Energy Efficiency
Video: Roger Chang discusses government buildings
DLR Group’s Roger Chang talks about a host of topics as they relate to government buildings
Net Zero Carbon: Our approach to reversing carbon in the built environment
Three main focal points that support sustainability and net zero design: People, Mindset, and Process.
Takeaways from 2021 Net Zero Building Conference & Expo
Strategies that will strengthen the approach towards all-electric buildings and to “design for abundance.”
COVID, sustainability, energy efficiency drive college building design
Colleges and universities have been sustainability trendsetters over the past several years. COVID-19 has required designers to think differently about building sustainably
Achieving resiliency through integrated design
Every additional tenth of a degree makes extreme weather, sea level rise, and climate impacts on nature and people worse. Resilient design is becoming an imperative
Changes in energy efficiency of manufacturing, industrial building market
Several changes regarding sustainable, energy-efficient design of manufacturing and industrial buildings are covered here by the experts
Four standards that guide environmental conservation in the built environment
To combat greenhouse gas emissions and design healthy and productive spaces, engineers and designers should strive to apply not only LEED standards to their projects, but also RESET, Living Building Challenge, Passive House and WELL Building standards.
How cool are cool roofs?
This article will explore one aspect of high-performance buildings — cool roofs
Top 5 Consulting-Specifying Engineer articles: September 17-23, 2021
Read the best articles from the past week. Specifying systems, chilled water plant and optimization, NFPA 99 Chapter 6 changes and indoor air quality.
Regenerative design: The evolution of sustainability
Understand how sustainable design is changing.
