Labor shortages, rising material costs, complex building codes, and sustainability mandates are forcing the industry to ...

Over the last decade, the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program has established itself as the preeminent industry standard for rating green buildings. Despite LEED’s remarkable success, however, ...

What would happen if your engineering team stepped into another firm’s facilities with the goal of identifying energy inefficiencies? In the same vein, what would happen if engineers from another firm ...

Enrollment and infrastructure challenges continue to put pressure on the five-campus University of Massachusetts, where enrollment gains over the last 20 years have pretty much evaporated. During a ...

The purpose of the program is to strengthen the institutional base of the humanities by enabling infrastructure development and capacity building. Awards of federal matching funds aim to help ...

As part of President Joe Biden’s National COVID-19 Preparedness Plan, released March 3, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is releasing the “Clean Air in Buildings Challenge,” a call to ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. With the rapid rise in residential rental rates over the ...

Reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete (RAAC) is a construction material known for its lightweight and insulating properties. However, like any building material, RAAC has its issues and challenges, ...

The 58,000-sq-ft PAE Living Building in Portland, Ore., is the first privately developed speculative office building fully certified under the rigorous Living Building Challenge of the International ...