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4 ways to transform old buildings into modern assets

As cities grow, their office inventories remain largely stagnant. Yet despite changes to the marketā€”including the impact of hybrid workā€”opportunities still exist. Enter: ā€œMidlife Metamorphosis.ā€


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Mass timber a big part of Western Washington Universityā€™s net-zero ambitions

Western Washington University, in Bellingham, Wash., 90 miles from Seattle, is in the process of expanding its ABET-accredited programs for electrical engineering, computer engineering and science, and energy science. As part of that process, the university is building Kaiser Borsari Hall, the 54,000-sf new home for those academic disciplines that will include teaching labs, research labs, classrooms, collaborative spaces, and administrative offices.



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Aug 11, 2010

AASHE releases annual review of sustainability in higher education

The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) has announced the release of AASHE Digest 2008, which documents the continued rapid growth of campus sustainability in the U.S. and Canada. The 356-page report, available as a free download on the AASHE website, includes over 1,350 stories that appeared in the weekly AASHE Bulletin last year.
Aug 11, 2010

AECOM, Arup, Gensler most active in commercial building design, according to BD+C's Giants 300 report

A ranking of the Top 100 Commercial Design Firms based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
Aug 11, 2010

NUCONSTEEL CORPORATION OFFERS NUPRODUCTS, DIRECT TO CONSUMER

DENTON, TEXAS, JUNE 25, 2009--- NUCONSTEEL CORPORATION ANNOUNCES NUPRODUCTSTM, ITS FIRST EVER LINEā€¦
Aug 11, 2010

'Flexible' building designed to physically respond to the environment

The ecoFLEX project, designed by a team from Shepley Bulfinch, has won a prestigious 2009 Unbuilt Architecture Design Award from the Boston Society of Architects. EcoFLEX features heat-sensitive assemblies composed of a series of bi-material strips. The assembliesā€™ form modulate with the temperature to create varying levels of shading and wind shielding, flexing when heated to block sunlight and contracting when cooled to allow breezes to pass through the screen.
Aug 11, 2010

New book provides energy efficiency guidance for hotels

Recommendations on achieving 30%Ā energy savings over minimum code requirements are contained in the newly published Advanced Energy Design Guide for Highway Lodging.Ā Ā  The energy savings guidance for design of new hotels provides a first step toward achieving a net-zero-energy building.
Aug 11, 2010

Oregon office building earns highest green globes rating

Columbia Square, a 313,000 square foot office building and flagship property in the Melvin Mark Companies real estate portfolio, has been awarded 4 Globes by the Green Building Initiative (GBI) for achievements in green design and sustainable operations. The building was rated under the Green Globes environmental design and assessment tool and the 4 Globes designation is the highest possible rating.
Aug 11, 2010

National Science Foundation supports Virginia Tech engineer Deborah Young-Corbett in efforts to improve public school infrastructure

BLACKSBURG, Va., June 16, 2009 Ā­Ā­-- With more than 53 million children in the United Statesā€¦
Aug 11, 2010

AGC unveils comprehensive plan to revive the construction industry

The Associated General Contractors of America unveiled a new plan today designed to revive the nationā€™s construction industry.Ā The plan, ā€œBuild Now for the Future: A Blueprint for Economic Growth,ā€ is designed to reverse predictions that construction activity will continue to shrink through 2010, crippling broader economic growth.
Aug 11, 2010

Section Eight Design wins 2009 Open Architecture Challenge for classroom design

Victor, Idaho-based Section Eight Design beat out seven other finalists to win the 2009 Open Architecture Challenge: Classroom, spearheaded by the Open Architecture Network. Section Eight partnered with Teton Valley Community School (TVCS) in Victor to design the classroom of the future. Currently based out of a remodeled house, students at Teton Valley Community School are now one step closer to getting a real classroom.
Aug 11, 2010

PCL Construction, HITT Contracting among nation's largest commercial building contractors, according to BD+C's Giants 300 report

A ranking of the Top 50 Commercial Contractors based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings, visit http://www.BDCnetwork.com/Giants
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