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Are COVID-19 reopening guidelines slighting building systems?
Public health guidelines are downplaying the role that building systems should play in stemming the spread of COVID-19, many architects, engineers and scientists are warning.
Salvaged materials tell a building’s best stories
Skanska’s Jimmy Mitchell explains how a long-time interest in salvage grew into a salvage-materials-gone-wild in the Kendeda Building.
10 tips on salvage materials from Jimmy Mitchell
Here are 10 keys to success for anyone interested in making salvage material a key part of a commercial construction project
Water treatment plants and solar farms need not be eyesores
Some are calling for green infrastructure spending to generate jobs. But projects that sound worthy can meet resistance when it’s time to break ground.
Pollution will return as economies reopen
The air is getting cleaner as the world confronts COVID-19. But buildup of greenhouse gas pollution continues, and global temperatures are still rising.
Commercial real estate owners vow not to cut back on climate commitments
Commercial real estate owners will make plenty of changes to their properties as buildings open over the next 12 months. One thing that’s unlikely to change: Their commitments to cutting carbon emissions.
Kate Simonen: COVID-19 won’t slow embodied carbon movement
Kate Simonen has been a leading voice for reducing embodied carbon in buildings for more than a decade.
Grist video: How cross-laminated timber revolutionizes skyscrapers
This video is a good primer on the revolutionary promise of cross-laminated timber.
