Two primary needs were to upgrade the fireproofing for the storage of Ecolab’s flammable items, and warehouse flooring to accommodate their double rack (shelving) systems. These critical requirements needed to be installed in a tight-time frame, all while meeting LEED specifications.
For the first time ever, New York ranked number one, based on LEED-certified gross square footage per capita over the past year, leading the country in green building.
The renovation and retrofit of the Science IV building on the campus of Binghamton University demonstrates how the skillful design, fabrication and application of ALUCOBOND® PLUS can transform an outdated, boring façade.
The U.S. Green Building Council, Green Business Certification Inc. and the International WELL Building Institute announced a streamlined process for projects pursuing certifications for the LEED green building rating system and the WELL Building Standard.
Duro-Last’s systems will complement and strengthen Holcim’s integrated roofing offer, with expected synergies of USD 60 million per year. With this acquisition, Holcim roofing systems will exceed USD 4 billion in net sales ahead of schedule.
Designing a building such that its interiors may allow for passive survivability and the ability for occupants to shelter in place during an extreme temperature event can be assessed using the standard effective temperature (SET) metric.
Project teams are considering additional dimensions of carbon emissions resulting from a building project, including carbon emissions from water consumption, waste generation, occupant transportation, and the embodied carbon of materials used to build the project.
With increasing evidence of a shifting climate, many building project teams are confronting the compounded threat of increasingly severe heat waves and the vulnerability of our country's electrical grid.
Green Ideas Building Science Consultants is excited to announce that its recent project, The Burwell Center for Career Achievement, has achieved LEED Platinum-level certification.