This document discusses Berkeley's process for incorporating energy efficiency and sustainability into affordable housing developments funded through its HOME Investment Partnerships Program. It outlines the city's housing trust fund process and land development process, and explains how the city works with developers during design, permitting, and construction to implement green building practices. This results in more energy efficient and environmentally friendly affordable housing that lowers costs for owners and tenants. However, financing pressures can sometimes work against incorporating green features due to higher costs. The document provides examples of green materials and systems used in Berkeley affordable housing projects.
Green construction or sustainable building refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition.
Green building, or sustainable design, is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water, and materials, and of reducing impacts on human health and the environment for the entire lifecycle of a building. Green-building concepts extend beyond the walls of buildings and include site planning, community and land-use planning issues as well.
The growth and development of our communities have a large impact on our natural environment. The manufacturing, design, construction, and operation of the buildings in which we live and work are responsible for the consumption of many of our natural resources.
Chaoqin Zhai is Technical Director for Integrated Solutions at UTC BIS North Asia, responsible for the development and promotion of UTC integrated building solutions. She also serves as Director for Energy Solutions at EMSI, managing the company’s energy service business, including commissioning, system audit and energy performance contracting. Dr. Zhai has more than fifteen years of experience in building science and technologies, specializing in areas of strategic planning of energy supply systems; commissioning and retro-commissioning of energy use system in buildings; energy audit and retrofit for building efficiency improvement; energy performance contracting (EPC), building energy simulation; green building design support and consultancy.
In this presentation Chaoqin talks about LEED EBOM as a framework for sustainable operation and maintenance, with an emphasis on energy management. She also includes a case study on the energy management of Shanghai IFC.
A basic overview and introduction to LEED-EB O&M, this is a presentation that OTJ can give to your organization so that you can better understand what is involved in bringing your building, or your portfolio, into the new "green age".
The following presentation serves as an informative tools to help educate people on sustainability and LEED Exisiting Building/Operations & Maintenance projects
Buildings use approximately 40% of the energy in the US. Buzzwords like “going green” and “energy efficient” are more prevalent today. LEED is a rating system, which provides designers the opportunity to tailor their design to reduce the impact on society and the surroundings. It is an integrated process involving the architect, landscape architect, civil engineer, MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) consultant, lighting designer and contractor. As a design team these professionals evaluate energy trade offs within a conceptual design to create a functional building. This session will focus on LEED V4. It will target LEED’s definition, history and categories. More importantly, how to become a LEED accredited professional and LEED’s V4 holistic approach to building design.
Green construction or sustainable building refers to both a structure and the application of processes that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient throughout a building's life-cycle: from planning to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and demolition.
Green building, or sustainable design, is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings and their sites use energy, water, and materials, and of reducing impacts on human health and the environment for the entire lifecycle of a building. Green-building concepts extend beyond the walls of buildings and include site planning, community and land-use planning issues as well.
The growth and development of our communities have a large impact on our natural environment. The manufacturing, design, construction, and operation of the buildings in which we live and work are responsible for the consumption of many of our natural resources.
Chaoqin Zhai is Technical Director for Integrated Solutions at UTC BIS North Asia, responsible for the development and promotion of UTC integrated building solutions. She also serves as Director for Energy Solutions at EMSI, managing the company’s energy service business, including commissioning, system audit and energy performance contracting. Dr. Zhai has more than fifteen years of experience in building science and technologies, specializing in areas of strategic planning of energy supply systems; commissioning and retro-commissioning of energy use system in buildings; energy audit and retrofit for building efficiency improvement; energy performance contracting (EPC), building energy simulation; green building design support and consultancy.
In this presentation Chaoqin talks about LEED EBOM as a framework for sustainable operation and maintenance, with an emphasis on energy management. She also includes a case study on the energy management of Shanghai IFC.
A basic overview and introduction to LEED-EB O&M, this is a presentation that OTJ can give to your organization so that you can better understand what is involved in bringing your building, or your portfolio, into the new "green age".
