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Sustainability
Courtesy SOM, Lucas Blair Simpson
October 25, 2018 | Meredith Bostwick-Lorenzo Eiroa, Project Manager, SOM
New York City’s newest university campus, Cornell Tech, pushes the limits of sustainable and resi...
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October 17, 2018 | USGBC
Can healthier, more sustainable buildings give employers a hiring edge to attract best in class t...
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The 178-acre Hazelwood Green redevelopment project in Pittsburgh is being positioned as a global model for sustainable development practices. Image: Depiction LLC 2018
October 03, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Hazelwood Green, which has been in the works for 14 years, could take another 20 to build out....
Drawing from more than 60 research reports, stok, the global real estate service provider, has calculated how occupancy in high-performance buildings improves the tenant's profitability over a decade. Image: stok
October 02, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
A stok-generated report calculates dollar gains from improvements in employee productivity, reten...
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September 18, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The company is teaming with SCS Global Services and World Wildlife Fund to develop the Greener St...
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Images courtesy Brunel University London
September 13, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project is being developed at Brunel University London.
The Morningstar solar house is one of the features at Penn State's Sustainability Experience Center, where the university is contemplating a permanent structure for classrooms, research labs, and offices that would be built to Living Building Challenge standards. Image: Patrick Mansell
September 10, 2018 | John Caufield, Senior Editor
The university, encompassing 13 colleges and 24 campuses, adheres to protocols established by the...
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SEG’s 12-person team works out of a historic commercial building that has achieved net zero energy using strategies that include waste heat recovery, natural ventilation, a photovoltaic roof system, and real-time energy-use monitoring. Image: HGA
July 09, 2018 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Sustainable Engineering Group will bolster its new owner’s design and planning abilities.
The Orchards at ORENCO (Phase I), by REACH Community Development, Ankrom Moisan Architects, William Wilson, Stonewood Structural Engineers, Humber Design Group, RDH, Green Hammer, PAE Consulting Engineers, American Heating, Merit Electric, PMC, Walker Macy, and Walsh Construction. Photo: Casey Braunger / Ankrom Moisan Architects
June 27, 2018 | Robert Cassidy, Executive Editor
If you haven’t looked seriously at “passive house” design and construction, you should.
In her talk at Accelerate Live! 2018, micro-buildings design expert Aeron Hodges, AIA, Senior Designer/Manager Stantec Architecture, explored the key drivers of the micro-buildings movement, and how the trend is spreading into a wide variety of building typologies. Photo: BD+C
June 24, 2018 | BD+C Staff
BD+C’s second annual Accelerate Live! AEC innovation conference (May 10, 2018, Chicago)...
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Developed by Mark Goodman & Associates, 310 N. Sangamon will be the largest Passive House office building in the U.S. The building will be located around the corner from Google’s new Midwest headquarters in Chicago’s West Loop.
June 13, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
Solomon Cordwell Buenz is designing the building.
June 11, 2018 |
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference (May 10, 2018, Chicago), HMC’s Eric Car... read more
May 30, 2018 |
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference (May 10, 2018, Chicago), architect and... read more
April 13, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The multi-tenant commercial office building is currently under construction.
April 11, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project joins 16 other Living Buildings certified to date.
Photo courtesy of University of Hawaii
March 20, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The project is part of a partnership with Johnson Controls and Pacific Current that will also all...
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March 08, 2018 | BD+C Staff
Memphis-based engineering firm OGCB and contractor Grinder Tabor Grinder led the removal of 54 mi...
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Courtesy of Pierattelli Architetture
February 19, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The wings have a surface area of over 1,100 sm.
Courtesy of Snøhetta
February 12, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The hotel will provide 360-degree views of the Svartisen glacier and the surrounding arctic natur...
Courtesy Michael Green Architecture/Lotus Equity Group
February 05, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor + John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Michael Green Architecture is designing the building.
Mercedes-Benz Stadium, a 1.9 million square foot professional sports stadium in Atlanta, achieved LEED Platinum.
January 31, 2018 | USGBC
Massachusetts tops the list for the second year; New York, Hawaii and Illinois showcase leadershi...
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Photo courtesy of NBBJ
January 30, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The Spheres provide the most unique aspect of Amazon’s downtown Seattle headquarters.
Rendering courtesy C.F. Møller
January 17, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The C.F. Møller-designed project is slated for completion in 2021.
Rendering courtesy of Perkins+Will
January 11, 2018 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The 600,000-sf museum will be about 62 miles northwest of Shanghai.
January 10, 2018 | Rand Ekman, AIA, LEED Fellow, HKS Associate Principal, Chief Sustainability Officer
Shannon Kraus, FAIA, FACHA, LEED AP, HKS Principal, Washington, D.C. Office Director
Corporate interests large and small are already focused on what the impact of climate change mean...
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Sponsored | November 02, 2017 | Mitsubishi Electric
Galileo’s Pavilion is a 3,000-square-foot academic building.
Clippership Wharf, a 478-unit mixed-use redevelopment in Boston whose construction began this year, will elevate the first floors of its buildings 24 feet above the Boston city baseline. A 1,400-foot-long public Harbor Walk will be 14 to 16 feet above sea level. Courtesy Lendlease Development.
October 18, 2017 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Hurricanes Harvey and Irma expose the necessity—and limitations—of resilient design and construct...
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Photo: Arni Saeberg
October 16, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The geothermal power plant in Hellisheidi, Iceland was outfitted with a Climeworks DAC module....
Rendering courtesy of Studio Ma
October 09, 2017 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The science and research complex will include an atrium biome filled with plants and water.
September 12, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
All city government buildings are powered by renewables.