fresh water supply, both globally and in the U.S., will increase. Leading building designers, owners and managers will be moved to take further steps to reduce water consumption in buildings by using more conserving fixtures, rainwater recovery systems and innovative new onsite water technologies. Jerry’s recent water conservation book, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis, shows how this is being done in green buildings all over the developed world. The 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. Nearly 90 countries with incipient or established green building organizations, on all continents, will drive considerable global green building growth in 2013. At the end of 2012, 40 percent of all LEED-registered projects were located outside the U.S. LEED projects are now being pursued in more than 130 countries, with LEED’s “Alternative Compliance Path” serving to facilitate the process. Zero-net-energy buildings will become increasingly commonplace, in both residential and commercial sectors, as LEED and ENERGY STAR certifications and labels have become too commonplace to confer competitive advantage among building owners. Developers of speculative commercial buildings will also begin to showcase Zero Net Energy designs, to gain marketplace advantages. Green Building Performance Disclosure will be the fastest emerging trend, highlighted by new carbon reductions requirements in California (AB 32), the City of Seattle and many other jurisdictions. Commercial building owners will have to disclose actual green building performance to all new tenants and buyers and in some places, to the public at large. Transparency and “Red List” chemicals will become increasingly a subject of contention, as manifested through such tools as the new Health Product Declaration and the inclusion of points for avoiding certain chemicals contained in LEEDv4, currently scheduled for release in June 2013. Environmental and Health Product Declarations will begin to appear in large numbers in the next 2-3 years, as building product manufacturers increasingly try to gain or maintain market share based on open disclosure of chemical ingredients. Local and state governments will step up their mandates for green buildings for both themselves and the private sector. There should be at least 20 new cities of significant size 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, hospitals and corporate owners to require green buildings from design and construction teams. Solar power use in buildings will continue to grow, given the prospect of increasing focus on implementing aggressive state-level renewable power standards (RPS) for 2020 and the move toward zero-net-energy buildings. As before, third-party financing partnerships will continue to grow and provide capital for large rooftop systems on warehouses and retail stores, as well as on homes. About Yudelson AssociatesJerry Yudelson is founder and lead consultant of Yudelson Associates, a leading international sustainability and green building consultancy. Yudelson, a LEED Fellow, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building consultants and sustainability experts. He is the author of 13 green building books and chaired the country’s largest annual green building conference, Greenbuild, for six years. For more information please contact Jerry Yudelson, +1-520-243-0996, or visit www.greenbuildconsult.com. 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 » Add Jerry Yudelson on Google+ » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases, 2013-01-08T01:52:27+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/special-issue-integrated-design http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/special-issue-integrated-design#When:02:54:13Z As we discussed on our Green Building Blog, the next era of green building will be influenced by the new Obama administration; but at the same time, the practices of Integrated Design are essential to ensuring on budget, performance proven green building development practices.Fresh Insights on Integrated Sustainable Design     In a new CBRE magazine interview for the Asia Pacific region, Jerry Yudelson discusses the specifics of effective Integrated Design as a methodology that ensures both successful development as well as sustainability. In fact, Jerry felt so strongly about this new publication of his views, that we created a new blog post while we are also now offering the download of the PDF of this interview to new subscribers of this newsletter. Click here to read the blog post overview.  Interview on Integrated Design with Architect Stefan Behnisch     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—The World’s Greenest Buildings—German architect Stefan Behnisch talks about how to integrate them:"We have now the new discipline of designing for a more sustainable built environment, which requires a very holistic approach and thus influences definitely the form of buildings. And we are grateful for that, since the newer approaches to architecture are more content-driven and less purely form-driven. So, the criteria that actually define the performance of the building, or define the request for a certain performance of a building, also inform the architectural language and thus the form of a building." Read the full interview » LEED Gold Project ProfileYudelson Associates is proud to have been part of the team that brought the new UniSource Energy headquarters building in Tuscon, Arizona from conception to LEED Gold. Click here to read a new blog post overview of the green building process that led to this success. E-Newsletter Archive, 2012-12-10T02:54:13+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-build-bulletin-october-2012 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/green-build-bulletin-october-2012#When:04:13:41Z New Blog Post: Creating an Effective Green Building Marketing Plan for 2013 Without effective marketing, your firm won’t grow. In this comprehensive   blog post, Jerry Yudelson hits the key leverage points and asks the   tough questions that can make a "life or death" difference for achieving   your company’s business