The following presentation serves as an informative tools to help educate people on sustainability and LEED Exisiting Building/Operations & Maintenance projects
Buildings use approximately 40% of the energy in the US. Buzzwords like “going green” and “energy efficient” are more prevalent today. LEED is a rating system, which provides designers the opportunity to tailor their design to reduce the impact on society and the surroundings. It is an integrated process involving the architect, landscape architect, civil engineer, MEP (mechanical, electrical and plumbing) consultant, lighting designer and contractor. As a design team these professionals evaluate energy trade offs within a conceptual design to create a functional building. This session will focus on LEED V4. It will target LEED’s definition, history and categories. More importantly, how to become a LEED accredited professional and LEED’s V4 holistic approach to building design.
Seminar Presented by me on 2008 which I performed again on 2013.
I Thought it worth reading, although the rating system did have some changes during the past years, but still the presentation gives an overall environmental and energy strategies, also it provides a case studies along with examples of projects worldwide.
I thought it would be a good start for a professionals whose interested in green and sustainable design.
Maastricht University’s Green Building Adoption Index is the first study to quantify the relevance of green building practices in the commercial real estate market. Based on EPA Energy Star and USGBC LEED statistical data from 2005 through 2013 the study examines more than 34,000 buildings totaling more than 3.5 billion square feet in the top 30 U.S. markets. The resulting evidence shows that green has become mainstream in the majority of U.S. cities.
An overview of green building rating systems iisc cce 1sabnisajit
Presents an overview of popular Green Rating Systems and Sustainability Development Indices; towards sustainability assessment as the inevitable need of the hour.
LEED is an internationally recognized green building program.
It provides building owners and operators with a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.
What is LEED?
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a voluntary, consensus-based, market¬-driven program that provides third-party verification of green buildings. From individual buildings and homes, to entire neighborhoods and communities, LEED is transforming the way built environments are designed, constructed, and operated. Comprehensive and flexible, LEED addresses the entire lifecycle of a building.
Participation in the voluntary LEED process demonstrates leadership, innovation, environmental stewardship and social responsibility. LEED provides building owners and operators the tools they need to immediately impact their building’s performance and bottom line, while providing healthy indoor spaces for a building’s occupants.
LEED projects have been successfully established in 135 countries. International projects, those outside the United States, make up more than 50% of the total LEED registered square footage. LEED unites us in a single global community and provides regional solutions, while recognizing local realities.
How it works
For commercial buildings and neighborhoods, to earn LEED certification, a project must satisfy all LEED prerequisites and earn a minimum 40 points on a 110-point LEED rating system scale. Homes must earn a minimum of 45 points on a 136-point scale. Learn more
Learn about LEED
LEED is developed, implemented and maintained with the help of the LEED Committees. Focusing more on the application of LEED, the LEED International Roundtable identifies ways LEED can better meet the needs of global users. Together, these groups include representation from a variety of industries across the country and around the globe.
USGBC is your source for up-to-date, high quality education on the rating systems. We offer a variety of ways to learn about LEED. Explore our course catalog
Why LEED?
LEED-certified buildings are designed to:
• Lower operating costs and increase asset value
• Reduce waste sent to landfills
• Conserve energy and water
• Be healthier and safer for occupants
• Reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions
• Qualify for tax rebates, zoning allowances and other incentives in hundreds of cities
LEED is good for business. LEED certification boosts your bottom line, makes you more competitive, limits risk, and attracts tenants.
Credit library
Building projects earn points for satisfying green building criteria. Within each of the environmental LEED credit categories, projects must satisfy particular prerequisites and earn additional points. The number of points the project earns determines the level of LEED certification the project receives. Projects must earn at least 40 points to achieve basic certification.
GRIHA – GREEN RATING FOR INTEGRATED HABITAT ASSESSMENT
• GRIHA is developed by TERI (The energy and resources Institute) for the ministry of new and Renewable energy.
