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Jim Young | Jan 7, 2014

World Expo village in Kazakhstan to be triple net zero

World Expo 2017, planned for Astana, Kazakhstan, calls for an expo village that rates triple net zero—zero net use of energy and water and zero net generation of landfill waste.

Drew Ballensky | Jan 6, 2014

Energy-efficiency retrofits can help reduce healthcare costs

Reducing energy consumption through energy-efficiency retrofits represents an underappreciated way to cut healthcare costs, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute.

Bryan Arlington | Jan 6, 2014

What is value engineering?

If you had to define value engineering in a single word, you might boil it down to "efficiency." That would be one word, but it wouldn’t be accurate.

Rob Cassidy | Jan 6, 2014

An interview with Jerry Yudelson, President, The Green Building Initiative

Green building consultant Jerry Yudelson has been named President of the Green Building Initiative and the Green Globes rating program. BD+C's Robert Cassidy talks with Yudelson about his appointment and the future of Green Globes.

Drew Ballensky | Jan 2, 2014

West Hollywood drug den to be remade into boutique hotel

San Vicente Inn, a cluster of century-old historic bungalows, known as a haven for nudists and drug users, in West Hollywood, Calif., will be converted into a boutique hotel.

Jim Young | Jan 2, 2014

Sacramento utility maintenance facility earns LEED Platinum, targets net zero

The Sacramento Municipal Utility District’s new maintenance facility, which is targeting net zero, has received LEED Platinum certification.

Steven Burns | Dec 29, 2013

7 ways to make your firm more efficient

In a CEO.com post, Andrew Miller, president of ACM Consulting, shares the seven organizational efficiency strategies he encounters most frequently as he works with corporate executives to boost their performance. 

Jim Young | Dec 27, 2013

Grand Cancun to be first net-zero energy luxury eco-tourism resort

Using a marine platform concept instead of an artificial island, the development will create more space with less impact in the fragile marine ecosystem.

Drew Ballensky | Dec 27, 2013

U.S. Capitol dome’s cracks to be repaired during $60 million renovation

Rings of scaffolding will start to rise this spring around the cast-iron dome of the U.S. Capitol in Washington as part of a $60 million renovation project to repair more than 1,300 cracks.

GWWO | Dec 19, 2013

Mastering the art of crowd control and visitor flow in interpretive facilities

To say that visitor facility planning and design is challenging is an understatement. There are many factors that determine the success of a facility. Unfortunately, visitor flow, the way people move and how the facility accommodates those movements, isn’t always specifically considered.

Steven Burns | Dec 18, 2013

How small architectural firms can make big money

What separates the great-but-struggling designers from the great-successful ones isn't luck. If you're as good an architect as you think, it will take more than your awesome design skills to become successful. Learn how to manage your firm’s finances and go from floundering to flourishing.

Gabe Savely | Dec 16, 2013

Is the metal building industry in a technology shift?

Automation is the future you can’t avoid, though you may try. Even within the metal building industry—which is made up of skilled tradesmen—automation has revolutionized, and will continue revolutionizing, how we work.

Steven Burns | Dec 16, 2013

Why employees don’t trust their leaders

Trust, one of the key elements to productive business relationships, is in short supply these days. An Associated Press-GfK poll discovered that only one-third of Americans say most people can be trusted and nearly two-thirds says “you can’t be too careful” in dealing with people.

Drew Ballensky | Dec 16, 2013

Major renovation for historic Northwestern Building in Minneapolis

Minneapolis’s Northwestern Building, originally built in 1914 as a glass factory, is undergoing a major renovation. The 85,000-sf, four-story building is now serves as office space for multiple tenants in Minneapolis’ North Loop neighborhood.