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Dec 10

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Food Journals

If you would like to keep an eye on your nutrition and exercise over the holidays, or perhaps starting January 1, here is a good free online food journal: www.fitday.com

Here you can see your body mass index (BMI) and set nutritional goals like weight loss, vitamin intake, etc. Of course, the results are only as good as the data you put in, so if you can’t find what you’re eating in the fitday database, you can create your own custom foods (look on the nutrition facts of what you’re eating) or find many mainstream foods at calorieking.com

If you decide to journal, try to keep it up for at least a few weeks! This is a lot harder than it sounds. If you miss a day, don’t give up, just get back on the wagon.

Oh – if you need a little inspiration… studies show that people who consistently keep a food journal while trying to loose weight typically lose twice as much as those who don’t.

Nov 23

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Design Technology in the City – Photo Update


Christ Panel Prototype

Originally uploaded by TLCD Architecture

After my presentation last week, Ideate was kind enough to whisk me over to the Autodesk Gallery and Product Labs at One Market. I was able to attend a presentation on Ecotect, an energy analysis tool that Dylan in our office is now evaluating. Also, I was able to wander the gallery and lab areas and took some pictures of the cutting edge tools, beautiful models and a little unobtanium. enjoy!

Click on the photo to see more!

Nov 23

Rose’s Baked Artichoke Heart Stuffing

This is a delicious stuffing recipe if you love artichoke hearts like I do. It has a scrumptious mix of cheeses and herbs. My variation on the recipe is reducing the amount of cheese, and use more breadcrumbs instead!

See the full recipe here:

http://www.marthastewart.com/recipe/roses-baked-artichoke-hearts?backto=true

Nov 11

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Blonde Bombshell




Blonde Bombshell

Originally uploaded by TLCD Architecture

Here’s the winner of our TLCD Halloween contest for the ‘most creative’.

Nov 9

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PG& E Field Trip!

 


IMG_0273

Originally uploaded by TLCD Architecture

Here’s a test post from our new TLCD Architecture Flickr account! You can post directly from Flickr in a few easy steps:

1. Login to flickr.com (you’ll find out more about this at Wine Wednesday this week)

2. Go to the picture you want to post to the Blog

3. Directly above the photo  hit the ‘Blog This’ button, and viola!

4. Add your title and short description, and post to the blog. Ahhh, success.

Oct 14

Monterey Design Conference

Can you spot Alan?

Can you spot Alan?

Last week a group of 11 took a road trip south to the Monterey Design Conference. The annual event is an amazing opportunity to see the work of both well known and talented new architects. From Friday afternoon to Sunday morning you get to sit back and relax (with the rest of the conference attendees in one room) listening to the architects talk about their work. There are also several opportunities to speak to the presenters while enjoying hors devours and wine in between sessions. This conference and location on the bay is a truly refreshing and inspiring event.

Scripps Building

Scripps Building

Siding

Siding

Pacific Grove Beach

Pacific Grove Beach

Oct 1

New LEED v3 Checklists

LEED v3 ChecklistsIt’s like Christmas (almost)!!! You can find the brand new checklists and reference guides for LEED version 3 below (scroll down the page about halfway and look for “Download the Checklist” link for the Excel document).

We have a hard copy of the NC reference manual in the office. When you’re done with it, please bring it back to it’s home in the architectural library.

By the way… for Higher Education projects you can choose to use LEED NC or Schools.

Some of the Rating Systems are still in the Pilot testing phase, as indicated below.

LEED for New Construction
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=220

LEED for Schools
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1586

LEED for Existing Buildings
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=221

LEED for Healthcare:
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1765

LEED for Core and Shell
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=295

LEED for Commercial Interiors
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=145

LEED for Retail (Pilot Version)
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=1734

LEED for Homes (Pilot Version)
http://www.usgbc.org/DisplayPage.aspx?CMSPageID=147

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