This is the indigenous national rating system developed by the ministry to cover the climatic variations, architectural
practices, existing practices of construction and attempting to revive the passive architecture.
• GRIHA rating system takes into account the provisions of the National Building Codes 2005 , The energy
conservation Building Code 2007 announced by BEE and other IS codes
• The rating system based on accepted energy and environmental principles, seeks to strike a balance between the
established practices and emerging concepts, both national and international .
• GRIHA MEANING:GRIHA is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘Abode’. GRIHA promotes passive techniques to reduce
energy cost while keeping the optimum thermal comfort inside the build environment.
CONTENTS
1.BACKGROUND
2. GOALS AND NEED OF GREEN BUILDING
3. BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING
4. INTRODUCTION OF GRIHA
5. EVOLUTION OF GRIHA
6. OBJECTIVES OF GRIHA
7. WHY CHOOSE GRIHA (COMPARE WITH LEED INDIA)
8. FIVE ‘R’ PHILOSOPHY
9. GRIHA PROCEDURE
10. GRIHA RATING SYSTEM
11. GRIHA OVERVIEW
12. GREEN BUILDING EXAMPLE USING GRIHA
13. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GRIHA WITH OTHER RATING
SYSTEM
14. CONCLUSION
2020 Vision: Sustainable Buildings for Sustainable CitiesJerry Yudelson
Presentation by Jerry Yudelson, President, Green Building Initiative, on 7 May in Calgary, AB, sponsored by DIRTT Environmental Solutions. How to move from a focus on green building and sustainable development to a focus on performance of sustainable cities. Using new software tools is going to be the best way to accelerate these changes.
Seminar Presented by me on 2008 which I performed again on 2013.
I Thought it worth reading, although the rating system did have some changes during the past years, but still the presentation gives an overall environmental and energy strategies, also it provides a case studies along with examples of projects worldwide.
I thought it would be a good start for a professionals whose interested in green and sustainable design.
Maastricht University’s Green Building Adoption Index is the first study to quantify the relevance of green building practices in the commercial real estate market. Based on EPA Energy Star and USGBC LEED statistical data from 2005 through 2013 the study examines more than 34,000 buildings totaling more than 3.5 billion square feet in the top 30 U.S. markets. The resulting evidence shows that green has become mainstream in the majority of U.S. cities.
An overview of green building rating systems iisc cce 1sabnisajit
Presents an overview of popular Green Rating Systems and Sustainability Development Indices; towards sustainability assessment as the inevitable need of the hour.
LEED is an internationally recognized green building program.
It provides building owners and operators with a framework for identifying and implementing practical and measurable green building design, construction, operations and maintenance solutions.
What is LEED?
LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is a voluntary, consensus-based, market¬-driven program that provides third-party verification of green buildings. From individual buildings and homes, to entire neighborhoods and communities, LEED is transforming the way built environments are designed, constructed, and operated. Comprehensive and flexible, LEED addresses the entire lifecycle of a building.
Participation in the voluntary LEED process demonstrates leadership, innovation, environmental stewardship and social responsibility. LEED provides building owners and operators the tools they need to immediately impact their building’s performance and bottom line, while providing healthy indoor spaces for a building’s occupants.
LEED projects have been successfully established in 135 countries. International projects, those outside the United States, make up more than 50% of the total LEED registered square footage. LEED unites us in a single global community and provides regional solutions, while recognizing local realities.
How it works
For commercial buildings and neighborhoods, to earn LEED certification, a project must satisfy all LEED prerequisites and earn a minimum 40 points on a 110-point LEED rating system scale. Homes must earn a minimum of 45 points on a 136-point scale. Learn more
Learn about LEED
LEED is developed, implemented and maintained with the help of the LEED Committees. Focusing more on the application of LEED, the LEED International Roundtable identifies ways LEED can better meet the needs of global users. Together, these groups include representation from a variety of industries across the country and around the globe.
