LEED-certification has been shown to save facility managers money and improve public perception of a building.

LEED Earth has enabled the expansion of green building to nearly 200 countries around the world. LEED Earth aims to accelerate USGBC’s healthy economy strategy.

Specifying low-warming refrigerants and reducing cooling needs are key to driving down the rate of global warming and greenhouse gas emissions through better engineered systems.

Train your brain in the 2022-2023 US DOE Solar Decathlon. 

Massachusetts ranks No. 1 with Washington and Illinois rounding out the top three.

The design, build, and certification process, which would normally take upwards of three years, was completed in just 18 months, despite some pandemic-related delays in material deliveries.

Karine Leblanc recently conducted a number of interviews with HVACR engineers. Here is Part 3 of that series, featuring Brittany Dianat, LEED AP, founder and principal of Infrastructure Factor Consulting Inc.

Owners who reactively implement system changes without regard for secondary consequences will inherit long-lasting cost and performance impacts.

The hall employs an innovative hybrid HVAC system that utilizes both variable volume air-handling and exhaust systems, chilled beams, and recycled and locally available materials.