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Carrier’s world headquarters in Florida goes green

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Carrier’s world headquarters, the UTC Center for Intelligent Buildings, is the first commercial building in Florida to earn LEED Platinum v4 certification. Carrier is a global provider of innovative heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC), refrigeration, fire, security and building automation technologies.

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The Next Generation in Construction: A Spotlight on 6 Young Industry Innovators  

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Construction is a vibrant industry full of innovative and talented professionals. It may be used to cover expenses to support training such as tuition, books, safety equipment, uniforms, lab fees, transportation, certification fees, or childcare. Michael Hidalgo of Florida, Freshman, Miami Dade College, Florida .

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Greenbuild Clearly Showed the State of LEED is Strong

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Armands parking garage in Sarasota, Florida. Tuesday was largely set aside for educational summits and the WaterBuild Summit articulating that access to safe drinking water is a fundamental human right, may have been the most consequential, focusing on innovative approaches to improving water quality.

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BIG’s first residential condominium in the U.S. completed in Miami

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Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood has just received two of its very own twisting towers courtesy of Bjarke Ingels Group and Terra, a South Florida real estate development firm. The Grove at Grand Bay is a low-density project that consists of 98 units and is anticipated to achieve LEED Gold certification.

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BIG’s first residential condominium in the U.S. completed in Miami

BD+C

Miami’s Coconut Grove neighborhood has just received two of its very own twisting towers courtesy of Bjarke Ingels Group and Terra, a South Florida real estate development firm. The Grove at Grand Bay is a low-density project that consists of 98 units and is anticipated to achieve LEED Gold certification.

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High-Performance Features That Set The New American Home 2021 Apart

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With that, the 4,390-square-foot house achieved the highest levels of certification from a who's who of green building programs, most notably the National Green Building Standard (NGBS), Energy Star , and the Environmental Protection Agency's Indoor airPLUS program. Indoor Environmental Quality Features. The New American Home.

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Guide to Top 2022-23 Construction Conferences & Events

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The 2022 AED Summit will be held in Orlando, Florida, at Disney World’s Coronado Springs Resort. This year’s event features training and techniques in concrete and masonry, countless exhibits from original equipment manufacturers, and educational certification seminars. Get more details. April 6 – 8, 2022. Get more details.