USGBC is your source for up-to-date, high quality education on the rating systems. We offer a variety of ways to learn about LEED. Explore our course catalog
Why LEED?
LEED-certified buildings are designed to:
• Lower operating costs and increase asset value
• Reduce waste sent to landfills
• Conserve energy and water
• Be healthier and safer for occupants
• Reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions
• Qualify for tax rebates, zoning allowances and other incentives in hundreds of cities
LEED is good for business. LEED certification boosts your bottom line, makes you more competitive, limits risk, and attracts tenants.
Credit library
Building projects earn points for satisfying green building criteria. Within each of the environmental LEED credit categories, projects must satisfy particular prerequisites and earn additional points. The number of points the project earns determines the level of LEED certification the project receives. Projects must earn at least 40 points to achieve basic certification.
GRIHA – GREEN RATING FOR INTEGRATED HABITAT ASSESSMENT
• GRIHA is developed by TERI (The energy and resources Institute) for the ministry of new and Renewable energy.
This is the indigenous national rating system developed by the ministry to cover the climatic variations, architectural
practices, existing practices of construction and attempting to revive the passive architecture.
• GRIHA rating system takes into account the provisions of the National Building Codes 2005 , The energy
conservation Building Code 2007 announced by BEE and other IS codes
• The rating system based on accepted energy and environmental principles, seeks to strike a balance between the
established practices and emerging concepts, both national and international .
• GRIHA MEANING:GRIHA is a Sanskrit word meaning ‘Abode’. GRIHA promotes passive techniques to reduce
energy cost while keeping the optimum thermal comfort inside the build environment.
CONTENTS
1.BACKGROUND
2. GOALS AND NEED OF GREEN BUILDING
3. BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING
4. INTRODUCTION OF GRIHA
5. EVOLUTION OF GRIHA
6. OBJECTIVES OF GRIHA
7. WHY CHOOSE GRIHA (COMPARE WITH LEED INDIA)
8. FIVE ‘R’ PHILOSOPHY
9. GRIHA PROCEDURE
10. GRIHA RATING SYSTEM
11. GRIHA OVERVIEW
12. GREEN BUILDING EXAMPLE USING GRIHA
13. COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF GRIHA WITH OTHER RATING
SYSTEM
14. CONCLUSION
2020 Vision: Sustainable Buildings for Sustainable CitiesJerry Yudelson
Presentation by Jerry Yudelson, President, Green Building Initiative, on 7 May in Calgary, AB, sponsored by DIRTT Environmental Solutions. How to move from a focus on green building and sustainable development to a focus on performance of sustainable cities. Using new software tools is going to be the best way to accelerate these changes.
In October 2011, WRI launched a five-year global initiative to advance the progress of building environmentally sustainable and livable cities in China, India, and Brazil. We intend to develop low-carbon city models and pathways for environmentally sustainable urbanization, by partnering with four urban centers to increase energy efficiency, curb greenhouse gas emissions, and improve water quality, urban mobility and land use.
Finding and sharing good stuff: open practice, open educational resources and...Lis Parcell
Slides to support a Jisc session at the Eastern region e-forum hosted by University of Essex on 21 October 2016. Participants were from a range of further and higher education institutions across East Anglia. Group discussion formed a component of the session.
Green Buildings. GREEN BUILDING PROCESS AND ASSESSMENTReenaRanaGCET
A is a building that, in its design, construction or operation, reduces or eliminates negative impacts, and can create positive impacts, on our climate and natural environment. Green buildings preserve precious natural resources and improve our quality of life.
There are a number of which can make a building ‘green’. These include:
• Efficient use of energy, water and other resources
• Use of renewable energy, such as solar energy
• Pollution and waste reduction measures, and the enabling of re-use and recycling
• Good indoor environmental air quality
• Use of materials that are non-toxic, ethical and sustainable
• Consideration of the environment in design, construction and operation
• Consideration of the quality of life of occupants in design, construction and operation
• A design that enables adaptation to a changing environment
Conventional versus green building delivery systems
– Execution of green building process
– Integrated design process – Ecological design
– Merits and demerits
– Historical perspective
– Contemporary and future ecological designs
– LEED building assessment standard – LEED certification process
– International building assessment standards
– Building rating system and its future
– Case study of a green building.
