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 The Federal Government’s General Services Administration owns and leases over 350 million square feet of office space—nearly 10,000 buildings, housing more than a million federal employees.  

 Today’s evolving architectural industry calls for a new, smarter wall, offering not only the best in performance, sustainability, value and aesthetics, but advanced wall-to-window integration capabilities to meet the growing demands of sustainable construction.  

 When Bridgestone Americas Inc. designed its new tech center in Akron, Ohio, the company had a lot to live up to. 

 Reducing air leakage in buildings is a cost-effective strategy for improving energy performance. 

When discussing moisture management solutions in the building industry, it’s important to recognize and accept one simple and indisputable reality: water gets into buildings. 

 Founded in 1924, the Curtis Institute of Music is a full-scholarship music school located on Philadelphia’s historic Rittenhouse Square.  

After a multi-punch assault on the USGBC’s LEED 2012 rating system, Rick Fedrrizzi, President of the USGBC, was forced to announce that LEED 2012 would not go to ballot as originally planned, would be renamed LEED V4, and would be delayed until June 2013.