Frank O'Brien-Bernini
frankobrienbernini.bsky.social
Frank O'Brien-Bernini
@frankobrienbernini.bsky.social
Board member, C-suite sustainability expert, former SVP and CSO of Owens Corning, author, mentor, percussionist
Congrats!!! For two decades, Green Builder Media has been a beacon of light in the sustainability and green building world, inspiring and encouraging us all to innovate and ultimately participate in creating a better future, starting, but not ending, with the built environment.
We started with Green Builder magazine. Back then, all we could really talk about was energy efficiency, building science, and cost savings from energy efficiency if we wanted the industry to listen.

Today, we have evolved into so much more.

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We’ve Been Here All Along
2025 is Green Builder Media’s 20th anniversary. So much has changed in the past two decades.
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January 23, 2025 at 3:10 AM
Reposted by Frank O'Brien-Bernini
We started with Green Builder magazine. Back then, all we could really talk about was energy efficiency, building science, and cost savings from energy efficiency if we wanted the industry to listen.

Today, we have evolved into so much more.

www.greenbuildermedia.com/blog/weve-be...
We’ve Been Here All Along
2025 is Green Builder Media’s 20th anniversary. So much has changed in the past two decades.
www.greenbuildermedia.com
January 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
This (nearly 2 hour) film captures the “Thumbs Up” book launch celebration, with selected readings from the book, interspersed with live performances of music from the time. Give yourself a gift...close your eyes, stick out your thumb, and slip back into the summer of 1974. youtu.be/HhjpmdTuBkM?...
Thumbs Up: Hitchhiking Across America, Fueled by the Kindness of Strangers - Oct 5, 2024 Book Launch
YouTube video by FrankOBrienBernini
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December 12, 2024 at 6:58 PM
Unabashed self-promotion…if you’re looking for a great, unique, educational and entertaining step-back-in-time holiday gift…look no further!!! www.amazon.com/Thumbs-Up-Hi...
Thumbs Up: Hitchhiking Across America, Fueled by the Kindness of Strangers
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December 1, 2024 at 3:11 AM
Reposted by Frank O'Brien-Bernini
Growing wine grapes under solar panels can increase yields by 60%.
That seems like the definition of unalloyed good news
www.pv-magazine.com/2024/11/29/a...
Agrivoltaics can increase grape yield by up to 60%
French agrivoltaics company Sun'Agri says that two of its facilities increased grape yields by 20% to 60% in 2024, compared to areas without solar panels. The PV modules helped regulate temperature fl...
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November 30, 2024 at 9:42 PM
Same conclusion that I learned years ago working with Opower’s behavioral scientist…pretty powerful motivation. “Research has found that social comparisons — what are my friends and neighbors doing? — had the biggest effect on changing habits...”

www.nytimes.com/2024/09/25/c...
What if Everyone Did Something to Slow Climate Change?
Researchers are looking at the impact that individuals’ actions can have on reducing carbon emissions — and the best ways to get people to adopt them.
www.nytimes.com
December 1, 2024 at 2:06 AM