The Green Building 101 Workshop is a full-day workshop providing a general introduction to green building concepts, techniques and materials, including the impact of various building certification systems on building contractor businesses, and the implications of various credentials for their employees.
The goal of the workshop is to provide a participant with the background necessary to make informed decisions about next steps for their business model and/or for training and credentialing. This workshop is designed for contractors interested in gaining the basics of green building. From knowledge to networking, this workshop is your ticket to entering the green economy.
Why should you attend this workshop?
* Gain a foundation in green building
* Learn from experts in the field
* Networking with potential employers
* Subsidized workshop fee
The workshop will be led by staff from The Green Roundtable / NEXUS, and assisted by guest speakers from leading institutions such as ICF and ABCD. All instructors have extensive experience in the field.
This is an equal opportunity program - auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities. This workshop is a project of Green Jobs Boston, the Mayor’s Office of Jobs and Community Services and the Boston Redevelopment Authority. A project of the Massachusetts State Energy Sector Partnership, funded in whole by a $6M grant awarded by the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employment & Training Administration.
The definition of a “green” building is often in the eye of the beholder. Rating or certifying a green building helps to remove that subjectivity. Rating a green building informs tenants and the public about the environmental benefits of a property, and discloses the additional innovation and effort the owner has invested to achieve a high performance building.
This is a basic overview of the role of assessment or green rating systems in the design of buildings. It looks most closely at the LEED Version 2 system for New Construction and has not yet been updated to address LEED 2009.
Indoor Environmental Quality: This category encourages actions that enhance indoor air quality and increase access to natural light and vistas and enhance acoustics. Those can be easily done with LEED Consultant. Such actions produce a healthy environment for living and working.
REBA - Building Green - Building Energy CodesAndy Burns
Andrew Burns and John Downie, The Burns Companies, presented to the REBA Massachusetts chapter on the challenges of Building Green and the Building Energy Codes inherent in states. July 11, 2011
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
Connector Corner: Automate dynamic content and events by pushing a buttonDianaGray10
Here is something new! In our next Connector Corner webinar, we will demonstrate how you can use a single workflow to:
Create a campaign using Mailchimp with merge tags/fields
Send an interactive Slack channel message (using buttons)
Have the message received by managers and peers along with a test email for review
But there’s more:
In a second workflow supporting the same use case, you’ll see:
Your campaign sent to target colleagues for approval
If the “Approve” button is clicked, a Jira/Zendesk ticket is created for the marketing design team
But—if the “Reject” button is pushed, colleagues will be alerted via Slack message
Join us to learn more about this new, human-in-the-loop capability, brought to you by Integration Service connectors.
And...
Speakers:
Akshay Agnihotri, Product Manager
Charlie Greenberg, Host
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
Kubernetes & AI - Beauty and the Beast !?! @KCD Istanbul 2024Tobias Schneck
As AI technology is pushing into IT I was wondering myself, as an “infrastructure container kubernetes guy”, how get this fancy AI technology get managed from an infrastructure operational view? Is it possible to apply our lovely cloud native principals as well? What benefit’s both technologies could bring to each other?
Let me take this questions and provide you a short journey through existing deployment models and use cases for AI software. On practical examples, we discuss what cloud/on-premise strategy we may need for applying it to our own infrastructure to get it to work from an enterprise perspective. I want to give an overview about infrastructure requirements and technologies, what could be beneficial or limiting your AI use cases in an enterprise environment. An interactive Demo will give you some insides, what approaches I got already working for real.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 4DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 4. In this session, we will cover Test Manager overview along with SAP heatmap.
