Third in a series based on the IMEG executive guide, “Mass Timber 101: A Guide to the Hottest Sustainable Building Material.” Read this blog by Heather Heidenreich.
Environmental advantages are the leading benefits of mass timber construction
Category: Sustainability
Supreme Court ruling on EPA is no excuse to sit on the sidelines
Director of Sustainability remains hopeful of a carbon-free future in light of the Supreme Court’s ruling on the Environmental Protection Agency’s ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions.
IMEG’s SE 2050 Commitment, one year later (Podcast included)
Joining the SE 2050 Program brings firms together to make real change in the AEC industry.
A whole building analysis looks at a building’s entire lifespan, from construction to occupation (Podcast included)
A related podcast discussing life cycle analysis can be found at the end of this post. By Laura Hagan Though in recent years the AEC industry has focused on decreasing carbon emissions in building operations through energy-efficient systems, frequent monitoring of energy use, and increased awareness, the built environment still contributes nearly 40 percent of
Mass Timber 101: Code changes offer building owners much more flexibility
Second in a series based on the IMEG executive guide, “Mass Timber 101: A Guide to the Hottest Sustainable Building Material.” By Heather Heidenreich Cross-laminated timber (CLT) has become a popular building material across the U.S. due to its unique aesthetic, sustainable qualities, and potential cost savings. In response, the International Code Council (ICC) created
Improving provider satisfaction through the built environment (Podcast included)
Learn how the built environment can help healthcare organizations improve provider satisfaction, one of the four goals of the Quadruple Aim.
Frederick Law Olmsted’s legacy lives on in today’s parks and landscape architecture
April 26, 2022, marks the 200th anniversary of the birthday of Frederick Law Olmsted, the founder of American landscape architecture. Landscape architects across the U.S., myself included, are celebrating this bicentennial.
Achieving a net-zero K-12 facility is a team effort
The new Prairie Trails Early Learning Center is the school district’s first net-zero facility – a result of highly sustainable features and team collaboration.
Enhancing the patient experience through the built environment (Podcast included)
Fourth in a series based on the IMEG executive guide, “Enhancing the Quadruple Aim through Data-driven Decisions in the Built Environment.”
Water treatment is complex. Here’s what consulting engineers need to know.
By Jeff Boldt In my latest Engineer’s Notebook column for the ASHRAE Journal, I joined co-author Joshua Ince of DuBois Chemicals in examining the most important items for the HVAC designer to know in order to improve their master specifications for water treatment. In HVAC systems the most common goals of water treatment are to
