We recently wrote about the growing number of climate attribution studies. This summer devastating wildfires are in the news in North America, heat waves are wildfires are also occurring in Europe. In a BBC news report of another climate attribution paper extreme heat...
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Coming Soon … Daylighting Benefits
A new version of Autocase for Buildings is in beta testing and over the next few posts we’ll share some of the features you can expect to see come October. We have grown a lot of plants in our office this year. Blessed with large windows facing south and west we have...
Coming Soon … Thermal Comfort Benefits
A new version of Autocase for Buildings is in beta testing and over the next few posts we’ll share some of the features you can expect to see come October. Midsummer in most offices is a battle over control of the thermostat. Shawls and sweaters are draped over...
Triple Bottom Line Cost Benefit Analysis of Green Infrastructure/Low Impact Development (GI/LID) in Phoenix, AZ
The City of Phoenix Green Infrastructure Cost-Benefit Study is now available online. You can access the report here. Given the importance of heat stress in Phoenix, instead of using historical temperatures Autocase incorporated future climate change in to its...
Autocase Makes Waves at AIA
For the first time in 30 years at the end of June, AIA's annual Conference on Architecture was held in New York City. A team from Autocase was there learning about the sustainability and resiliency needs for architects and their clients. In between all the networking...
Job Opening: Bookkeeper / Administrative Assistant
We have an opening for a Bookkeeper / Administrative Assistant in our Toronto office. Impact Infrastructure was founded in April 2012 and has offices in New York, Toronto and San Francisco. The company’s primary goal is to create a standardized suite of business case...
The Mouse that Roared
On June 1st 2017, the news was that “383 US Climate Mayors commit to adopt, honor and uphold Paris Climate Agreement goals”. These mayors represent 68 million Americans. Here is but one example. The Pima County Board of Supervisors adopted resolutions “which state...
Canadian Construction Industry Conference Notes
This I had heard before: 30% of global greenhouse gases are attributable to buildings. This one I hadn’t: 50% of solid waste in the U.S. is produced by the construction industry. Today I attended the Canadian Construction Innovations (CCI) Conference 2017:...
Mastering Sustainability at Autocase
We were delighted to have Martin Wong working for us this summer. Martin is enrolled in the Master of Science in Sustainability Management (MScSM) program at the University of Toronto. The program (Infographic) focuses on the integration of science and business...
Where are Autocase’s Developers?
The Autocase development team have been sequestered in the Toronto conference room all this week. In case anyone is missing an Autocase team loved one they are safe in the Fashion Building at 130 Spadina Ave., Suite 501, Toronto. Apart from occasional sightings...
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