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Kendeda Building dedication and open house tomorrow
Tomorrow’s a big day for the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design, with the building’s dedication to be followed by an open house.
Blower-door test drama with Carl Seville
A tantalizing challenge among “lessons learned from female project team leaders”
Alissa Kingsley and Ramana Koti gather observations from 14 female members of the Kendeda Building project team. I took particular interest in a challenge laid down by PAE Consulting Engineers’ Karina Hershberg.
An anthology of enthusiasm from Shan Arora
Kendeda Building Director Shan Arora was chomping at the bit last month before the building opened and has been off to the races since. Here’s one of several photo “anthologies” that he’s been sharing with friends and colleagues.
Kendeda Building celebrates completion — and the workers who made it happen
Labor Day may have come and gone. But last weekend was celebration time for the workers who built the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design. Check out these photos from the building’s first large event.
Long hours as Skanska USA nears ‘substantial completion’ of Kendeda Building
Skanska USA is putting the petal to metal as the general contractor prepares to turn the keys over to Georgia Tech for one of the world’s greenest educational buildings.
EcoSmart Sheetrock practical advantages hang together with energy, water efficiency
The drywall used in the Kendeda Building takes a fairly mainstream approach to addressing embodied carbon and water conservation, along with other sustainability challenges.
Kendeda Building cooling system rotates to a great extent around Big Ass fans
Sixty-two technologically sophisticated Big Ass Fans will play a big role in cooling the Kendeda Building.
Urban agriculture for Kendeda Building features foraging plants and honey
As early as next spring, visitors to the Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design should be able to enjoy fruit with very little labor. But they’ll have to wait a while for the sweetest of harvests.
CarbonCure cracks cement’s enormous emissions problem
It’s easy to see why CarbonCure, a Canadian startup tackling the sky high emissions of carbon by the cement industry, is a global darling for the green building materials sector.
