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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.
Flawed energy efficiency research yields misleading, confusing results.
The plan includes restrictions on crawler cranes during windy conditions.
The standard requires federal agencies to use earthquake-resistant design provisions in current building codes.
Report covers 87% of U.S. population.
Hundreds of buildings may have to be demolished.
The declaration was issued in response to Winter Storm Jonas which dumped over 18 inches of snow in parts of the state.
Illinois leads the list for the third straight year.
The documents serve as a comprehensive revision of previous IPD agreement
The calculator breaks down the cost-effectiveness of energy codes on a state-by-state basis.
