Durham College’s Centre for Collaborative Education holds the honor of being the first building on the Oshawa, Ontario, campus to achieve LEED certification through the Canada Green Building Council. Earning LEED Gold, the CFCE’s design and construction reflects the college’s commitment to sustainability, wellness and academic engagement.
USGBC announces USGBC Live 2022, an annual event series designed to help prepare and inspire building industry practitioners and changemakers including USGBC members, LEED users and credential holders to accelerate the transition to green buildings, cities and communities.
The Pasadena Independent School District (PISD) in Texas recently completed two major rebuilding projects to better serve its growing population of pre-kindergarten to fourth grade students.
THIS RESIDENCE HALL WAS GIVEN THE THREE C’S: CONCRETE, COLLABORATION, AND COLOR. AND WITH THAT, THERE’S CONCRETE EVIDENCE TO HOW A PRECAST APPROACH PROVIDES SOLUTIONS.
You might describe precast concrete construction as “controlled efficiency.” While weather conditions, supply chain disruptions and labor availability can all threaten to throw a project off course, a Midwestern residence hall housing future artists demonstrates the efficiency precast concrete construction offers for enclosures that must meet stringent performance criteria, tight production schedules, and discerning occupants.
ATAS International has a new education course on Hanley Wood University. “Using Technologically Advanced Metal Building Products in LEED, Net Zero, and Passive Buildings” is approved by the AIA (for one LU/HSW) and GBCI (for one continuing education hour).
For their project, 18 students worked to provide a solution to challenges facing the community: establishing a safe space for people experiencing homelessness with COVID-19 to quarantine
Lakisha A. Woods joined the board in August 2019, marking it the first time the National Institute of Building Sciences joined the USGBC board of directors
National Institute of Building Sciences President and CEO Lakisha A. Woods, CAE, has been re-elected to a three-year term with the U.S. Green Building Council board of directors. Woods will serve as vice chair.
Leading environmental engineering and construction firm Brown and Caldwell is pleased to welcome Heather Dodson as its new Pittsburgh leader. The strategic hire highlights the firm’s continued expansion to better serve clients in the Northeast’s municipal and private water, wastewater, and stormwater sector.