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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this

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Converting downtown office into multifamily residential: Let’s stop and think about this 0 dbarista Tue, 07/11/2023 - 10:44 Multifamily Housing Is the office-to-residential conversion really what’s best for our downtowns from a cultural, urban, economic perspective? Is conversion from office to multifamily really a good idea?

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FITWEL may be the Future of Building Sustainability

Green Building Law Update

The well being of building occupants is increasingly being described as the number one driver of sustainability. The aims for a sustainable buildings have shifted in the U.S. These buildings included rural, suburban and urban locations, as well as a diverse mix of uses including, courthouses, laboratories, and office buildings.

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How to Decrease Commercial Construction Costs by Reusing the Right Items

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Recently, our director of operations Chuck Taylor was featured in a Chicago Tribune article based on the reporter’s curiosity about a hotel peephole he kept in his office. When it comes to new office construction or an office retrofit, we know first hand how many materials can be recycled from an existing site or office.

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What to Know About Millennials' Wellness Focus

Pro Builder

Sustainability Nexus. The CDS report shares their preferences for gardening, composting, and cooking organically; all three blend wellness and sustainability. . These hybrid farming-suburban developments also speak to millennials’ desire to live more sustainably and a growing ability to work away from an office complex.

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Rocky Mountain Natural Building Conference

Natural Building

The Natural Building Alliance has come to the realization that if they want to make any lasting, or major impact in sustainability advocacy in this country, they really need to be working together, advocating for all the building materials that are used and grow the acceptance of these materials.

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Join me at the PA/NJ Sustainability Symposium on March 12

Green Building Law Blog

For all my Pennsylvania and New Jersey fans, I will be speaking at the third annual PA/NJ Sustainability Forum on March 12, 2013. The other members of my panel are: • Katherine Gajewski: Director, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, City of Philadelphia. To get more information and register click here.

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Join me at the PA/NJ Sustainability Symposium on March 12

Green Building Law Blog

For all my Pennsylvania and New Jersey fans, I will be speaking at the third annual PA/NJ Sustainability Forum on March 12, 2013. The other members of my panel are: • Katherine Gajewski: Director, Mayor’s Office of Sustainability, City of Philadelphia. To get more information and register click here.

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