It took serious coordination and a bit of quick thinking to turn a 95-year-old landmark Toronto hotel into a sustainability showcase while it was fully occupied, but the team on the Fairmont Royal York made it happen.
Originally built in 1967, the Ken Soble Tower, an 18-story, 80,000-sq-ft-affordable housing facility for seniors in Hamilton, Ontario, provides a notable example of how aging buildings can be retrofitted to meet modern decarbonization goals.
This 4-sq-mile trade hub in Doha, Qatar for local and international business was built to meet strict sustainability guidelines geared for the Middle East climate but faced a multi-year blockade by nearby countries on material imports.
Recreating the benefits of a natural shoreline is more complicated than it seems, but the Iowa Court and South Green Living Shoreline Project in Little Egg Harbor and Tuckerton, N.J., used innovative techniques to install new features to restore damage from Hurricane Sandy and protect from future storms.
In this innovative project, students from the University of Denver and the University of California, Berkeley competed in the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s worldwide competition to design and build a net-zero energy house.
Zurich North America's new $400 million headquarters in Schaumburg, Ill., sets new standards for both employee wellness and environmental sustainability.
Constructed with sustainable and local materials, the new global headquarters in Brooklyn of e-commece vendor Etsy was built with work-life balance in mind.
The new South Wing of the St. Vrain Community Hub offers a wide range of services, including health coverage, food assistance, immunizations, job training, employment assistance and more.