The UiPath Test Manager overview with SAP heatmap webinar offers a concise yet comprehensive exploration of the role of a Test Manager within SAP environments, coupled with the utilization of heatmaps for effective testing strategies.
Participants will gain insights into the responsibilities, challenges, and best practices associated with test management in SAP projects. Additionally, the webinar delves into the significance of heatmaps as a visual aid for identifying testing priorities, areas of risk, and resource allocation within SAP landscapes. Through this session, attendees can expect to enhance their understanding of test management principles while learning practical approaches to optimize testing processes in SAP environments using heatmap visualization techniques
What will you get from this session?
1. Insights into SAP testing best practices
2. Heatmap utilization for testing
3. Optimization of testing processes
4. Demo
Topics covered:
Execution from the test manager
Orchestrator execution result
Defect reporting
SAP heatmap example with demo
Speaker:
Deepak Rai, Automation Practice Lead, Boundaryless Group and UiPath MVP
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Key Trends Shaping the Future of Infrastructure.pdfCheryl Hung
Keynote at DIGIT West Expo, Glasgow on 29 May 2024.
Cheryl Hung, ochery.com
Sr Director, Infrastructure Ecosystem, Arm.
The key trends across hardware, cloud and open-source; exploring how these areas are likely to mature and develop over the short and long-term, and then considering how organisations can position themselves to adapt and thrive.
Slack (or Teams) Automation for Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Soluti...Jeffrey Haguewood
Sidekick Solutions uses Bonterra Impact Management (fka Social Solutions Apricot) and automation solutions to integrate data for business workflows.
We believe integration and automation are essential to user experience and the promise of efficient work through technology. Automation is the critical ingredient to realizing that full vision. We develop integration products and services for Bonterra Case Management software to support the deployment of automations for a variety of use cases.
This video focuses on the notifications, alerts, and approval requests using Slack for Bonterra Impact Management. The solutions covered in this webinar can also be deployed for Microsoft Teams.
Interested in deploying notification automations for Bonterra Impact Management? Contact us at sales@sidekicksolutionsllc.com to discuss next steps.
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
Neuro-symbolic is not enough, we need neuro-*semantic*Frank van Harmelen
Neuro-symbolic (NeSy) AI is on the rise. However, simply machine learning on just any symbolic structure is not sufficient to really harvest the gains of NeSy. These will only be gained when the symbolic structures have an actual semantics. I give an operational definition of semantics as “predictable inference”.
All of this illustrated with link prediction over knowledge graphs, but the argument is general.
AI for Every Business: Unlocking Your Product's Universal Potential by VP of ...
Berkeley HOME Program - EE in HOME Workshop
1. City of Berkeley
Greening the City’s HOME
Program
for
Energy Efficient and
Sustainable Development
Prepared by Roger Asterino, City of Berkeley Housing Department,
and Alice La Pierre, Office of Energy & Sustainable Development
2. Greening the City’s HOME Program
City’s Housing Trust Fund Process
1. Pre-development
2. Housing Trust Fund Application
3. Review of HTF Applications
4. Award and Contract
5. Construction
6. Project Completion
HTF sources includes HOME, CDBG,
Redevelopment, Mitigation Fees, and General
Funds; the largest source is now the HOME
Program.
3. Greening the City’s HOME Program
Land Development Process
1. Site Selection
2. Feasibility & Site Analysis
3. Potential Engineering Reports & Studies
4. Site, Conceptual, and Schematic Designs
5. Acquisition
6. Plan Submission and Permitting
7. Construction Bid
8. Construction and Completion
4. Greening the City’s HOME Program
How the City Incorporates Energy &
Sustainability Into the Land Development
Process
• During the Housing Trust Fund Application
Process (HTF staff coordinates with the City’s
Office of Energy & Sustainable Development)
• During the Design and Permitting Process
• During the Construction Process
5. Greening the City’s HOME
Program
What Does it Result in?
