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Trimble Breaks Ground On 1.7-Megawatt Solar Array at Westminster, Colorado Headquarters

Civil + Structural Engineer

The new solar panels are projected to offset more than 100 percent of the energy consumed by Trimble’s two-building campus in the Westmoor Technology Park, which represents approximately 6-7 percent of the company’s total global electricity demand (based on 2021).

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The next steps for a sustainable, decarbonized future

BD+C

Efficient projects don’t have to be dramatically more expensive; the payback on many projects for energy-efficient systems and renewable energy is often years, not decades. The AIA 2030 Commitment target is now an 80% average pEUI reduction from set baselines, an important step toward the ultimate goal of carbon neutrality.

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8 ways to cool a factory

BDC Network

Sergio Sádaba, Principal Industrial Facilities Designers Lists HVAC Mechanical Systems For most industrial factories, it’s process over people. In many North American factories, even those that make electric vehicles, this has translated into potentially sweltering, uncomfortable places. million skilled jobs by 2030.

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Read About the Latest News on Construction Cost Stabilize, Submarine Construction Facility in Mobile, and US Army Engineers

Construction Daily News

Meanwhile, according to a regulatory filing on Friday, an Alabama shipyard was awarded a $450 million contract by submarine producer General Dynamics Electric Boat to grow its submarine building business. According to the data, brick, structural clay tile, construction machinery, and switchgear costs did not change from the previous month.

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Leers Weinzapfel Associates: UMass Amherst HUB Underway

CCR Magazine

A wildflower-lined bioretention system, designed with a series of weirs and spillways, daylights stormwater run-off, minimizing underground pipes and cisterns. Mass timber structure and a grand wood stair will highlight the warm and inviting Commons space intended for student touchdown and study spaces along with school-wide gathering events. 

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Measuring a building’s embodied carbon

Construction Specifier

From an environmental point of view, it is widely known buildings matter, as they consume nearly half the energy produced in the United States, use three-quarters of the electricity, and account for nearly half of all carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions.

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Renewable Energy: The Power Of Change

Business Facilities

A ccording to the International Energy Agency (IEA), based on current policy settings and economic trends, electricity generation from renewables, including hydropower, wind and solar PV, is on track to grow by 8 percent in 2021 and by more than 6 percent in 2022. as measured by retail electricity produced and sold, serving more than 5.6