Articles Tagged with ''LEED''

Clayton, Missouri’s Forsyth Pointe is a 1-million-square-foot office complex that has changed the city’s skyline, and given building and construction professionals many ideas for future projects. What lessons should people learn from this ultra-upscale development to apply to other modern building enclosures?

EFCO X-FORCE™ hurricane impact-resistant curtainwall, storefront, window and door products provide vital protection for buildings and their occupants including for such critical applications as educational and health care facilities.

The U.S. Green Building Council has announced the 2024 cohort of 12 cities selected to participate in its LEED for Cities Local Government Leadership Program.

This new plant is the latest in a series of capital investments that Elevate has made since its acquisition by Holcim in 2021, and the LEED-certified green facility incorporates materials across the Holcim and Elevate portfolio in its construction and design.

USGBC recently announced the opening of the first public comment period for its draft rating system, LEED v5. This is just another step toward providing a comprehensive framework for creating sustainable, and resilient built environments.

USGBC announced the opening of the first public comment period for its draft rating system, LEED v5.

In response to public concerns over our increasingly less active lifestyle, the concept of “active design” has emerged in architecture and planning.

Two primary needs were to upgrade the fireproofing for the storage of Ecolab’s flammable items, and warehouse flooring to accommodate their double rack (shelving) systems. These critical requirements needed to be installed in a tight-time frame, all while meeting LEED specifications.

For the first time ever, New York ranked number one, based on LEED-certified gross square footage per capita over the past year, leading the country in green building.  

Earning a spot on the coveted COTE Top Ten Awards for 2023, a 27,000-square-foot structure built in 1940, together with a 5,600-square-foot addition, deliver daylighting, views and occupant comfort with Solarban 70 glass from Vitro Architectural Glass.