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.
A team representing 16 nations came together to build Habitas AlUla, a 96-suite resort hotel nestled within a canyon and surrounded by mountains in the ancient city of AlUla, Saudi Arabia.
The U.S. Energy Dept. proposed a rule that would impact new and renovated federal buildings, while a first-time federal building performance standard would be applied to existing buildings.
More than 10 years in the making, Bay View represents the first time Google developed one of its own major campuses, with the goal to rethink how building systems integrate with nature to provide healthy, sustainable places for people to work.
The measure—which will fund efforts including climate change mitigation, flood risk reduction, infrastructure resilience and drinking-water protection—also includes a prevailing wage requirement.