Photo by Getty Images Shanghai, known for its air pollution, is one of 58 members of the C40 Cities mayors' group devoted to reducing greenhouse-gas emissions from buildings. Related Links: New Climate Cycle Marked by Storms, Floods & Drought C40 Cities ULI Greenprint Center Globally, buildings are responsible for 8% of greenhouse-gas emissions. In New York City alone, buildings account for 75% of GGEs. In response, mayors and other concerned groups are focusing on making buildings and cities better citizens in regard to climate mitigation. Existing buildings are a big target.On the global stage, C40 Cities—a collective of 58 large
Trailblazers seeking a faster, safer and less costly way to build concrete shear walls in seismic-zone high-rises have pioneered the use of steel fibers as link-beam reinforcing-steel "decongestants."
Courtesy of GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD 17 + EcoDesigner STAR will enable architects to produce energy-code-compliance reports, says GRAPHISOFT. Related Links: GRAPHISOFT Autodesk More than 300 ArchiCAD 16 users have signed on to test GRAPHISOFT’s expanded building energy modeling tool, called EcoDesigner STAR Public Beta.The BEM tool will be released commercially by the end of June as an add-on product to the upcoming ArchiCAD 17 building information modeling software. The direct BIM-to-BEM product will enable architects to perform energy-use simulations and to quickly produce energy-standard compliance reports, says GRAPHISOFT.“Our green strategy is to get the energy analysis and green design of buildings
Photo by Timothy Hursley Related Links: Best of the Best Projects 2012 Winners Entries for ENR's First Global Best Projects Competition Are Due Feb. 28 Complex Museum Captures the Beauty of Arkansas Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, a 200,000-sq-ft museum and cultural center, features complex geometric forms inspired by the local Arkansas landscape as well as the suspension bridges of Bhutan.The museum was built using bridge engineering to create hanging structures, suspending the museum above a creek bed. Two suspended cable-and-wood buildings were secured using specially designed rock anchors to stabilize the large abutments on both roofs. Engineers used
ASHRAE and the United Nations Environment Programme have renewed their joint global effort to help reduce the amount of pollutants released into the atmosphere by buildings. One big goal of the so-called third biennial work plan is the sustainable phase-out of ozone- depleting substances in refrigerant and air conditioning systems, says the Atlanta-based ASHRAE, formerly known as the American Society of Heating, Ventilating and Air-Conditioning Engineers.Another aim of the joint effort, created under a global cooperation agreement signed in 2007, is to create an international advisory team to assist developing countries in their efforts to institute and/or update relevant codes
Seismic engineering innovators often hit resistance to change, but Steven Tipping knows this. For years, he has been seeking ways to build better mousetraps—in earthquake zones.
Anyone who questions the value of art should take a look at the Charles Pankow Foundation. Under the stewardship of Richard M. Kunnath, the nation's only privately funded group devoted to building innovation has sponsored $8 million worth of applied research since 2006.
The Three Musketeers of data-center transformation—Skanska's Jakob Carnemark and Inertech's Earl Keisling and Gerald McDonnell—put their reputations on the line when selling telecommunications company TELUS the first installation of Skanska's smart, ultra-green modular data center.
SHoP Construction Services Barclays Center Facade Construction Video Barclays Center Arena Time-Lapse Video SHoP Architects' Jonathan L. Mallie is described as one of a crop of new-age design professionals facilitating a transition to technology
