Briefly … – 2006-05-01

  • USGBC’s website has recently been revamped with a series of enhancements including a searchable workshop calendar, the ability to manage email subscriptions online and access to LEED-Online for Commercial Interiors and Operations of Existing Buildings projects. Visit www.usgbc.org for more.

  • In other green news, ASHRAE is currently studying whether to renovate its headquarters in Atlanta as a sustainable building and has created a webpage, www.ashrae.org/building , so members and others can follow the progress of the project.

  • Pipe-joining company Victaulic also announced a new web page, www.compressedschedule.com , which offers information, tips and solutions for engineers, contractors and other professionals dealing with compressed schedule projects.

  • XML web services company Gridlogix, Inc.’s EnNET solution has been chosen as the integration vehicle for an enterprise-wide integrated network for The University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill (see “Carolina Connectivity,” CSE 1/06, p. 44, for more on UNC’s BAS).