Now we know. New York's become a center of high performance building. From the glittering Hearst Tower to the Brooklyn Ice House, we're making environmental goals and economic rationality work together. "High Performance Building in New York City", a four-part panel series, showcased this success.
NYC HPB Report (4)
December 31, 2005
Fourth in a series of four panels that took a look at New York City's high performance buildings.
The panel brought together key environmental, architectural, public and economic development policy makers, the "practical visionaries" who are transforming the City's built environment.
October 30, 2005
Third in a series of four panels that look at New York City's high performance buildings. The October 19 forum brought together architects and developers who are transforming the City's built environment.
NYC HPB Report (2)September 30, 2005
Second in a series of four panels that look at New York City's high performance buildings. The September 29 forum heard from client and development innovators who are transforming the City's built environmental by demanding green building design for their projects.
NYC HPB Report (1)June 22, 2005
First in a series of four panels that will address New York City High Performance Buildings the June 8th forum dealt with the policy implications of the New York City Energy Policy Task Force Report.
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August 04, 2009
Life Cycle Assessment
Please join us for this rare opportunity to hear Wayne Trusty, pioneer in the field of Life Cycle Assessment.
Mr. Trusty's presentation will provide an introduction into Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which is a methodology for assessing the environmental performance associated with a product or process over its full life cycle. The use of LCA to determine the embodied environmental effect of materials, rather than relying on singular material properties such as recycled content or distances traveled after the point of manufacture is a key aspect of moving toward more performance based outcomes in sustainable design. Mr. Trusy will also discuss current LCA-based software tools such as the ATHENA Impact Estimator (IE), which evaluates whole buildings and assemblies, as well as a report on the recent addition of the life cycle inventory (LCI) data for the New York City centered region, which was completed with funding from the NYSERDA Building Research Program. Lastly Mr. Trusty will discuss the integration of LCA techniques and LCA-base support tools in the whole building rating and certification systems.
Special thanks to Trespa for sponsoring this event.
Light breakfast will be served.
Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2009, 8:00-9:00 am
Location: Trespa Design Centre, 62 Greene Street, Ground Floor
RSVP: Urban Green Council $10 Urban Green members, $15 general public.
AIA Continuing Education Credit: HSW/SD 1.0