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Writing the book on smarter warehouse design and construction

The Korte Company

Innovation in the ways these critical spaces are designed and built has been just as explosive as demand for new capacity of the structures themselves. So said Todd Imming, our Chief Marketing Officer, in comments published by the Engineering News-Record. Want smarter design and construction? The successful builders?

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Meet BREEAM, America’s Newest Green Building Certification

Viewpoint Construction Technology

If you work in construction, you’re most likely familiar with LEED certification, the green building standard that many building owners aim to achieve. And now BRE is partnering with HOK, an American architecture, engineering and design firm, to launch a BREEAM standard for new construction in the United States in 2019.

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Nature as the city: Why it’s time for a new framework to guide development

BD+C

For much of the past 100 years, designers and planners have worked around automobiles as the main organizing mechanism for cities. In her book The Nature Fix , writer Florence Williams outlines the ‘ nature pyramid ,’ a concept that says we need ‘differing frequency, duration and intensity of immersion’ in nature in order to be well.

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Remodel Green: Make Your House Serve Your Life

Natural Building

My new book is hot off the press! It is always exciting to have the actual book in my hand and see the real manifestation of all those days of work. I organized the chapters to focus on specific aspects of green remodeling, using examples from my experience to illustrate the points I make.

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The responsibility of adapting historic university buildings

BD+C

We relocated the Library’s existing Special Collections book storage and Reading Room out of the lower level to expand the Conference Center’s offerings, which include offices, storage, and a new catering kitchen. Environmental sustainability The benefits of preserving historic university buildings extend beyond mere nostalgia.

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The Greened House Effect

Natural Building

Published in 2013 by Chelsea Green, The Greened House Effect: Renovating Your Home with a Deep Energy Retrofit , by Jeff Wilson, is a worthy read. While they were in the disruptive process of renovation, they decided that this would also be a good time to make a needed addition to their house, providing garage and office space.

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constructionattorneyblog: Liability for green design

Construction Lawyer

He is a member various professional organizations, has been an officer and director of the Chicago Chapter AIA, President of the Chicago Chapter, Construction Specifications Institute, and writes a regular construction law column for The Construction Specifier. Liability for green design. TrackBack URL for this entry: [link].