Digging Deeper | Water/Environment Improving Water Quality For Park City Streams Brian Fryer February 12, 2024 No Comments Three Kings water treatment plant is the crowning feature in a $135-million capital improvement program for Park City. Read More
ENR 2023 Top 25 Newsmakers Don Davies: Hubbard’s Corner Living Laboratory to Test Bleeding-edge Green Materials Is a Daring Launch Pad for a Global Movement to Cut Concrete’s Carbon Footprint Nadine M. Post January 25, 2024 No Comments Veteran structural engineer Don Davies often confesses that by his own calculations, his annual personal carbon footprint is a whopping 10 times the world average and 3½ times the U.S. average.Read More
Federal Buildings GSA Awards Contract to Convert Largest D.C. Building to Electric Power Move is expected to cut 3.1-million-sq-ft federal Reagan Building energy use by about 50% and trim GHG emissions by more than 50% Tom Ichniowski December 1, 2023 No Comments Johnson Controls wins contract to electrify 3.1-million-sq-ft federal Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center in nation's capitalRead More
Federal Buildings GSA Pours $2B Into Upgrades That Use Low-Carbon Materials Tom Ichniowski November 7, 2023 No Comments The program follows a smaller pilot effort initiated by GSA in May.Read More
Sustainability Seattle's Living Laboratory Tests Novel Low-Carbon Building Materials Nadine M. Post September 13, 2023 No Comments Veteran structural engineer Don Davies has donned an owner-developer's hat to demonstrate how to drastically reduce embodied carbon in buildings.Read More
Detroit Corporate Campus Aims To Be One of Michigan's Most Sustainable Buildings Bruce Buckley September 12, 2023 No Comments Design and construction team places a premium on preserving an ecosystem and creating connections between people and the environment Read More
Sustainability Boston Adopts Tough Energy Efficiency Regulations City ordinance designed to encourage developers to install all-electric systems Scott Van Voorhis April 19, 2023 No Comments Developers and union officials argue the rules could discourage development in the city. Read More
ENR 2022 Top 25 Newsmakers Wil V. Srubar III: Passionate About Creating "Living" Building Materials, Beginning With Greener Masonry Block Nadine M. Post January 26, 2023 No Comments Wil V. Srubar III is the common denominator for cotton, cattle, the Houston Astros, the Dept. of Defense, micro algae and Prometheus Materials.Read More
Sustainability Green Building Council Ranks Top 10 States By LEED Certification James Leggate January 18, 2023 No Comments The U.S. Green Building Council ranked states based on LEED-certified gross square footage per capita in 2022. Read More
Federal Buildings GSA Allocates $300M to First Batch of Climate Act Projects Tom Ichniowski December 22, 2022 No Comments Largest allocation is $100M for the upgrade and expansion of a border station in Arizona.Read More