JP Jaudel
JP Jaudel

USGBC Researcher focusing on climate sensitivity and resilience of green buildings. MPS Candidate Urban Planning, Climate Change Management and Policy, LEED Associate.

CCAP’s Adaptation + Mitigation Formula for Green Building
07 May 2014 • openbook 1 minute read
How can our buildings be designed to limit energy, water, and land use but also be built to withstand our growing extreme climates? Last month, The Center for Clean Air Policy (CCAP) held a Green Resilience: Climate Adaptation + Mitigation Synergies Meeting to discuss t …
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Energy Benchmarking In Seattle: The Road to 2050
06 Dec 2013 • openbook 2 minute read
The City of Seattle has set a goal to reduce energy use by 20% across its building stock by 2020 and become a carbon neutral city by 2050. With an excellent track record in reducing the environmental impact of city operations, officials are pushing the envelope with an …
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Boston Looking to Boost Resilience for Existing Buildings
01 Nov 2013 • openbook 2 minute read
Boston is one of the oldest cities in the United States with an incredibly diverse existing building stock and interesting opportunities and challenges for improving preparedness to climate change. Beyond building new to enhance resilience, older cities are left with …
Boston's adaptation strategy should be widely applicable to buildings of different types and ages.

LEED-ing on Climate Resilience
17 Oct 2013 • openbook 2 minute read
Changing climate puts the health, safety, and performance of buildings at risk.  Rising temperatures undermine the assumptions used to design the envelopes and HVAC systems in homes and commercial buildings.  Rising sea levels increase risks of flooding for coastal as …
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A Positive Outlook for Renewable Energy
03 Sep 2013 • openbook 1 minute read
The International Energy Agency (IEA) released its second edition of the Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2013, which provides an analysis of major trends for 21 identified leading markets.  Maria van der Hoeven, Executive Director of the EIA, stated when pre …
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Demographics and Urbanism: Where are we choosing to live?
22 Aug 2013 • openbook 2 minute read
We're moving to the city! The Urban Land Institute's (ULI) recent America in 2013 report found that home location preferences were shifting among the fastest growing demographic groups in the US. Gen Y'ers, African Americans, and Latinos all increasingly favor compact u …
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