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The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment

BD+C

The benefits of biophilic design in the built environment 0 qpurcell Mon, 05/06/2024 - 10:30 Biophilic Design Biophilic design in the built environment supports the health and wellbeing of individuals, as they spend most of their time indoors. Biophilic design in schools can enhance student learning and improve performance.

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The next destination: Passive design airports

BD+C

The next destination: Passive design airports 0 qpurcell Thu, 04/18/2024 - 13:59 Airports Today, we can design airports that are climate resilient, durable, long-lasting, and healthy for occupants—we can design airports using Passive House standards. By using passive design strategies to heat and cool the building.

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Virtual reality as a tool for sustainable design

Construction Specifier

Recent developments in virtual reality (VR) technology allow for the visualization of unbuilt information as full-scale occupiable environments, providing previously unavailable insight to designers, clients, and other stakeholders. BIM to VR for spatial visualization. Image © Amber Bartosh.

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Balfour Beatty Construction's San Diego Office Achieves LEED-Gold Certification

Construction Superintendent Magazine

SAN DIEGO, Calif. -- Balfour Beatty Construction has earned LEED Gold certification for its southwest division office location in San Diego, Calif. Construction of the 22,100-square-foot space required full system design and implementation, as the existing structure consisted of the core only. frontpage'

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FTC Finds Truly Organic is Not

Green Building Law Update

The products fall into two categories: First, those that Truly Organic “makes” by buying wholesale bath and beauty products and adding ingredients designed to increase their visual appeal; and second, bath bombs and soaps that they “buy as finished products” from online wholesalers and resell at a substantial markup.

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The growing demand for transparency in buildings

Construction Specifier

This includes building controls, lighting, electrical and digital infrastructure, audio/visual (A/V), and other aspects of the structure. There are options for LEED certification for nearly all building types, and the focus of the rating system is on creating “healthy, highly efficient, and cost-saving green buildings.”

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Fire-rated curtain wall supports Maine environmental center’s green goals

Construction Specifier

Along with sustainable aesthetics, the center sought to achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Platinum certification. However, many opaque forms of standard fire-rated building materials, like concrete and gypsum, limit light transfer and views—both of which are essential to LEED Platinum certification.

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