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Myrtle Beach Middle School

Metal Panels Selected for Energy-Positive School

May 27, 2019
The new Myrtle Beach Middle School offers a vision of the future, in both its eye-catching design and award-winning performance
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The Pathway to High-Performance Buildings

The Commissioning Process
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Meghan McDermott
May 24, 2019
The term commissioning is a process for new and existing buildings that ensures the systems and components in a building are designed, installed, tested and maintained according to the operation requirements of the owner
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SFO Consolidated Admin Campus

IMPs Boost Energy Efficiency at Airport Campus

May 22, 2019
The San Francisco International Airport has set an ambitious goal: to become a Net Zero Energy airport
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MARET Center

Center Receives LEED Platinum Certification

May 17, 2019
The building, which itself acts as a hands-on training tool for student learning, is one of very few LEED Platinum buildings that produces more energy than it consumes, making it “net-positive”
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Sustainable buildings

Sustainability versus Resiliency

Are They Related, the Same or Opposites?
Thomas J. Taylor
May 10, 2019
Are these terms the same, complimentary, or independent? This article will examine each in turn and then compare the two
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Greenbuild Releases 2018 Sustainability Report

April 29, 2019
Hosted in one of America’s greenest cities, Greenbuild continues to set an industry standard for events by reaching 86% diversion rate.
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Sacramento City College

New Hall Designed with Net-Zero Energy Goal

April 29, 2019
New state-of-the-art, $40 million science building at Sacramento City College will begin construction in spring of 2020
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Arizona State University

Reducing Energy Use with an Intricate Double-Skin Façade

Brushing off the Arizona Heat
Stephen Knapp
April 3, 2019
The five-story, 188,447-square-foot research facility focuses on sustainable design, targeting LEED Platinum, and achieving a 44 percent energy savings goal with the help of its double-skin façade
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Thacher School

Green Design Using Advanced Software

Building Information Modeling Changes the Way We Imagine Architecture
Lindsay Lewis is the Editor of Building Enclosure magazine.
Lindsay Lewis
March 27, 2019
A new dining hall in California is part of an inspiring campus center that takes advantage of contemporary technologies, materials and construction methods
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Rose Villa

First Zero Energy Multi-Family Project in Portland

March 15, 2019
The first of its kind in the Portland senior living marketplace, The Oaks Zero Energy Neighborhood at Rose Villa is a 12-home neighborhood of residences designed to meet their own energy needs through a combination of ultra-energy-efficient design and on-site renewable energy generation
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