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2023 Yearbook of Engineering Achievement: Environmental/Sustainability

Civil + Structural Engineer

This project would go on to be one of the largest renewable energy projects in the state to date, encompassing an area of 241.5 +/- acres and presenting a variety of environmental and civil challenges.

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Air curtains effectiveness: Preventing wildfire smoke ingress at doorways

Construction Specifier

They are economical, easy-to-install, carry short paybacks in energy savings, and provide an effective means of preventing wildfire smoke ingress through building doorways. Figure 2b: Studies prove air curtains installed above doorways are more energy efficient than vestibules. Air curtains may be a piece of the solution.

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The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings: Why It Matters

Stok

In a white paper on The Financial Case for High Performance Buildings, set to be publicly available in September 2018, stok argues that the seemingly intangible occupant impacts of the built environment are quantifiable from a bottom line perspective. The Hidden High Performance Building Value Driver: People. MACRO-ECONOMIC SHIFT.

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Fall Conference Circuit: 12 Top Takeaways

Stok

2: Net Zero Electricity does not equal Net Zero Energy. The Renewable Thermal Collaborative highlighted an important, often overlooked segment of Net Zero Energy: thermal energy. CoreNet Global Summit 2018 | Boston, MA. #4: Member organizations include General Motors, L’Oréal USA, and Procter & Gamble.

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20 construction industry trends to watch in 2020

Building Radar

BIM: Solving problems proactively and reducing costs 7. Take-off: during planning, controlling and commercialization – with drones 10. The critical side of the boom: rising construction costs 17. CRM software is designed to increase sales and retain customers, while ERP systems are designed to reduce costs.

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Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits

The Pro Builder

Prefab, Modular Homebuilder Touts Energy and Cost Benefits qpurcell Wed, 10/04/2023 - 09:00 Dvele —a California-based manufacturer of prefab, modular homes—got started by bringing two building concepts together: high performance and factory construction. In 2018, Brandon Weiss, a third-generation U.S.

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Resilient Flooring: The sustainable specification

Construction Specifier

It is all a matter of balance for arriving at the best specification through a series of questions, covering criteria from performance characteristics to health and wellness goals to aesthetics, cleaning and disinfection, maintenance, and cost, among others.