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Green-Building Technology and Innovation
Get insight into the latest green technologies and innovations that are making buildings more sustainable. Earn valuable continuing education credits and learn more about green-building performance, energy modeling, BIM, LEED, green-building materials, and more.
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The Little Engines That Can The predominant method of generating electricity in the United States—by burning fossil fuels at central power plants—is extraordinarily inefficient. Illustration by Ryan Boyl |
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Off the Map Geographic information systems put data in the hands of designers, relief agencies, and policy-makers, helping them plot recovery efforts, anticipate the effects of climate change, and create more livable urban environments. Illustration by Paul Farrington |
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Core Values Once considered supporting players, structural engineers reinforce their role on the green design team. Illustration: Thom Sevalrud |
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Retrofitting Suburbia America takes back the bleak suburbs of yesterday and repurposes them into
vibrant, interconnected, mixed-use communities. Illustration by Paul Wearing |
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The Living Lab The new generation of living laboratories fosters research and product
development while providing educational tools for green building. Illustration by Adriean Koleric |
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Code Green Cities, states, and national organizations are working to establish minimum, enforceable sustainable construction requirements to complement-not replace-highly popular above-code incentive programs.
Illustration by Mark Allen Miller |
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Best
Green Projects: Case Studies in Sustainable Design Success
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Spreadsheet Sustainability We explore the methodology and limitations of multi-platform information modeling software.
Photo courtesy Transbay Joint Powers Authority |
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The Comfort Zone We explore the various factors that play into the “unconventional” theory of adaptive thermal comfort and how to best implement strategies while reducing fossil fuel consumption.
Illustration by Headcase |
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Solar Revival With falling costs, improved efficiency, and fresh designs, the old stalwart photovoltaics are again poised to ascend.
Photo © Rolf Disch Solar Architektur |
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The Rise of Retrofit Chicago shows what's next and what's needed to meet the city's ambitious performance goals.
Illustration by Viktor Koen and Jonathan Michael Johnson |
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Targeting Net-Zero Several projects demonstrate vastly different strategies to achieving net-zero energy.
Illustration by Simon Page |
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Some Like It Radiant
Illustration by Peter Grundy |
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Asphalt Garden
Photograph by Darren Braun |
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Chill Factor
Photo © Gunther Intelmann Photography |
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Lumber by the Numbers Illustration: Bryan Christie Design |
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Is Brown the New Green? Photo © Bruce Martin |
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From the Ground Up Photo © Tudor Van Hampton |
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Yes, In My Backyard Photo courtesy Jason Hawkes |
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Building Information Modeling Illustration by Bryan Christie Design |
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Courting Nature in Design Photo © Barry Halkin |
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Prefabrication’s Green Promise Photo courtesy PowerHouse Enterprises |
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LEED for Existing Buildings Photo © Timothy Hursley |
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Verdant Surfaces Photo © Roland Halbe |
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Toward Wiser Water Strategies Photo courtesy Jeff Goldberg/Esto, Pelli Clarke Pelli |
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Energy Modeling For Sustainability
Photo © Rumsey Engineers |
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The Case For Commissioning
Photo © Roland Halbe |
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Building Even Better Concrete
Photo © Portland Cement Association |
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| 07/2009 | Yes,
In My Backyard [links to: continuingeducation.construction.com]
Renewable district energy offers a homegrown opportunity to avoid inefficient energy grids with local ingenuity. |
| 01/2009 | Prefabrication's
Green Promise [links to: continuingeducation.construction.com]
Mass Production Offers Unique Opportunities For Customized Green Construction. |
| 11/2008 | LEED
for Existing Buildings
[links to:
continuingeducation.construction.com] September’s technology section looks at several types of green roofs and walls, examining the challenges and benefits of “greening” dense urban locations. |
| 09/2008 | Verdant Surfaces
[links to:
continuingeducation.construction.com] As the benefits of green walls and roofs become common Knowledge, interest grows as rapidly as the vegetation. |
| 07/2008 | Toward Wiser Water Strategies
[links to:
continuingeducation.construction.com] To lessen the burden on increasingly constrained fresh-water supplies, designers and building owners turn to alternative sources. |
| 04/2008 | Energy Modeling For Sustainability
[links to:
continuingeducation.construction.com] Evolving software for modeling energy dynamics makes it easier for architects and engineers to design green buildings. |
| 01/2008 | The
Case For Commissioning
[links to:
continuingeducation.construction.com] Long considered a requirement of high-performance building, two recent projects present new angles on commissioning. |
| 01/22/2008 | Alternative
Energy Sources:
EnergyBoost: Renewable Energy Projects Proliferate Across the Northwest [links to: greensmart.construction.com] |
| 01/22/2008 | Counting
Carbon:
Online Construction Carbon Calculator for Sustainable Development. [links to: greensmart.construction.com] |
| 01/2008 | Building
Even Better Concrete
Manufacturers, scientists, and designers strive to reduce a vital material's environmental footprint while exploiting its many beneficial qualities. |
| 10/07 | Design
for a Carbon-Free Life: The Pursuit of “Net” Zero Energy
Growing Number of Projects Focus Attention On An Elusive Goal. |
| 07/07 | Go With
the Flow
Interest in mixed-mode buildings, which combine passive ventilation and natural cooling strategies with mechanical ones, heats up some U.S. markets. |
| 06/08/07 | Getting
Aggressive About Passive Design Architects cannot approach the final frontier in low-energy, zero-carbon design without addressing that old energy hog—and beloved American friend—air-conditioning. [links to: architecturalrecord.com] |
| 06/08/07 | Simple and bright, heliostats tap sunlight for lighting outdoor and, increasingly, indoor spaces [links to: architecturalrecord.com] |
| 06/08/07 | Concrete goes green
New mix designs make ready-mix good environmental steward [links to: southcentral.construction.com] |
| 06/08/07 | Building
Green
Environmental Management Systems for Contractors and CM's [links to: southwest.construction.com] |
| 04/04/07 | Designing
Buildings for Easy Cleaning While the green building community has begun to take notice of green cleaning products and strategies, fewer people are aware that environmentally responsible maintenance begins well before the building owner selects a line of cleaning products. |
| 04/04/07 | Tintable Glazing
Saves Energy On Demand As long as humans have been building windows, we’ve been tinkering with ways to let in daylight and provide views to the outdoors while controlling glare and the movement of heat. |
| 04/07 | Solar Memory
As history shows, harvested daylight is a rich resource on even the most constrained sites |
| 04/07 | Missouri
Cement Plant
16 Days and Whataya Get? First 2 Silos in Green Project [links to: midwest.construction.com] |
| 03/07 | Unique
fuel source
Alabama brick facility taps into landfill [links to: southcentral.construction.com] |
| 03/07 | The
Future of Fuels
Change in Energy Policy is Driving Development of New Plants in the Southeast [links to: southeast.construction.com] |
| 03/12/07 |
The Zero Effect The future of sustainable design increasingly means eliminating carbon dioxide emissions, the most prevalent greenhouse gas. But what does that do to architecture? [links to: architecturalrecord.com] |
| 02/12/07 | Climate Shifts Have Engineers Rethinking the Baseline of Planning [links to: enr.com] |
| 02/07/07 | Window Makers Roll Out Cardinal's New LoE3 Glass |
| 02/07 | Private Sector Invests in Wind Energy; PUC to Construct Line [links to: texas.construction.com] |
| 01/03/07 | Design Choices Protect Birds from Building Collisions |
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