How to Use EPDs in Your Practice: Advice from Designers

by Jennifer Rezeli August 4, 2015

BuildingGreen.com discusses ways in which to use Environmental Product Declarations. Here at Re:Vision, we use EPDs to vet products for our library to meet LEED and Living Building Challenge standards. We have also started to plug the data into the Athena Impact Estimator, a whole building Life-Cycle Assessment tool. Check out the BuildingGreen article!    

Awesome Resource for Salvaged Materials

by Jennifer Rezeli June 22, 2015

Some really great stuff at great prices. Build It Green! NYC is located in Brooklyn and Queens but probably worth the trip for a big haul! www.bignyc.org

SITES Online Now Open for Project Registration

by Bryan Astheimer June 22, 2015

GBCI and SITES announced the official launch of SITES and SITES Online. What this means is that projects can now register and have access to the full suite of SITES tools and certification process. In anticipation of the roll-out of SITES, Re:Vision has been using the SITES v2 framework for over a year on James… More

Do you want to join our team? Sustainability Consultant needed!

by Jennifer Rezeli April 22, 2015

Re:Vision Architecture, a deep green architecture and sustainability consulting practice located in the Manayunk neighborhood of Philadelphia, is looking for an experienced Sustainability Specialist to guide clients (typically building owners, facility managers, or design teams) through strategic and low-stress LEED certifications and other related green building improvements and/or sustainable development plans. It is anticipated that 80% to 90% of… More

When Water Saving isn’t Just Smart, it’s the Law

by Jennifer Rezeli April 14, 2015

We are asked to run a lot of cost scenarios for sustainability ‘upgrades’ and I can tell you, reclaimed water and rainwater harvesting rarely make the cut.  Who’s doing it? Camden Friends, Musconetcong Watershed Association, Tasty Baking Company, and United Natural Foods.  Okay, a bunch of our clients do it but our clients are more forward-thinking… More

PGW Wants You to Save Energy and Save Money!

by Jennifer Rezeli April 8, 2015

Don’t miss out on PGW’s EnergySense programs. PGW is helping residents and businesses save energy and save money by providing rebates for energy efficient equipment for both new and rehab projects. New construction and gut-rehab projects can receive grants up to $60,000 per commercial or multi-family building for energy efficient design. Single-Family homes can receive… More

LEED Proven Provider

by Jennifer Rezeli April 8, 2015

Some people get to go through the pre-screen line at airports. Re:Vision can’t help you with that, but we are now a LEED Proven Provider, which is kind of like a LEED pre-screening. We earned the designation due to our consistent excellence in administering LEED projects, says the Green Building Certification Institute. This designation will… More

Deep Material Vetting: How Do You Do It?

by Jennifer Rezeli April 8, 2015

How do you avoid the worst offenders? How do you use disclosure tools such as HPD, EPD, MSDS, and Declare Label? And how do you spot an information gap? Our Living Building Challenge Ambassadors, Scott Kelly and Chris Lee, answered these questions (and more) during a live interactive webcast with BuildingGreen.com that focused on how to vet material… More

EXAMPLE LBC RED LIST LETTER

by Jennifer Rezeli February 19, 2015

Check out our Red List Letter v3.0  

Solar/Google Maps Mashup

by Drew Lavine November 4, 2014

Just found this from Suncalc.net You can overlay a solar path for any day of the year on any location in google maps – including satellite view.  This is a great lite resource – not a substitute for a real altitude azimuth diagram but good for quick visualization. For a deeper look, my default is still… More