goals. Inspired in part by the thinking that   went into Jerry’s book, "Marketing Green Building Services," this is a   must read post for all design, construction and green building   professionals.Read now: How to Re-Energize Your Green Building Marketing Plan     Special Offer: 20% Off Jerry’s Next Green Building Book!The publisher of Jerry’s next book, The World’s Greenest Buildings: Promise vs. Performance in Sustainable Design is offering 20% off the $49.95 cover price of all pre-orders. This new book is based on years of research covering the best performing green buildings worldwide. It is to be published in January 2013. For the first time, performance data on large LEED Platinum and equivalent commercial buildings from 18 countries are being brought together in 250 pages of living color, featuring more than 55 of the world’s greenest buildings! You will not be disappointed! Click here for more info or to order now by downloading the PDF with discount details.     Project Success: UniSource Headquarters Certified LEED-NC GoldThe 250,000-sq.ft., 9-story headquarters building for UniSource company in downtown Tucson, Arizona recently received a LEED Gold certification, culminating a 2.5-year effort by Yudelson Associates as the LEED consultant. We began in February 2010 with an "eco-charrette" to define project goals and look at pathways to certification. Our efforts continued through project meetings, design and construction activities, through building commissioning and occupancy late in 2011. Tracking the project through the long process of accumulating documentation for each LEED credit point, Yudelson Associates and the project team, led by Ryan Companies of Phoenix (our client) delivered a successful outcome. Please let us know if we can help you and your clients to "Go for the Gold!"       Where in the World is Jerry, the Green Building Speaker?     Making The Business Case for Net-Zero-Energy in South Africa Jerry will be giving a half-day workshop on this topic and also one on high-performance building design in Cape Town, October 22-25, plus a keynote for the annual conference of the Green Building Council of South Africa. South Africa is in the vanguard of green building in Africa and we’re excited to have a chance to play a role in fostering its development.Especially in Florida: "Blue is the New Green"Jerry spoke on this topic as a keynoter for the Florida Green Building Coalition’s annual meeting in West Palm Beach on September 14th. Water scarcity is a key issue in Florida, since more than 60% of water supply comes from groundwater, it’s an increasingly endangered resource.Even in North Carolina: "If It Doesn’t Perform It’s Not Green"Jerry headlined the annual meeting of the Piedmont Triad chapter of the US Green Building Council in Greensboro, North Carolina, on September 13th, with a preview of his forthcoming book, The World’s Greenest Buildings: Promise vs Performance in Sustainable Design, due out from Routledge, London/New York in late January.     More High Quality Content for You. Thanks for Subscribing!Canadian University Designs Net-Zero Building Take a look at this excerpt from Jerry’s new book: A High-Performing Building Case Study and think about how you can take your green building commitment to the next level locally.Seriously Marketing GreenHere’s an article Jerry wrote for Sustainable Industries newsletter, on Disruptive Marketing for Green Building with suggestions for new points of differentiation. How has your business adapted its marketing to the new business environment? If you want help with reworking your marketing strategy, get in touch. We’re just finishing a four-year assignment with a leading professional services firm, helping them to do just that.The Business Case for Federal High-Performance BuildingsHow would you advise the federal government to define and defend its commitment to green building? Take a look at some of the ideas Jerry and a group of experts shared with the National Research Council and the US General Services Administration.What’s Next for Green Building and Sustainability Consultancies? Our ongoing economic woes have taken their toll on consultants. Here’s Jerry’s take on what’s next for these firms. What are you doing to diversify or intensify your services? E-Newsletter Archive, 2012-10-05T04:13:41+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/warnings-of-future-urban-water-crises-featured-in-keynote-at-green-building http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/warnings-of-future-urban-water-crises-featured-in-keynote-at-green-building#When:01:55:52Z Sustainability planning, green building and water efficiency consultant, Jerry Yudelson will address the effects of the national drought and what to do about it in his keynote address at the Florida Green Building Coalition’s annual “GreenTrends” Conference Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) September 10, 2012 Sustainability consultant and green building book author, Jerry Yudelson likes to quote Mark Twain: “As Mark Twain once remarked, ‘whiskey’s for drinking and water’s for fighting.’ We going to see conflicts in the 21st century increasingly based on access to water. We must deal proactively with our vital but overstressed water resources, both in the US and in other countries.” In fact, according to Yudelson, water conservation is also the cheapest form of energy conservation, “so you get a two-for-one benefit.” Warnings and what can be done about the potential for future urban water crisis will be the keynote focus of green building expert and sustainability consultant Jerry Yudelson at the annual Florida Green Building Coalition (Florida GBC) Conference on September 14th. Florida GBC is the state’s leading green building organization and the conference, GreenTrends 2012, to be held at the PGA National Resort in West Palm Beach, expects to draw more than 250 people for the all-day event. Florida Green Building Coalition Executive Director Suzanne Cook said, “We chose Jerry Yudelson to keynote this year’s conference because of his leading role as an author and advocate in promoting efforts to prevent future urban water