Sustainability

Photo: Jason O'Rear, courtesy The Beck Group
Populus Hotel, Denver, the first carbon positive hotel in the United States. Photo: Jason O'Rear, courtesy The Beck Group

Denver’s recently opened Populus hotel claims title of country’s first carbon positive hotel

Designed by Studio Gang and built by The Beck Group, the 265-room property’s distinctive façade takes inspiration from the eye-shaped markings on aspen trees.
Nov. 11, 2024
Image by Nick_the_Photographer from Pixabay
Image by Nick_the_Photographer from Pixabay
Concrete

American Concrete Institute releases code requirements for low-carbon concrete

Nov. 11, 2024
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Codes and Standards

Standard to quantify the carbon impact of concrete launched

Nov. 4, 2024
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Resiliency

Climate change degrades buildings slowly but steadily

Oct. 29, 2024
Northglenn, a Denver suburb, opens a net zero, all-electric city hall with a mass timber structure. Photo courtesy City of Northglenn
Sustainable Design and Construction

Northglenn, a Denver suburb, opens a net zero, all-electric city hall with a mass timber structure

Oct. 10, 2024
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K-12 Schools

The importance of selecting healthy materials for K-12 projects

Sept. 30, 2024
Water mitigation on mass timber wood
Mass Timber

5 lessons in water mitigation for mass timber projects

Sept. 26, 2024
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Sustainability

3 living buildings made by a living practice

Sept. 18, 2024
Fact sheet outlines benefits, challenges of thermal energy storage for commercial buildings Photo: Pixabay
Office Buildings

Fact sheet outlines benefits, challenges of thermal energy storage for commercial buildings

Sept. 6, 2024
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Industrial Facilities

UK-based tire company plans to build the first carbon-neutral tire factory in the U.S.

Aug. 28, 2024
GSA posts new RFI for enabling energy efficiency, decarbonization in commercial buildings Image by furud from Pixabay
Government Buildings

GSA posts new RFI for enabling energy efficiency, decarbonization in commercial buildings

Aug. 19, 2024
8 Canada Square, A Norman Foster Designed Office Building That’s Currently The Global Headquarters Of Hsbc Holdings, Will Have Large Sections Of Its Façade Removed To Create Landscaped Terraces Design By Kpf
Adaptive Reuse

KPF unveils design for repositioning of Norman Foster’s 8 Canada Square tower in London

Aug. 14, 2024
World’s first TRUE Zero Waste for Construction-certified public project, Contra Costa County Administration Building in Martinez, Calif. Photo by Kyle Jeffers Photo, courtesy Webcor
Sustainability

World’s first TRUE Zero Waste for Construction-certified public project delivered in Calif.

Aug. 14, 2024

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