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  • Retro-commissioning and Energy benchmarking can boost building income

    “Some people will use Energy Star Portfolio Manager report data because they have to, and others will use it to manage their buildings better,” Ms. Gilmer said.

    That’s why the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers, or ASHRAE, next year plans to introduce the Building Energy Quotient, which as Europe-like “A+” to “F” scores for as-designed and in-operation rating systems.

    “PG&E has identified retro-commissioning as the biggest step for nonresidential efficiency before the very expensive upgrades to equipment and controls,” Mr. Kamrath said.

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    on 2009-09-18

  • Sustainable Compact Redevelopment and Smart Growth - 57 Million Chances to Get Housing Right — Sightline Daily - Northwest News that Matters

    FYI from Chuck. How and why to build "new urbanist" housing. Highlights the Gaslamp Quarter as a model and links to 2 important new reports: "Driving and the Built Environment" and "Removing the Roadblocks" (in California).

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    on 2009-09-14

  • "Grand designs: digital cities" - San Diego buildingSMART Alliance Theme?

    The business opportunity offered by such a digital city may not be totally obvious. Consider the management of key infrastructure projects such as waste, water, energy and transport. The drive towards achieving sustainable, yet desirable and economically successful cities has only just begun. In China, for example, whole cities are being planned and constructed. Dongtan eco-city required a city model to test urban strategies for its infrastructure and there are plans in place to connect the city model to a smart metering system to capture valuable energy usage information streams – a digital dashboard for the city. For cities with aging infrastructure and a scarcity of greenfield sites, there is a need to capture what is already built to explore new projects, better maintain existing investments and renew worn-out utilities. A digital city could be a valuable resource for every stage of development, from cradle to grave — or with a sustainable mindset, cradle to cradle.

    However, while the engineering and planning may concern us, many times the initial budget and justification comes from cities’ economic development agencies. This is because these agencies usually have the budget to attract new businesses into their cities. Making a digital city is a cost efficient way of marketing, as opposed to creating a couple of cool fly-overs and getting a little airtime on television. People are able to visit the virtual model and it can be brought to life by many different departments to capture and improve planning and construction.

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    on 2009-10-12

    • Why not model the whole city?

    • The business opportunity offered by such a digital city may not be totally obvious. Consider the management of key infrastructure projects such as waste, water, energy and transport. The drive towards achieving sustainable, yet desirable and economically successful cities has only just begun. In China, for example, whole cities are being planned and constructed. Dongtan eco-city required a city model to test urban strategies for its infrastructure and there are plans in place to connect the city model to a smart metering system to capture valuable energy usage information streams – a digital dashboard for the city. For cities with aging infrastructure and a scarcity of greenfield sites, there is a need to capture what is already built to explore new projects, better maintain existing investments and renew worn-out utilities. A digital city could be a valuable resource for every stage of development, from cradle to grave — or with a sustainable mindset, cradle to cradle.




      However, while the engineering and planning may concern us, many times the initial budget and justification comes from cities’ economic development agencies. This is because these agencies usually have the budget to attract new businesses into their cities. Making a digital city is a cost efficient way of marketing, as opposed to creating a couple of cool fly-overs and getting a little airtime on television. People are able to visit the virtual model and it can be brought to life by many different departments to capture and improve planning
      and construction.

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  • Conference - The Business of BIM & Integrated Project Delivery: An Advantage to Your Business in a Challenging Economy | Mcgraw-Hill Construction Events

    David Morris
    Director of Virtual Construction, EMCOR Construction Services

    David MorrisDavid Morris, Director of Virtual Construction for EMCOR , has over thirty years of experience performing and directing all phases of piping and mechanical systems for Commercial, Hospitality, Industrial, and Power Generation construction. Current duties include improving BIM processes and sharing best detailing and virtual design practices across the 80 EMCOR group companies.

    Mr. Morris is well known as an industry activist for Integrated Project Delivery, BIM and Process Transformation and has presented to AIA, CURT, AGC, MCAA and other industry functions related to Virtual Construction and Building Information Modeling.

    As a participant in the 3XPT committee through the Construction User’s Roundtable Process Transformation Committee, Chairman of Associated General Contractors BIM Forum Subcontractors Subcommittee, Vice-Chairman of the BuildingSmart Alliance Board of Directors and Director of the Quality of Life and Visualization, Simulation & Analysis Programs, Mr. Morris brings a practical and commercial perspective to the use of technology in construction.

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    on 2009-09-19

    • David Morris

      Director of Virtual Construction,
      EMCOR Construction Services


      David MorrisDavid Morris, Director of Virtual Construction for EMCOR , has over thirty years of experience performing and directing all phases of piping and mechanical systems for Commercial, Hospitality, Industrial, and Power Generation construction.  Current duties include improving BIM processes and sharing best detailing and virtual design practices across the 80 EMCOR group companies.


      Mr. Morris is well known as an industry activist for Integrated Project Delivery, BIM and Process Transformation and has presented to AIA, CURT, AGC, MCAA and other industry functions related to Virtual Construction and Building Information Modeling.


      As a participant in the 3XPT committee through the Construction User’s Roundtable Process Transformation Committee, Chairman of Associated General Contractors BIM Forum Subcontractors Subcommittee, Vice-Chairman of the BuildingSmart Alliance Board of Directors and Director of the Quality of Life and Visualization, Simulation & Analysis Programs, Mr. Morris brings a practical and commercial perspective to the use of technology in construction.

  • This Is Water - David Foster Wallace - Commencement Speech at Kenyon University

    But I'm going to posit to you that the liberal arts cliché turns out not to be insulting at all, because the really significant education in thinking that we're supposed to get in a place like this isn't really about the capacity to think, but rather about the choice of what to think about. If your total freedom of choice regarding what to think about seems too obvious to waste time discussing, I'd ask you to think about fish and water, and to bracket for just a few minutes your skepticism about the value of the totally obvious.

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    on 2009-09-25 and saved by 5 people

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