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How The Culture Of Inefficiency Is Outfoxing LEED®, ASHRAE, And Efficiency Programs

November 9, 2012

By Peter Kleinhenz, MS, P.E., Greg Raffio, MS, P.E., Charlie Schreier, MS, P.E., John Seryak, and Franc Sever, MS

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How many energy-efficient or certified buildings are not living up to the label? Very, very many, if this Ohio commissioning/auditing firm’s experience is close to typical. They report on common weaknesses in efficiency strategies and on real-life patterns of upgrades gone wrong across an array of equipment types. While flaws in well-intentioned processes remain, a more careful investment of human energy can still yield the desired reduction in building energy.

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Slim BIM: Getting Elephants To Dance

October 19, 2012

By Mr. Toby Considine

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Two different specifications, the Army, and others are pushing building information toward the future.

JBA Consulting Engineers Embraces Technology To Power Growth

January 11, 2012

By Dwayne Miller

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Follow one firm’s path from committing to BIM to climbing a learning curve in using it to serve clients, and even on to taking an unusual step to fill what it sees as a need in the market.

December BIM event coming to Washington

September 21, 2011

By Robert Beverly

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The National BIM Conference is concurrent with Ecobuild America and hosts a wide assortment of sessions.

BIM and Educational Projects

August 1, 2011

By Matthew Dunbar AIA ASSOC. and Rebecca Krull Kraling AIA, LEED

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In this overview of building information modeling, the authors review how BIM helped in three different projects, often with particular usage- and efficiency-based HVAC demands. While BIM’s space management skills can reduce costly changeorders and building design “clashes” ahead of time, in at least one instance, using BIM actually influenced the HVAC strategy for the better, too. See how HGA Architects and Engineers has used this to become a “model” firm.

Better Project Delivery: Health Care Infrastructure Projects

July 1, 2011

By Howard McKew, P.E., C.P.E.

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Here, our long-time forward-thinking columnist uses a common hospital scenario to walk you through the shift from Design-Bid-Build to an Integrated Project Delivery approach. See how the job can get done with similar personnel on a considerably shorter schedule, resulting in a greater team investment in the project’s success and yet more time to get on to other work.

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