The Meridian Group earned a viral response certification with the highest score in the country to date since the Fitwel healthy building certifications system launched in July. The real estate firm behind The Boro development in Tysons announced on Jan. 14 that it received a 99 out of 100 rating from Fitwel for the policies and …
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Breadcrumb Trail Links New Homes Homes Author of the article: Cindy Stephen • for the Calgary Herald Publishing date: Jan 22, 2021 • January 22, 2021 • 3 minute read • Join the conversation Eric Hyndman adds solar panels to his 1960s-era home, along with other energy efficient renovations. Photo by Don Molyneaux /Postmedia Reviews …
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Cincinnati punches above its weight when it comes to cities working on making their built environments more ecologically friendly and sustainable, local experts say. What’s more, big issues in Cincinnati, like historic preservation and affordable housing, aren’t the barriers to developing sustainably you might think they would be. Some of Cincinnati’s challenges and strong points …
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Redefining Smart Buildings Darlene Pope 2021-02-19 22:26:48 If you ask ten people for a definition of a “smart building,” you will likely get ten different answers. It all began back in the early 90s, when BACnet ushered in an era of open protocol building automation that made building systems more intelligent and set the stage …
For 16 years, Sara Greenwood has been working toward creating ways for buildings to be more energy efficient, water efficient, conscious of material resources, and healthy for all who enter them. St. Louis native and current Kansas City resident Sara Greenwood knew when she was in college that she was passionate about environmental studies, but …
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The COVID-19 pandemic radically disrupted work environments to the point where the office, as we knew it, may never be the same again. The daily commute to work could be a thing of the past. So might something as simple as pushing an elevator button at an office building or brushing shoulders with a colleague …
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The New American Home was built to achieve “emerald” certification of the National Green Building Standard and meet Energy Star and net-zero status. The house will incorporate LG solar panels (NeON2 V5 panels with Enphase IQ 7+ Microinverters), which are projected to meet all electric energy needs of the residence. The house has a light-colored …
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PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla., Feb. 16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Two global leaders in the healthy building movement have agreed to collaborate to strengthen and accelerate market transformation to healthy buildings. The International WELL Building Institute (IWBI), the world’s leading organization focused on deploying people first places to advance a global culture of health, and Carrier Global …
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Rimkus Consulting Group, a Houston-based forensic engineering and technical consulting firm, has acquired Loss Management Solutions (LMS), a Southlake, TX-based consulting firm specializing in commercial property insurance claims. Founded in 2011, LMS helps insurance carriers, policy holders, and contractors ensure fair and reasonable pricing in every phase of commercial property loss, including pre-loss, loss, and …
Sedgwick Claims Management Services Inc. said Tuesday it has acquired Construction Services Co. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Roseville, California-based CSC is a regional building consulting firm serving the Western United States, including California, Arizona, Oregon, Colorado, Nevada and Washington, according to its website. CSC provides loss assessment analysis including code and ordinance …
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