RESOURCES
RESOURCES
RESOURCES
PRESENTATIONS BY VIA
- Lowering Total Carbon Emissions in a Dorm: Strategies for Design and Construction (NESEA Building Energy Boston 2024)
- Local Forest Products in Mass Timber Construction: Unlocking the Next Steps panel (Annual Vermont Forest Industry Summit 2022)
- A Strategic Balance – Honoring the Past While Building for a Bright Future (Better Buildings by Design Conference 2022)
- The Climate Impact of Retrofits: Embodied and Operational Emissions in Weatherization (NESEA Building Energy Boston 2022)
- Tracking the Greenhouse Gas Impacts of Your Energy Efficiency Measures: New Tools & Lessons Learned for Designers and Contractors (Better Buildings by Design Conference 2021, NESEA Building Energy Boston 2021)
- Construction Phase Carbon Impact (Better Buildings by Design Conference 2020)
- Net-Zero Lessons Learned: Design, Construction, and Two Years of Living in a High Performance Home (Better Buildings by Design Conference 2020)
- Shelburne Pierson Library and Historic Town Hall Presentation to ASHRAE
- Concrete Detailing for a Low Carbon Future (Better Buildings by Design Conference 2018)
- Three High Performance Homes – Three Approaches (Better Buildings by Design Conference 2017, NESEA Building Energy Boston 2017)
- Drawing on the Past, Designing the Future (Better Buildings by Design Conference 2017)
- Commercial Net Zero Design and Construction: Lessons Learned through Efficiency Vermont’s Commercial Net Zero Pilot Program (Better Buildings by Design Conference 2016)
ORGANIZATIONS
- American Institute of Architects (AIA)
- American Institute of Architects – Vermont Chapter (AIAVT)
- Efficiency Vermont
- Northeast Sustainable Energy Association (NESEA)
- Passive House Institute of United States (PHIUS)
- Vermont Green Building Network (VGBN)
CERTIFICATIONS
RESEARCH AND CALCULATORS
- EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator
- Green Building Advisor
- Insulation Global Warming Potential Calculator
- International Living Future Institute Research Library
- PV Watts Solar Array Calculator
- Residential Energy Dynamics Ventilation Calculator
- Vermont Center for Geographic Information Interactive Map Viewer
MATERIALS
- 2030 Palette
- ILFI Declare Materials
- Residential Insulation Guide
- Vermont Tree Selection Guide
- Audubon Vermont Bird and Pollinator-Friendly Shrubs
- Metals Reference Guide
- Energy Star Appliances
ARTICLES/REPORTS
- “The Carbon Story of Cellulose Insulation” by Megan Nedzinski, Mélanie Trottier, and Chris Magwood, Builders for Climate Action, 2023
- “The Climate Impact of Retrofits: Embodied and Operational Emissions in Weatherization“ by Megan Nedzinski, Vermont Integrated Architecture, PC (lead author); Jacob Deva Racusin, New Frameworks; Leslie Badger, Chris Gordon, and Brian Just, VEIC (Efficiency Vermont)
- “Embodied and Operational Emissions in Retrofitting Vermont Homes” by Megan Nedzinski, Jacob Deva Racusin, Leslie Badger, Chris Gordon, Brian Just
- “The High Greenhouse Gas Price Tag on Residential Building Materials: True Life Cycle Costs (and What Can Be Done About Them)” by Brian Just
- “Embodied Carbon in Vermont Residential Retrofits” by Megan Nedzinski, Jacob Deva Racusin, Chris Gordon, Brian Just, Matt Sharpe, Mike Fink
- “Does Your Insulation Have Low Embodied Carbon?” by Joe Emerson, Zero Energy Project
- “Building the Business Case: Health, Wellbeing, and Productivity in Green Offices” World Green Building Council
AFFILIATIONS
