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BrickStainable: BrickStainable Offsets Carbon From Its Awards Program

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Friday, March 25, 2011. BrickStainable Offsets Carbon From Its Awards Program. Will be offsetting the carbon emissions from its awards program this year. On March 31st, 2011, Potomac Valley Brick will host its Second Annual BrickStainable Awards Program. As in the first awards celebration, winners are being flown to Washington, DC, from their home cities and countries to participate in the awards celebration. As a supporter of BrickStainable, Doo Consulting LLC. Enterprise’s Green Communities Offse...

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BrickStainable: Winners Announced!

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011. The jury deliberation was truly an exciting day for the entire BrickStainable team. We met at the National Building Museum. In the Pension Commissioner’s Suite to review entries in the Integrated Building Design and Technical Design categories. The 2nd Annual BrickStainable. Design Competition captured the attention of a total of 356 registrants! We welcome all followers of the competition to preview the winning entries. We also invite you to join us for the grand evening.

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BrickStainable: October 2010

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Tuesday, October 26, 2010. Masonry Materials Comprise 11 of 13 Wonders of the World! Just out of curiosity, I thought I would find out what the. Seven Wonders of the World. Were and of what materials they were made. Do you know? Here are the original Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the New 7 Wonders of the World. 7 Wonders of the Ancient World. Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Statue of Zeus at Olympia. New 7 Wonders of the World. Great Wall of China. There were many other contenders when the New list ...

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BrickStainable: July 2010

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Wednesday, July 28, 2010. Sneak Peek: DesignDC Next Week! Potomac Valley Brick is psyched for this year’s DesignDC Conference next Tuesday-Thursday! We hope you’ll stop by Booth #310. To discuss sustainable design and masonry construction and the 2nd Annual BrickStainable Design Competition. Also, collect your set of new BrickStainable Concept Cards. Limited quantity available! What did we learn? What’s new for the 2nd Annual BrickStainable Design Competition? August 3-5, 2010. Contact PVB at info@PVBric...

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BrickStainable: August 2010

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Monday, August 23, 2010. Four of sustainability’s top minds have agreed to BrickStainable Jury Duty. Vivian Loftness of Carnegie Mellon, Martin Vachon of AXIM Concrete Technologies, Bill Browning of Terrapin Bright Green, and Anna Dyson of Center for Architecture Science and Ecology will judge the entries in this year’s competition. You can read their full bios on the BrickStainable web site. Friday, August 6, 2010. What a Week at DesignDC! Our panel discussion included PVB’s president, Alan Richar...

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BrickStainable: December 2010

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Wednesday, December 22, 2010. Durability and Maintainability - Building with 100 Year Products. Historic preservation of buildings is both an interesting and timely topic of discussion in today’s design community. Sponsored an event at the. Said Elefante. He explained that our most energy efficient buildings were those built prior to 1920. This was when we built communities for people, not cars. This speaker truly engaged the audience in his presentation. “It survived people smarter...He continued to tou...

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BrickStainable: February 2011

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Tuesday, February 15, 2011. The jury deliberation was truly an exciting day for the entire BrickStainable team. We met at the National Building Museum. In the Pension Commissioner’s Suite to review entries in the Integrated Building Design and Technical Design categories. The 2nd Annual BrickStainable. Design Competition captured the attention of a total of 356 registrants! We welcome all followers of the competition to preview the winning entries. We also invite you to join us for the grand evening.

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BrickStainable: Students Can Find Sustainability in Materials Science

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Monday, February 14, 2011. Students Can Find Sustainability in Materials Science. Vivian Loftness’s work at Carnegie Mellon University, prepares the next generation of architects. Today’s architecture students are learning to think about design, function and building performance differently than past students. Vivian pointed out that people don’t jump right to materials science when thinking about sustainability, but there are many environmental benefits of brick. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

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BrickStainable: World Tour of Heavy “Masonry” Construction Projects

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Friday, April 22, 2011. World Tour of Heavy “Masonry” Construction Projects. Look at the countless architectural examples from history, and then study the truly riveting examples of heavy masonry construction from today. It’s this simple: Designing with brick can save energy and reduce fluctuating interior temperatures. 1st Image: The Queens Building @ De Montfort University. Final thought from Professor Short:. 8220;…to return to this chart (Image 2), there is an order of magnitude saving in energ...