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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts

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3 affordable housing projects that serve as social catalysts 0 qpurcell Mon, 09/25/2023 - 12:49 Affordable Housing Trish Donnally, Associate Principal, Perkins Eastman, shares insights from three transformative affordable housing projects. Housing is Fundamental “Housing is absolutely essential to human flourishing.

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10 award-winning metal building projects

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Awards were given in the following categories: Commercial/Industrial, Education – Primary and Secondary Schools, Education – Colleges and Universities, Municipal, Institutional, Roofing, Residential, and Overall Excellence. MCA also honored two projects with an Honorable Mention Award. Body Image: read more.

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DOE launches database on energy performance of 60,000 buildings

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The Energy Department today launched a new Buildings Performance Database , the largest free, publicly available database of residential and commercial building energy performance information. Currently, commercial and residential buildings account for approximately 70% of the electricity consumption in the nation.

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Installed capacity of geothermal heat pumps to grow by 150% by 2020, says study

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Geothermal heat pump (GHP) systems, which harness moderate and constant temperatures just below the Earth’s surface, are being deployed in nearly every region of the world and in residential, commercial, institutional, and industrial environments with great success.

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Housing’s Great Rethink: Workforce Development Takes Center Stage

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Lower-paying jobs in the retail, food service, and hospitality sectors also were roundly rejected or, in the aftermath of the pandemic, rarely reconsidered. Early analyses found this quitting phenomenon to be most prevalent in the high-pressure technology and health care sectors, and among workers aged 30 to 45.

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Suffolk Construction establishes Suffolk Sustainability Group

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The Sustainability Group will strengthen Suffolk’s in-house expertise and ability to design and execute a wider range of green building solutions. Steven Burke, Senior Director of Sustainability, and Michael Swenson, Director of Sustainability for Suffolk Design, will head the new operation.

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Gilbane's Winter Construction Economics Report Finds Multi-Sector Gains in 2015 Construction Growth & Profits

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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Gilbane Building Company recently announced the findings from its in-house quarterly economics report: Building for the Future - Construction Economics: Market Conditions in Construction. Among its most notable findings, the report indicates 2014 construction spending will finish the year 5.4 frontpage'