http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=17511 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:41:00 EDT Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:39:00 EDT http://backend.userland.com/rss RapidFeeds v0.1 -- http://www.rapidfeeds.com 2008 aarbetter@urbanhabitatchicago.org en-us aarbetter@urbanhabitatchicago.org http://urbanhabitatchicago.org/Audio/UHC_1.jpg http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?fid4ct=17511 442 358 UHC Lecture Series 2008 Urban Habitat Chicago is a not-for-profit committed to demonstrating the viability of sustainable concepts and practices in urban environments through research, education, and hands-on projects. No Historic buildings, particularly commercial and institutional buildings constructed in the era of masonry bearing wall construction contain a large amount of embodied energy. This program will look at some of the historic and contemporary data on the building science of embodied energy (a.k.a embedded carbon). Calculating embodied energy is not necessarily an easy task. First there is the need to estimate the total amount of material used in a building, which can be challenging without any original construction documents. Secondly, contemporary research materials on the embodied energy of archaic building materials have not been assembled into one research report. However, there are several research reports on the embodied energy of construction materials that can be used as a starting point and some new web sites. This program will also examine how embodied energy is used in new green building rating systems. A comparison will also be made of the embodied and operating energy of selected building types to produce a life cycle assessment of total energy utilization. http://www.urbanhabitatchicago.org/projects/uhc-lecture-series/#building-eco-value aarbetter@urbanhabitatchicago.org http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3480587 UHC Lecture Series 2008 6) What’s Your Building’s Eco-Value? Historic buildings, particularly commercial and institutional buildings constructed in the era of masonry bearing wall construction contain a large amount of embodied energy. This program will look at some of the historic and contemporary data on the building science of embodied energy (a.k.a embedded carbon). Calculating embodied energy is not necessarily an easy task. First there is the need to estimate the total amount of material used in a building, which can be challenging without any original construction documents. Secondly, contemporary research materials on the embodied energy of archaic building materials have not been assembled into one research report. However, there are several research reports on the embodied energy of construction materials that can be used as a starting point and some new web sites. This program will also examine how embodied energy is used in new green building rating systems. A comparison will also be made of the embodied and operating energy of selected building types to produce a life cycle assessment of total energy utilization. No Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:39:00 EDT In this lecture Emily Lake discusses the positive effects that urban agriculture can have on our communities. Beginning with a history of urban agriculture Emily continues by looking at issues of food supply and job creation as well as the community and personal benefits that come along with gardening. http://www.urbanhabitatchicago.org/events/lectures/262/ aarbetter@urbanhabitatchicago.org Sustainability http://feeds.rapidfeeds.com/?iid4ct=3421282 UHC Lecture Series 2008 1) Urban Agriculture: Sustenance, Security, and Beauty - presented by Emily Lake In this lecture Emily Lake discusses the positive effects that urban agriculture can have on our communities. Beginning with a history of urban agriculture Emily continues by looking at issues of food supply and job creation as well as the community and personal benefits that come along with gardening. No Thu, 22 Apr 2010 14:41:00 EDT