• More Energy Efficient and Greener Building
Products in Affordable Housing Developments
• Lower Operating Costs for the Owner
• Better Living Environments for the Tenants
• Lower Utility Costs for the Owner and/or
the Tenants
6. Greening the City’s HOME Program
Financing Pressures & Underwriting
can work against the Greening Process
• Cost Difference between Standard & Green
Items
• Value Engineering
• Construction Cost Increases
• Change Orders
• Institutional and/or Lenders’ desires to keep
costs and amount of financing at a minimum
7. GREENING YOUR HOME AND
OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
TURNING YOUR PROGRAM GREEN
1. Each Project is Different.
2. Review all funding sources for each project.
3. Has the project used any other incentives?
4. Know the various green groups which consult and
advise.
8. GREENING YOUR HOME AND
OTHER FUNDING SOURCES
5. Add a commonly used “green checklist” into the
application process.
www.stopwaste.org/
6. Know who provides funding incentives.
7. Know the energy and sustainable items and issues
which your locality or agency wants to implement.
8. Consider adding funding to the development for
including these green and/or energy efficient items.
10. Energy Efficient Systems &
Green Building Materials
• Fiber-cement Siding
• Low VOC Paint
• Natural Linoleum Flooring
• Formaldehyde-free Insulation
• Recycled content Carpet
• PV Solar Electrical System
• Exceeds Title 24 Energy Standards by 15%
• Energy Star Appliances
• High Efficiency Toilets & Faucet Flow Restrictors
• 100% Fluorescent Lighting
12. Energy Efficient Systems &
Green Building Materials
• PV Solar Energy System
• Central Hydronic Heating System
• Low-VOC Carpeting, Adhesives, & Paints
• Draught Tolerant Landscaping
• Transit-oriented Location
• Non-arsenic Preservative-treated Framing
• Exceeds Title 24 Energy Standards by over 20%
• Energy Star Appliances
14. Energy Efficient Systems &
Green Building Materials
• The David Brower Center will be a LEED
Constructed Building
Oxford Plaza/Residential
• Radiant Floor Heating
• Natural Linoleum and Recycled Carpeting
• Low VOC Paints
• Energy Star Appliances and High Efficiency Lighting
• Hot Water Partially Provided by a Solar Hot Water Panel
Collection System
• Will Exceed Title 24 Energy Standards by over 15%
• Transit oriented location
15. City of Berkeley’s Green Building
Requirements
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/sustainable
17. Energy Efficiency Guidelines for New Development
Architect,
Berkeley’s Process Developer and/or Owner
Design Team,
Developer and/or
Owner
– Decision-Makers
– Post site selection,
programming and
budget, in rough
design phase while
project is still flexible
18. Greening the City’s HOME Program
This is where
Land Development Process you should
implement the
1. Site Selection Green ideas
for your
2. Feasibility & Site Analysis
project
3. Potential Engineering Reports & Studies
4. Site, Conceptual, and Schematic Designs
5. Acquisition
6. Plan Submission and Permitting
7. Construction Bid
8. Construction and Completion
19. Energy Efficiency Guidelines for New Development
Architect,
Berkeley’s Process: Developer and/or Owner
A. Green Building Consultation
Required in Planning Phase
Applicants for projects that:
• (1) require a Use Permit or Green Building
Administrative Use Permit and Consultation
• (2) involve demolition or
construction are required to
consult with a green building
expert provided for by the
Berkeley’s Best Builders
Program PRIOR TO submitting
the permit application.
There is no charge to the developer
for this consultation service,
provided by a grant from
Alameda County Waste
Management through Build It
Green
www.BuilditGreen.org
20. Energy Efficiency Guidelines for New Development
Architect,
Berkeley’s Process: Developer and/or Owner
B. Green Building Checklist --
Required in Planning and
Construction Phases
Green Building
Large Scale Development Consultation
Projects and new buildings with
one or more dwelling unit are OPTIONAL:
required to complete a Green Non-Energy
Building Checklist and update it Green Building Green Building
throughout the project. Measures
Checklist (recycled content,
Checklist includes energy efficient etc. toward
and green materials, such as Green Point Rated or
recycled content or renewable LEED certification)
materials, or non-conventional,
healthy building materials such as
non-VOC paints and finishes. Also
includes credit for site choices,
such as close to public
transportation, shopping, and
services.
