Living Building Challenge
Emergence of SE2050 Challenge Gives Structural Engineers Long-Awaited Seat at the Sustainability Table
By Meghan Hall As sustainable building practices emerged within commercial real estate, a heavy amount of the focus has been placed on the...
Sol Lux Alpha Creates First Net-Positive Condominium Building in United States
By Meghan Hall 685 Florida Street in San Francisco is now home to the nation’s first condominium project to pair Passive House Certification...
Santa Rosa’s Sonoma Academy Meets Tough Environmental Standards
By Meghan Hall After months of careful planning, Santa Rosa-based Sonoma Academy revealed its newly expanded campus in 2017. Called the Janet Durgin...
Microsoft’s Silicon Valley Expansion to Add “Smartest, Greenest” Office
By Vladimir Bosanac Big changes are afoot in Redmond, Washington and the impact of those will be felt all the way to Silicon...
Lick-Wilmerding High School Expansion
Built to Reflect the School’s Mission and Values Two phrases come to mind in describing the substantial renovation project that got underway at...
Google’s George Salah to Become CEO at Smart Grid Startup
By Sharon Simonson George Salah, long-time Google Inc. director of facilities, is leaving the company to become the chief executive of Apparent Inc.,...