crises. We believe that green building professionals and public officials need to focus more attention on water, as it’s on the cusp of a major technological revolution and offers major green jobs potential.” We going to see conflicts in the 21st century increasingly based on access to water. We must deal proactively with our vital but overstressed water resources, both in the US and in other countries. Yudelson’s presentation at the Florida GBC event deals specifically with strategies that green building professionals, public officials and public agencies can take in order to head off future water scarcities caused by droughts, climate change and population growth. He offers these strategies in a new three-part video series, “Water Wars.” The green building and sustainability consultant said, “If we are serious about cutting our carbon emissions, we have to deal with water conservation. Most people know that Florida gets nearly two-thirds of its water from groundwater, but haven’t thought about the energy it takes to pump, treat and deliver that water and that a huge amount of natural gas is used for heating water. Because of this connection, we have found that water conservation is the cheapest form of energy conservation.” Yudelson is the author of the seminal book presenting design and planning options for increasing water abundance, Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis. While he advocates for technological solutions, Yudelson also claims, “We must change our approach to treating water as a free good and instead recognize it as a vital resource for our entire economy.” A professional engineer and experienced sustainability and green building consultant, Yudelson trained at Caltech and Harvard in environmental engineering and water resources management. He believes that water will be the focus for much conflict in the next few decades and that water technology advances, along with creative policy measures, can provide the public sector with solutions to increasingly strained water resources. About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability consulting, designing with water and green building certification. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, a LEED Fellow, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker. In 2011, Wired magazine dubbed him the “Godfather of Green.” 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. Yudelson is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences and chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years through 2009. For more information please contact {encode=“jerry@greenbuildconsult.com” title=“Jerry Yudelson”}, 520-243-0996, or visit the Yudelson Associates website. 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 » Add Jerry Yudelson on Google+ » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases, 2012-09-13T01:55:52+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/north-carolina-green-building-sustainability-conference-faces-challenges http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/north-carolina-green-building-sustainability-conference-faces-challenges#When:02:08:55Z Green building and sustainability planning consultant, Jerry Yudelson, will keynote the US Green Building Council, Piedmont Triad chapter’s annual conference in Greensboro, NC Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) September 05, 2012 According to leading green building consultant Jerry Yudelson, it’s not enough just to design green buildings. It’s about building green in a way that makes a difference in carbon emissions, by using real performance metrics. Yudelson says, “The key issue now in the world of green building is how projects perform, using actual operating data not fanciful projections. For the past two years, I have researched this issue around the world and at this conference I will share the results of my research with the North Carolina building industry.” Yudelson Associates’ founder and CEO, noted green building expert and sustainability consultant Jerry Yudelson will expand on these issues in a keynote address to the Piedmont Triad chapter’s 6th annual conference in Greensboro, NC, on September 13, 2012. PTNC is the leading green building association for designers, contractors and suppliers of to the green building and green home industry education and advocacy in the Piedmont Triad communities and region of North Carolina. For this year’s conference, Yudelson’s keynote theme is “The Performance of Sustainably Designed Buildings.” The key issue now in the world of green building is how these projects perform, using actual operating data not fanciful projections. A professional engineer and experienced sustainability and green building consultant, Yudelson has been involved with promoting the LEED green building rating system for more than 10 years and is the author of twelve (12) books on the subject of green buildings, green homes, green marketing, water conservation and sustainable development. In 2011, the US Green Building Council named him to the first class of LEED Fellows. Yudelson’s keynote speech will focus on the performance of the highest-rated green buildings in the US, presenting the research results from his new book. In this way, the audience will receive a “sneak preview” of Yudelson’s forthcoming book, The World’s Greenest Buildings: Promise vs. Performance in Sustainable Design, to be published in January 2013 by Routledge Taylor & Francis, a leading global architectural press based in London. Yudelson’s theme is that, “If we are to get serious about cutting our carbon emissions, we have to deal with the actual performance of commercial buildings, which globally account for nearly 20 percent of all greenhouse gas emissions. In my new book and in this presentation, I’m challenging the green building industry to get serious about improving how these buildings perform after they’re put into service.” About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is one of the leading international sustainability consultancies and green building consultancies. