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Decentralized Drinking Water Purification Systems
What if all the water you used in your house was purified on site and you used it again? It is actually not all that different than a well and septic system, but it is a closed loop system relying on...
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Green Building December 12th Luncheon: Unstoppable: The Transition to...
Today, building owners and designers are looking to minimize the energy and carbon footprint of new and existing buildings. LEED V4 and the Architecture 2030 Challenge are pushing the industry beyond...
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Green Building April 10th Luncheon: Biophilic Building Design = Symbiotic...
Earth’s climate and our man-made environment is at a tipping point. Designers and builders must embrace a more urgent and far reaching purpose and responsibility, in ways that regenerate and nourish...
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Green Building June 12th Luncheon: Shaken, Not Stirred: Community and...
We will first establish a context for the idea of resilience – how it relates to notions of sustainability, regeneration and the triple bottom line. We will then establish its components, as...
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Green Building August 14th Luncheon: Frederick County Middle School – A Model...
The goal for this new middle school was to create a progressive campus for an expected enrollment of 900 students in Frederick County’s under-served rural community. This student- and community-centric...
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The Twelve Steps of Sprawl Recovery
As we strive to build towns and neighborhoods that are vibrant, lively and great places to live, we inevitably find that people being there are what makes them this way. It is not architectural...
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Required Reading: A Pattern Language
I can’t say enough about this book. When I first read A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander it completely changed my outlook about what the built environment should strive for. The introductory...
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Green Building January 8th Luncheon: Resilience for All: Striving for Equity...
In the United States, people of color are disproportionally more likely to live in environments with poor air quality, in close proximity to toxic waste, and in locations more vulnerable to climate...
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Green Building January 14th Luncheon: Climate Action Together: City, County, UVA
2019 was a big year for climate action in the Charlottesville area. The City of Charlottesville and Albemarle County both set goals to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 45% by 2030 and to be carbon...
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Green Building February 11th Luncheon:
The Charlottesville Climate Collaborative empowers individuals and businesses to be climate leaders with strategies to take action. This presentation will provide practical solutions to help you make a...
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