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May 15 | News
Major energy retrofit will turn a 100-year-old building at 5 Channel
Center in Boston's Innovation District into a showcase for clean energy
technologies and research. A key objective of the project is
accelerating adoption and acceptance of advanced building energy
technologies in Massachusetts and nationwide.
May 15 | News
Now in its fifth year, I2SL's Go Beyond Awards honor
individuals, organizations, building projects, and manufacturers that
"go beyond" the status quo to minimize the environmental impacts of
high-technology facilities, including laboratories, cleanrooms, health
care facilities, data centers, and vivariums.
May 15 | News
California, already an acknowledged leader in green-building policy
efforts, has mandated that all new construction and renovation projects
with the state as a client must achieve LEED Silver certification or
higher.
May 15 | News
European firms in general are ahead of American firms where sustainable
policy is concerned.
May 15 | News
An updated version of the Living Building Challenge has been released. The 2.1 version of
the standard is a minor modification, according to the ILFI, and
includes an optional preliminary audit.
May 15 | News
PDF files of all the presentations from the recent Pittsburgh Laboratory
Design Conference are now available for purchase on either an
individual-use or organizationwide-use basis.
May 15 | News
Sustainable design has long been touted as a boon to human well-being as
well as planetary survival. But "biophilic" strategies may be gaining ground as well.
May 1 | News
The EMerge Alliance, a trade industry group dedicated to the advancement
of green, net-zero-energy commercial buildings through promoting the
benefits of hybrid AC-DC power architectures in the built environment,
has launched a new Task Level/Furnishings workgroup.
May 1 | News
Sometimes the most sustainable building is one you don't have to
rebuild. Increasingly, the aftermath of earthquakes, major storms,
tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions is beginning to make
building-sustainability experts consider adding points for "resilience"
to the LEED sustainability rating tool.
May 1 | News
Addition for nursing and allied health students increases use of
simulator mannequins to learn patient care, and also offers facilities
for the science and exercise science programs.
