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Grand Plans for Sustainability Features in Technology Campuses
Throughout history great companies have erected grand buildings that reflected their stature in the business world. Although still in the planning stages, technology firms such as Apple, Facebook, Google, and Samsung have released plans for huge campuses ... 		Mar 19, 2013
11:35:00 AM
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Taking Energy Efficiency to New Levels
The Exploratorium, a well-known science center in San Francisco, is giving new meaning to taking advantage of its surroundings. On April 17, a new center will open in the city’s Embarcadero area, a design and renovation process that took close to a ... 		Feb 28, 2013
11:38:00 AM
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Energy Usage and Sustainability Projects
A recent survey says that energy use reduction is the most-often sued characteristic of sustainability projects. According to a survey of European architects, the main characteristic of a sustainable project is energy use reduction. The survey was ... 		Dec 13, 2012
1:52:00 PM
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New Frontier for Sustainability Ratings: Infrastructure Projects
The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), and the American Public Works Association (APWA) have joined forces to form a new Institute for Sustainable Infrastructure (ISI). ISI is intended to be a ... 		May 17, 2011
10:00:00 AM
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New Resource Guide from AIA
In 2007, the AIA published standard owner-architect agreements that required the architect to communicate with the project owner on sustainable design alternatives. While this raised the requirements placed on architects and, mostly likely, the ... 		Apr 20, 2011
8:45:00 AM
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LEED Certification
The increasing emphasis on sustainability and high-performance buildings presents both opportunities and risks for design professionals. The most important factor in preventing claims based on the underperformance of a sustainable design is that all ... 		Apr 14, 2011
2:25:00 PM
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New LEED Rating System under Development
The next version of the LEED Rating System is under development, with the first Public Comment Period having closed on January 19.According to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), over 5000 comments were received from LEED stakeholders. Revisions to ... 		Jan 27, 2011
11:37:00 AM
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Staying warm this winter
Engineers in Sweden have found a way to channel the body heat from commuters passing through Stockholm’s Central Station to heat another building located across the street. The technology is not new (using heat exchangers to convert the excess body ... 		Jan 13, 2011
10:08:00 AM
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Sustainability in the Desert
The City of Las Vegas has a sustainability officer. That might seem like hiring a nutritionist for a candy store or a stand-up comedian for a funeral home, but the city of excess and artificiality appears serious about reducing its energy and water use. ... 		Aug 18, 2010
10:06:00 AM
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HP's Cow-Powered Data Centers
Hewlett Packard has recently published a research paper on the feasibility of “cow-powered&r... 		Aug 6, 2010
11:11:00 AM
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Banks and Energy Retrofits
In an interesting development, the philanthropic arm of Deutsche Bank is financing the creation of a public database of retrofitted buildings in New York, which will in turnhelp create a companion report to determine the energy savings from these ... 		Jun 9, 2010
11:00:00 AM
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An Interview with a Lead Drafter of the Green Building Addendum
Steven M. Charney, a co-managing partner of the law firm Peckar & Abramson, P.C., is one of the principal drafters of the ConsensusDOCS Green Building Addendum,published in November 2009. He was generous enough to give us his comments on the risks ... 		May 27, 2010
11:41:00 AM
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AGC Releases “Building a Green Future”
Most organizations and associations have now recognized that implementing sustainable practices leads to measurable improvements to the environment. Implementing new practices, however, costs money. The Association of General Contractors (AGC) recently ... 		May 14, 2010
8:52:00 AM
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Boosting Local Energy Efficiency Projects
The White House’s Retrofit Ramp-Up program was announced yesterday, and it will pump $452 million into local communities to help make retrofits readily available to homeowners and businesses. 25 different communities around the country will receive ... 		Apr 26, 2010
10:55:00 AM
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First LEED and Now SEED
Evaluation tools for the built environment address many aspects of design and construction. From the LEED evaluation of sustainability to the defense assessment being developed by the Building Security Council of the American Society of Civil Engineers, ... 		Apr 15, 2010
9:26:00 AM
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The Best of the Best
Each year different regions throughout the United States are awarded “Best of” awards through McGraw-Hill Construction. In 2009, 40 projects were awarded in the Mid-Atlantic region for being the very best in one of the nation’s top ... 		Mar 30, 2010
9:59:00 AM
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Debating Sustainability at the World Economic Forum
It is fairly clear that incorporating sustainability concepts is increasingly part of the normal standard of care expected of design professionals. Whether it’s through the use of third-party certification programs like LEED™, or designing to ... 		Mar 11, 2010
10:46:00 AM
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National Mall Plan Option Incorporates LEED
Those of you that have visited the National Mall in Washington, DC in recent years have probably noticed it needs some work. Five plans are currently under consideration by the National Park Service (NPS) to upgrade the Mall. NPS is soliciting public ... 		Feb 22, 2010
9:52:00 AM
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Sustainability Expectations Changing
Arch-Vision BV is a Netherlands-based architectural research firm. Recently it surveyed architects in six European countries—Germ... 		Feb 12, 2010
3:55:00 PM