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Understanding your project’s carbon footprint, which measures the total greenhouse gas emissions from construction activities, is crucial. This calculation impacts the environment and the project’s long-term viability and compliance with increasingly stringent global regulations.

The climate’s chaotic disposition reveals oversights commercial construction workforces have made, but these are fixable with advances in fire-resistant building materials and resilient envelopes.

Among myriad strategies to help make buildings healthier for occupants, one of the most potent ways to improve their psychological and physiological responses to a built space is to appeal to our hardwired affinity for the natural environment. 

Early planning ensures compliance with ever-stricter environmental regulations. It allows time for devising the most efficient building processes, reduces waste generation and minimizes a project’s overall carbon footprint.

Post-construction metrics are imperative to continue improving operations as new technology emerges. With each innovation, you can lower a building’s carbon footprint and support the environment.

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

Not all infrastructure is adequately prepared for moisture-related problems that will arise, compromising essential buildings. Why should builders prioritize envelope integrity by defending against moisture?

The Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule serves as a tool for insurance companies to assess the effectiveness of building codes in mitigating risks associated with natural disasters, such as earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, and other natural disasters.

For over 120 years, the NFPA’s Standard 780 has stood as the definitive guide for effective lightning protection. Within the standard lies a crucial tool: the Simplified Risk Calculator, designed to quantify lightning risk for specific structures, empowering architects and engineers to shield properties from nature’s electric wrath. 

Statewide energy codes are important for several reasons—not the least of which are reduced energy consumption, mitigated greenhouse gas emissions, minimized building operational costs, and improved climate resilience. Yet, at the time of this writing, ten states do not have a statewide commercial energy code.