5 more ProConnect events scheduled for 2024, including all-new 'AEC Giants'

SGC Horizon present 7 ProConnect events in 2024.

Enter today! BD+C's 75 Top Building Products for 2024

BD+C editors are now accepting submissions for the annual 75 Top Building Products awards. The winners will be featured in the November/December 2024 issue of Building Design+Construction.

Hotel vs. office: Different challenges in commercial to residential conversions

In the midst of a national housing shortage, developers are examining the viability of commercial to residential conversions as a solution to both problems.

Illuminating your path to energy efficiency

Design Collaborative's Kelsey Rowe, PE, CLD, shares some tools, resources, and next steps to guide you through the process of lighting design.

Lighting | Feb 29, 2016

DOE unveils proposal for new light bulb efficiency standards

Only LEDs meet this efficiency level today.

Lighting | Sep 11, 2015

Lighting and climate zone changes proposed for ASHRAE/IES energy standard

Twenty-three items open for public review through Oct. 4

Green | Jul 7, 2015

Philips sheds new light on growing fresh food indoors

A research center in The Netherlands is testing the latest techniques in urban farming.

Lighting | Jun 17, 2015

LED lighting: Replaceable or disposable?

While first generation LED lighting fixtures were basically your standard incandescent or fluorescent housing retrofitted with LED light boards, manufacturers have now begun designing fixtures around the LEDs, writes SmithGroupJJR's Michael Nowicki.

High-rise Construction | Apr 6, 2015

Melbourne tower will light up depending on weather

The tower will be illuminated by 164-foot-tall beams of LED light based on weather updates from the Bureau of Meteorology.

Photos by Daniel Bche via The Creators Project

Oct 16, 2014

Germany to commemorate Berlin Wall anniversary with 10-mile LED 'balloon' installation

The project, named Lichtgrenze (or Border of Light), makes for a colossal art installation dividing Berlin back to East and West. Eight thousand LED light-filled balloons, each 11 feet high, will line the path.

Whole Foods is among the grocery companies recently using Green Globes certifica

Jul 25, 2014

Grocery stores choosing Green Globes for building sustainability certification

The Green Building Initiative (GBI) has announced a wave of Green Globes certifications for new grocery stores, including New Seasons Markets, Whole Foods, Price Chopper, Aldi’s, Harris Teeter, Wegmans, and Publix.

David Cyr will helm Lilker's new Lighting Group.

Jun 23, 2014

Lilker Associates launches Lighting Group; David Cyr announced as Director

New division rounds out building systems services offerings for the Manhattan-based consulting firm.

Set to open next month, the $75 million, 215,000-sf Kamloops Internet Data Centr

May 22, 2014

Facebook, Telus push the limits of energy efficiency with new data centers

Building Teams are employing a range of creative solutions—from evaporative cooling to novel hot/cold-aisle configurations to heat recovery schemes—in an effort to slash energy and water demand.