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Housing America's Heroes 7 Trends in the Design of Homes for the Military
Take a stroll through a new residential housing development at many U.S. military posts, and…
High-Performance Workplaces
Building Teams around the world are finding that the workplace is changing radically, leading…
40 Under 40
The 40 accomplished individuals profiled on the following pages are some of the brightest stars in…
5 Myths About Fire-rated and Protective Glass
Jeff Griffiths, director of business development at San Francisco-based SAFTI FIRST,…
Concrete Solutions
About five or six years ago, officials at the University of California at Berkeley came to the…
Research Facility Breaks the Mold
A 12th floor footbridge connects the Center for Life Science | Boston…
Cultural Facilities
12 major trends in library design
Many academic planners assumed that the coming of the Internet would lead to the decline of the…
Green Buildings + Water Performance
What Building Teams and Home Builders Can DoTo Confront the Pending Crisis in Water Scarcity…
Integrating Lighting and Daylighting
Natural light is a blessing. The human eye seeks it, and there are well-…
3 Hospitals, 3 Building Teams, 1 Mission: Optimum Sustainability
Project: California Pacific Medical Center at Cathedral Hill…
7. Water Performance Action Plan
WHAT BUILDING TEAMS CAN DO
1. Design buildings to reduce cooling load. One of the most cost-…
4. What Building Teams Are Doing To Conserve Water Outside Buildings
While significant progress in water conservation has been made inside buildings—primarily with the…
3. What Building Teams Are Doing To Conserve Water Inside Buildings
While hard data on total water use in buildings is somewhat difficult to come by, the U.S.…
1. Water Performance: Getting the Most from Every Drop
Since 2003, Building Design+Construction has produced a series of annual reports on the green…
Precast All the Way
For years, precast concrete has been viewed as a mass-produced product with no personality or…
5. Certification Programs + Water Performance
Water factors into all national green building certification programs, and while it may account for…
6. The Water-Energy Nexus
Water and energy in buildings are intertwined, not only at the point of consumption, but also…
2. AEC Professionals and Home Builders Voice Their Opinions on Issues Related to Water Performance
Respondents to Building Design+Construction’s “Nonresidential Survey” expressed a wide variety…
