Articles Tagged with ''sustainable design ''

Integrating daylighting devices reduced energy consumption and maximized natural light. By replacing the traditional clerestories used in the first two regional libraries with Solatube TDDs and acrylic panels, a visually striking skylight effect was achieved, enhancing both aesthetics and sustainability.

Now through October 6, applications are open for Wege Prize 2025, the international design competition where top teams win a prize pool of $65,000 USD for their sustainable, circular approaches to solving some of today’s biggest problems in pollution, hunger, waste and more. 

The construction of the new 770,000 square-foot facility represented Bombardier’s commitment to sustainability. Coinciding with Bombardier’s goal to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions, insulated metal panels (IMPs) were a strong choice for the building material.

ClarkDietrich has published an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Optimization Report for its low embodied carbon (LEC) cold-formed steel products, becoming the first steel framing manufacturer to have the data available to help achieve credit for Option 2 under LEED v4.1’s “Material and Resources Credit: EPDs.”

Kingspan Insulated Panels North America released its Sustainability Report, which recaps its North American project milestones for 2023. This marked the second annual report documenting the third year of Kingspan’s Planet Passionate journey.

In an industry where “green” has become something of a throwaway word or a box to check, CS has established a new position that intends to harness learning up to this point and help define its future in sustainable manufacturing.  

Bjelin’s parent company, Pervanovo Invest AB, is involved in the BIOBUILD project, with the aim to provide thermal solutions for energy-efficient buildings using fully bio-based building materials.

REI Co-op announced its newest distribution center in Lebanon, Tennessee earned the prestigious LEED v4 Platinum Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council. This achievement marks the first certified facility of its kind in Tennessee and the largest LEED Platinum industrial building in the Southeast. REI joins an elite group of only 10 warehouse facilities in the country to achieve this rating.

If you’re passionate about the future of sustainable architecture and resilient construction, join RAiNA this fall in Chicago, Illinois for Creating Buildings that Endure - a full day conference focusing on the crucial role of rainscreens in modern construction.

Emerald Elementary School in Broomfield, Colorado is a net-zero-ready, public school serving students in pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. Designed and constructed to meet the highest green building standards, the new school supports the district’s aggressive sustainability and energy efficiency goals.