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, a LEED Fellow is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and as 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. Yudelson is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences and chaired the country’s largest annual green building show, Greenbuild, for six years. For more information please contact Jerry Yudelson, 520-243-0996, jerry(at)greenbuildconsult(dot)com or visit http://www.greenbuildconsult.com. 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 » Add Jerry Yudelson on Google+ » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases, 2012-09-06T02:08:55+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/green-building-consultant-releases-water-wars-videos http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/green-building-consultant-releases-water-wars-videos#When:03:51:25Z Sustainability planning, green building and water efficiency consultant, Jerry Yudelson, released a three-part video series aimed at preventing future urban water crises through public education. Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) July 10, 2012 Noted green building expert, author, water crisis guru and sustainability planning consultant, Jerry Yudelson has released a three-part video series entitled “Water Wars” on his YouTube video channel, www.youtube.com/jyudelson. The videos are based on Yudelson’s book, “Dry Run: Preventing the Next Urban Water Crisis,” which outlines how cities can prepare for a coming era of water scarcity throughout the US and much of the world, brought about by global climate change, increasing urban populations and a growing “water footprint” from human activity. What we are trying to accomplish with this video series is to engage large numbers of people to prevent future urban water crises, which have become annual events in parts of the United States. The green building consultant spoke about the “Water Wars” videos, by saying, “What we are trying to accomplish with the video medium is a new way to reach large numbers of people, so they can develop an understanding about how to prevent future urban water crises, which have become annual events in parts of the United States.” The videos consist of three parts: first, an introduction to the water supply problems facing us over the coming decade; second, a discussion about the importance of changing the way we build our homes, buildings and cities; and third, action steps people, institutions and political leaders can take right now to prevent future urban water crises in their community. “I’ve designed these videos,” said Yudelson, “to provide an understandable introduction to preventing future water crises, at a level that can promote community dialog about viable water futures. I find that much of the professional discussion about water issues is simply too complex for the average person to grasp. These videos fill a much needed gap in public education and are designed to spur people to action.” Yudelson said, “With this larger audience in mind, I decided to take a creative approach with the videos. I wanted to avoid your typical talking-head piece. I decided to partner with a local artist, Jodi Netzer. I thought her creative perspective would perk up more ears and demonstrate how art, engineering and public policy can work together.” The videos were produced by Jodi Netzer, a Tucson-based graphic designer, community arts organizer and performing artist, who has been the chief organizer of Tucson’s annual The Water Festival, at which Yudelson spoke this year. Netzer created “The Water Festival: Synergy of Art, Science, and Community,” and Yudelson says he believes that this title expresses how the three need to be linked to come up with creative solutions to persistent water challenges. A professional water engineer and experienced sustainability consultant, Yudelson has been involved with promoting the LEED green building rating system and sustainable design for more than 15 years. He is the author of 12 books on the subject of green buildings, green homes, green marketing, water conservation and sustainable development. In 2011, the US Green Building Council named him to the first class of LEED Fellows, in recognition of his efforts over many years to promote sustainable building practices, including water conservation. About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability consulting, designing with water and green building certification. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, a LEED Fellow, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker. In 2011, Wired magazine dubbed him the “Godfather of Green.” 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. Yudelson is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences worldwide and chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years through 2009. View the 3-Part Series on YouTube 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 » Add Jerry Yudelson on Google+ » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases, 2012-07-11T03:51:25+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/sustainability-consultants-keynote-highlights-the-dawn-of-leed-green-buildi http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/sustainability-consultants-keynote-highlights-the-dawn-of-leed-green-buildi#When:20:17:26Z Sustainability planning, green building and water efficiency consultant Jerry Yudelson keynoted the celebration of Spain’s 1st LEED Platinum (New Construction) Green Building. Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) June 13, 2012 How can a country in financial crisis take the lead in rapid greening of its buildings? Noted green building consultant, green building book author and sustainability planning expert, Jerry Yudelson, CEO of Yudelson Associates, addressed this topic at a large gathering of public officials and Spanish LEED and green building experts on June 4, 2012 in Bilbao, Spain, giving the keynote speech at the celebration of Spain’s first LEED Platinum new green building. In addition to Yudelson, speaking at the half-day event were Sr. Ibon Areso, head of the Bilbao City Council; Sr. Aurelio Ramirez, CEO of the Spain Green Building Council; former US Green Building Council Vice-Chair Zaida Basora of the City of Dallas; and Lynn Perkins, AIA, representing the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington. In this presentation, I challenged the building industry—and those involved in green building and sustainable design in particular—to get serious about adopting high-performance buildings as the New Normal. In Yudelson’s keynote speech, “The Business Case for the Rapid Adoption of Green Building in Spain,” he said, “The key issue now in the green building industry is how such projects perform, using actual operating data, not design projections. For the past two years, I have researched this issue internationally, and in this conference, I shared some of the results of my global research with the Spanish building industry and local government hosts.” The green building consultant continued, “If we are serious about cutting our carbon emissions, we have to deal with the rapid greening of public and commercial buildings, which globally account for nearly 20 percent of all emissions of greenhouse gases. In this presentation, I challenged the building industry—and those involved in green building and sustainable design in particular—to get serious about adopting high-performance buildings as the New Normal.” A professional engineer and experienced sustainability consultant, Jerry Yudelson has been involved with promoting the LEED green building rating system for 15 years and is the author of twelve (12) books on the subject of green buildings, green homes, green marketing, water conservation and sustainable development. In 2011, the US Green Building Council named him to the first class of LEED Fellows. About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability consulting, designing with water and green building certification. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, a LEED Fellow, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker. In 2011, Wired magazine dubbed him the “Godfather of Green.” 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. Yudelson is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences worldwide and chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years 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 » Add Jerry Yudelson on Google+ » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases, 2012-06-14T20:17:26+00:00 http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/info/leading-green-building-consultant-business-case-greening-existing-buildings http://www.greenbuildconsult.com/news/leading-green-building-consultant-business-case-greening-existing-buildings#When:06:12:05Z Sustainability planning consultant, Jerry Yudelson highlights successes in greening existing buildings for Building Design & Construction magazine’s annual White Paper Tucson, Ariz. (PRWEB) May 21, 2012 Yudelson Associates’ founder and CEO, noted green building expert and sustainability consultant Jerry Yudelson provided a key chapter analyzing the business case for greening existing buildings in Building Design & Construction magazine’s 2012 Green Building White Paper, “High-Performance Reconstructed Buildings: The 99% Solution.” Yudelson’s contribution can be found online. Greening existing buildings is the real future of the green building movement. Editorial Director Robert Cassidy said, “For this White Paper, we assigned our Contributing Editor Jerry Yudelson to research, analyze and present the business case for greening existing buildings because of his long experience in developing and chronicling the business of green building.” Building Design+Construction is a leading trade journal for Building Teams in the United States and Canada and a prominent voice for sustainable design. The magazine’s annual White Papers, published since 2003, highlight pressing issues facing the green building industry. Yudelson is the author of 12 previous books on green building, green homes, sustainable design and water conservation. His articles have appeared in the past three White Papers for the magazine and in many other issues over the past decade. He is the author of Greening Existing Buildings, the leading resource for using the LEED for Existing Buildings Operations & Maintenance (LEED EBOM) green building rating system. He says, “The issue of improving the energy and water performance of existing buildings has moved to the forefront since 2010, with existing building certifications outnumbering new building LEED ratings for the first time in 2011. Greening existing buildings is the real future of the green building movement.” In his essay, Yudelson showcases five projects in Portland, Oregon, which show how the business case varies depending on the key issues for each type of building owner: public sector, nonprofit and private sector. He believes that these case studies are representative of issues facing building owners and green building advocates across the country. Yudelson comments, “If we are serious about cutting our carbon emissions, we have to deal with existing buildings, which globally account for the vast majority of emissions of greenhouse gases related to the built environment. In my article, I show how to understand and effectively present the green business case to building owners.” About Yudelson Associates Yudelson Associates is a leading international firm in sustainability consulting, designing with water and green building certification. The founder, Jerry Yudelson, a LEED Fellow, is widely acknowledged as one of the nation’s leading green building and sustainability consultants and is an internationally recognized keynote speaker. In 2011, Wired magazine dubbed him the “Godfather of Green.” 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. Yudelson is a frequent green building speaker at industry and professional conferences and chaired the country’s largest annual show, Greenbuild, for six years 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 » Add Jerry Yudelson on Google+ » Follow Jerry Yudelson on Twitter » Visit the Green Building Consulting YouTube channel » View Jerry Yudelson’s LinkedIn page Company Press Releases, 2012-05-24T06:12:05+00:00