by Megan Veringa | Jan 19, 2017 | Industry News
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and NASA on Jan. 18 both announced that the Earth reached its highest temperature on record in 2016. It marked the third consecutive year the warmest global temperature was achieved. In 2016, the average...
by Megan Veringa | Aug 25, 2016 | Industry News
Over the objections of the wood products industry, the Sandy Springs City Council has approved a building code change to prohibit wood-framed construction for future buildings taller than three stories and larger than 100,000 square feet. The city noted it had asked...
by Megan Veringa | Jul 6, 2016 | Industry News
Modern architecture began in the early 20th century and was in direct opposition to the ornately carved and heavily embellished classical buildings of the past. Modern architecture embraced and celebrated new building technologies, materials and construction methods...
by Megan Veringa | Jun 2, 2016 | HVAC, Industry News
Your dryer is probably the least efficient appliance in your house. A typical clothes dryer works the same way dryers have worked for decades—blowing hot air in an energy-sucking process that costs Americans $9 billion a year. A new prototype uses sound waves instead,...
by Paul Kenney | Mar 3, 2016 | Industry News
It’s estimated that 10 percent of all the energy used in buildings in the U.S. can be attributed to window performance, costing building owners about $50 billion annually, yet the high cost of replacing windows or retrofitting them with an energy efficient coating is...
by Paul Kenney | Feb 29, 2016 | Industry News
Learn how the Bullitt Center is pushing the bounds of sustainable design—and how tenant buy-in is contributing to lower than expected energy use.
