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Powering New Possibilities with Renewable Energy and Glass

A Q&A with Veeral Hardev
Lindsay Lewis is the Editor of Building Enclosure magazine.
Lindsay Lewis
May 13, 2022

Adding traditional solar has been the go-to solution for renewable energy, but what if other passive areas of the building envelope could be used more intelligently as well? One Silicon Valley company is doing just that. We asked Veeral Hardev, VP of Strategy at Ubiquitous Energy, what he thought about these changes. 


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Finding the Best Certification for Your Building

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Kelsey Sheehan
May 12, 2022

How do you choose and what is the best way to reach your goals? What role does analytics play in helping to achieve these certifications?



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View Our Spring 2022 eMagazine

May 11, 2022

The Spring 2022 edition is jammed packed with technical articles describing the challenges of meeting increasingly stringent standards to support energy-efficient building construction. 


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How Value Engineering Impacts Sustainability Goals

Evelyn Long
May 11, 2022

The most powerful approach to advancing construction companies alongside the needs of consumers depends on how business owners understand value engineering.


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Building A Sustainable Tomorrow Through Energy Code Adoption Today

Ryan Colker
May 6, 2022

As governments continue to race toward achieving the goals outlined in the Paris Agreement, it is now evident that the COVID-19 pandemic had an unexpected side effect of helping to lower global greenhouse gas emissions.


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Library Features Zinc Exterior Supporting 100-Year Lifespan

May 4, 2022

Kentucky’s LEED Gold-certified, award-winning Louisville Free Public Library Northeast Regional Branch features naturally sustainable RHEINZINK-prePATINA® graphite-grey zinc exterior wall cladding.


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Top States for LEED Certified Space per Capita over the Past Decade

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Daniel Overbey
May 2, 2022

USGBC publishes an annual announcement to celebrate the "Top 10 States for LEED." Now in its 12th year, the annual list is based on the gross square footage of LEED-certified space per capita added in each state over the past year, using U.S. Census data.


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CEU: All of the Above: Unburdening Overburden Considerations for Commercial Roofing

Shawn Torbert Kristin M. Westover PE, LEED AP O+M
May 1, 2022

For roofs with large surface areas, the potential for large overburden installations, such as solar, vegetative roofing, or amenity decks can be exceptional.


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California's Largest Commercial Solar and Energy Storage System

April 22, 2022

Solar Atmospheres of California provides state-of-the-art vacuum thermal processing services. In response to the challenges of California’s energy market, SCA commissioned and installed the state’s largest commercial solar + energy storage system.


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Architects Helps Universities Conserve Earth’s Resources Through Environmentally Responsible Designs

April 18, 2022

Colleges and universities today are looking for sustainable facilities, and a number of them choose to participate in the LEED process to obtain a measurable level of sustainability.  


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