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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced the winners of the first phase of the Building Envelope Innovation Prize. The prize targets high-performance, cost-effective secondary glazing systems to improve efficiency of commercial windows.
All eight manufacturers in the U.S. Department of Energy’s Residential Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge completed rigorous product field testing to demonstrate energy efficiency and improved performance in cold weather.
While natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires can destroy buildings in minutes, other factors exacerbated by climate change degrade buildings more slowly but still cause costly damage.
A new construction industry CEO Advisory Council dedicated to addressing the issue of suicide in the construction industry recently took shape. The council will guide an industry-wide effort to develop solutions targeting the high rate of suicide among construction workers.
The aim of the standard was to ‘not stifle innovation.’
Local officials face the prospect of costly mitigation projects.
The forty-year industry veteran has been a GC and business owner.
The gathering will address climate change and new sources of energy.
A study finds the impact can be as much as 25% per year.
Missouri is the latest to enact design-build legislation.
The updates address industry confusion over how to handle the issue.
The costs and benefits of managing 29 types of waste are now included.
The new building code prevents any structure with more than three stories from being built from a CLT frame.
