Today’s school facility directors are being asked to do more with less. With limited budgets, they are pressured to reduce operating expenses while maintaining healthy and comfortable learning environments for students.

The Top 10 states for LEED are home to 128 million Americans and together include more than 468 million gross square feet of LEED-certified space. Buildings that are LEED certified create healthier spaces for people as well as use less energy and water; reduce carbon emissions; and save money for families, businesses, and taxpayers.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released its annual list of top 10 states for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), with Illinois taking the top spot.

Dewberry has promoted six staff members within the firm's Raleigh, North Carolina, office.

Featuring a first-of-its-kind retractable roof, a signature high-definition “halo board” screen that surrounds the playing field, and more than 700 concession and dining areas, Atlanta’s Mercedes-Benz Stadium has taken the concept of the “ultimate fan experience” to new heights.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that its newest version of the LEED green building program, LEED v4.1, is open for registration for both new construction projects as well as interior spaces with LEED v4.1 BD+C and LEED v4.1 ID+C.

Dewberry has hired Heather Platt, P.E., and Ross Stocks, P.E., LEED A.P., in its Raleigh, North Carolina, office.

Last month, this column presented monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) as a subset of ongoing commissioning of buildings that have previously been commissioned or retro-commissioned.

Mowery has been named a 2018 U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Central Pennsylvania Leader Award recipient.