Northglenn, a Denver suburb, opens a net zero, all-electric city hall with a mass timber structure

Northglenn, Colo., a Denver suburb, has opened the new Northglenn City Hall—a net zero, fully electric building with a mass timber structure. The 32,600-sf, $33.7 million building houses 60 city staffers. Designed by Anderson Mason Dale Architects, Northglenn City Hall is set to become the first municipal building in Colorado, and one of the first in the country, to achieve the Core certification: a green building rating system overseen by the International Living Future Institute.

K-12 Schools

The importance of selecting healthy materials for K-12 projects

Clark Nexsen interior designers Anna Claire Beethoven and Brittney Just, CID, IIDA, LEED Green Associate, share why it is imperative to specify healthy building materials in K-12 schools.

Office Buildings

Fact sheet outlines benefits, challenges of thermal energy storage for commercial buildings

A U.S. Dept. of Energy document discusses the benefits and challenges of thermal energy storage for commercial buildings. The document explains how the various types of thermal energy storage technologies work, where their installation is most beneficial, and some practical considerations around installations.

Industrial Facilities

UK-based tire company plans to build the first carbon-neutral tire factory in the U.S.

ENSO, a U.K.-based company that makes tires for electric vehicles, has announced plans to build the first carbon-neutral tire factory in the U.S. The $500 million ENSO technology campus will be powered entirely by renewable energy. The first-of-its-kind tire factory aims to be carbon neutral without purchased offsets, using carbon-neutral raw materials and building materials.

Green | Dec 13, 2016

Illuminated Water Cube highlights Pittsburgh’s new 8th Street Park

The Water Cube is a functioning art installation, dispensing water to the park’s visitors.

Nov 17, 2016

XLERATOReco® Hand Dryer – The Future of Restroom Efficiency

The XLERATOReco Hand Dryer dries hands in 10 seconds using only 500 watts, making it the most…

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Nov 14, 2016

Soccer stadium from Zaha Hadid Architects will be constructed almost entirely of wood

The architects say the project will be the greenest soccer stadium in the world once completed.

Green | Oct 27, 2016

Applying modern energy codes to building envelope retrofits [AIA course]

When applying current energy codes to existing buildings, a number of issues arise, particularly where the building exterior is concerned, writes Hoffmann Architects' Bradley Carmichael. This AIA CES Discovery course is worth 1.0 AIA CES HSW learning unit.

Green | Oct 12, 2016

Acting as a giant air purifier, this tower could help solve China’s pollution problem

The 23-ft tall tower operates almost entirely on wind energy.

Codes and Standards | Oct 10, 2016

New sustainable landscape development and management credential launched

GBCI offered the first testing opportunity Oct. 3 at Greenbuild

Codes and Standards | Oct 6, 2016

Obama administration will spend $80 million for smart cities initiatives

The technology is targeted for climate, transportation, resiliency.

Lighting | Oct 6, 2016

Healthcare systems lighting their way to savings

There has been a rapid improvement and availability of LED products as primary light sources in most healthcare facility applications.

Green | Oct 6, 2016

AIA Report: Mixed results in design projects meeting 2030 Commitment targets

More buildings are meeting certain goals, but energy intensity reduction results have flat lined

Green | Oct 6, 2016

GBCI announces arc, a new technology organization to measure and compare green building performance

Arc is a platform that will allow any building to participate and immediately start measuring performance, make improvements, and benchmark against itself.