21. Energy Efficiency Guidelines for New Development
Architect,
Berkeley’s Process: Developer and/or Owner
C. Energy Conservation Analysis –
Required in Planning and
Construction Phases
D. Conservation Measures – Green Building
Required in Plan Check Phase Consultation
a. Residential projects: Any home
or apartment building undergoing OPTIONAL:
renovations valued at $50,000 or Non-Energy
more must comply with RECO Green Building
Green Building Measures
(Residential Energy Conservation Checklist (recycled content,
Ordinance.) etc. toward
b. Commercial projects: Any Green Point Rated or
commercial building undergoing LEED certification)
renovations valued at $50,000 or
more, or that will increase Energy Analysis
conditioned floor area by more and MANDATORY energy
than 10%, must comply with Efficiency efficiency measures
CECO (Commercial Energy Measures
Conservation Ordinance.) included in plans and
(required) installed onsite
22. Energy Efficiency Guidelines for New Development
Architect,
Berkeley’s Process: Developer and/or Owner
RECO – Energy and water efficiency
measures installed and verified in Green Building
field by Building Inspectors Consultation
OPTIONAL:
Non-Energy
Green Building
Green Building Measures
Checklist (recycled content,
etc. toward
Green Point Rated or
LEED certification)
Energy Analysis
and MANDATORY energy
Efficiency efficiency measures
Measures included in plans and
(required) installed onsite
23. Energy Efficiency Guidelines for New Development
• Current Residential • Toilets -- 1.6 gal/flush, or flow reduction devices
• Showerheads -- 3.0 gal./minute flow rate
Energy Conservation • Faucet aerators -- 2.75 gal./minute flow rate for
Ordinance (RECO) kitchens and bathrooms
• Water heater blankets -- Insulation wrap of R-12
measures are value
prescriptive; these are • Hot & Cold Water Piping -- Insulate the first two
feet from the heater to R-3 value
the Code MINIMUMS. • Hot Water Piping in Pumped, Re-circulating
Heating Systems -- Insulate all pipes to R-3 value
• Exterior Door Weather stripping -- Permanently
affix weather stripping, and door sweeps or door
shoes
• Furnace duct work -- Seal duct joints add
insulation wrap to R-3 value
• Fireplace chimneys -- Dampers, doors or closures
• Ceiling insulation -- Insulate to R-30 value or
greater
• Common Area Lighting (multi-unit buildings) –
must be 25 lumens or more per watt
24. Energy Efficiency Guidelines for New Development
Green Building Ideas for
Affordable Housing
– Water-Efficient central
plumbing (not tankless, not
recirculating)
– Insulate hot water pipes using
the 1:1 rule
– Daylighting features (sufficient
overhangs for your latitude;
white glass skylights – not in
the bedrooms, though!)
– Increase attic insulation
– Thicker walls, more insulation
(fewer studs, less material, lower
costs) Reduces heating & AC
operating costs
25. Energy Efficiency Guidelines for New Development
Green Building Ideas for
Affordable Housing
– Verify in the field!
– Hire accredited professionals
who know “performance
contacting” (CBPCA
professionals, HERS raters,
Green Point Raters, etc.)
– Air-Seal around all plumbing
inlets, electrical boxes,
overhead lighting, and interior
chases
– Seal and insulate ductwork;
pressure test!
26. Energy Efficiency Guidelines for New Development
Green Building Ideas for
Affordable Housing
– Take advantage of utility
rebates and any tax
credits (www.pge.com;
www.ebmud.com;
www.irs.gov)
– Questions?
