Once you have built affordable housing, how can you make sure it stays affordable? One tried-and-true solution is to design for energy-efficiency and durability in ways that reduce maintenance and operating costs. And "green building" strategies and methods like these are good for the planet, too.
Lambert Architecture + Construction Services in Columbia, S.C. set out to renovate a 1930s-era cigar and candy store and adjacent warehouse into office space.
A building owner, hoping to construct a new office with a particular look and energy efficiency in mind, ended up pleased with insulated metal panels from Metl-Span.
North America's Building Trades Unions (NABTU) and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) unveiled a collaborative effort that describes the potential to create significant career training opportunities via investments in energy efficiency programs.