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…
Cintec Project Preserves Historic Chimney in Port of Baku
Cintec International is ensuring that a historic industrial chimney will be at the heart of The Twin Towers Port of Baku scheme. A demolition-threatened…
Los Angeles Mandates Seismic Retrofits to Reduce Earthquake Hazards
The Los Angeles City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 9 to approve an ordinance that requires mandatory earthquake retrofitting for wood-frame and non-ductile…
Miyamoto International Opens Permanent Office in Nepal
KATHMANDU, Nepal – Six months after arriving in Nepal, Miyamoto International has established a permanent operation here with a local engineering partner, Tech Design, announced Miyamoto CEO Dr. Kit Miyamoto. The earthquake structural engineering firm landed…
The Sun Life Building Receives LEED Silver Certification
MONTRÉAL, Oct. 8, 2014—The Sun Life Building has received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification in the "Existing Building: Operations and Maintenance" category, ranking it as a leader among recognized green buildings…
Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plans Revitalize Older Communities
TORONTO, Sept. 22, 2014—Today, Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) and its partners celebrate five years of working together on the Sustainable Neighbourhood Retrofit Action Plan (SNAP) program to create resilient communities that are beautiful, happy…
Redeveloped Denver Union Station Shows Priority for Regional Transportation
The historic Denver Union Station is getting a makeover to the tune of $900 million. The plan is to turn one of Denver’s most prominent, yet underutilized historic structures, into the anchor of the Denver region’s expanding transportation network. It…
REconomics Lab to Help Transform Green, Sustainability, and Climate Change Initiatives Into Growth Strategies
Trust in the ability of both government and corporations to create a better future is at an all-time low. What's more, our economic growth strategies, models, and financial tools were mostly designed for the old world of sprawl and virgin resource extraction.…
The GSA's First LEED Platinum Building is a Retrofit Across from the Alamo
Completed last summer, the Hipolito F. Garcia Federal Building and United States Courthouse became the first LEED Platinum building owned by the General Services Administration (GSA). The architects employed standard energy-saving techniques, sealing the building’s…
IBM's Smarter Buildings Initiative Takes Aim at Retrofits
IBM's "building whisperer," Dave Bartlett, believes many of our buildings could use a diet. Bartlett, who leads IBM's smarter building initiative, is known as the "building whisperer" because he views buildings as living organisms, an approach that can help…
