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Implementing an ‘asset drawdown strategy’ for site decarbonization

BD+C

Office Buildings Engineers M/E/P Systems Reconstruction & Renovation Resiliency Sustainable Design and Construction The trend toward building electrification in commercial properties with a view toward decarbonization is increasingly at the forefront of the effort to mitigate climate change. However, the average U.S.

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Algae as a Sustainable Fuel and Food Source

Natural Building

Algae is a sustainable material available to designers. Upon learning that algae has a very high protein content, making it a contender for food of the future, this Danish studio decided to create an installation to start conversations about sustainable architecture solutions. The structure also acts as a public information center.

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Ameren Illinois Opens Champaign Smart Grid Technology Applications Center

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

Ameren Illinois has opened a new $3.3 Under EIMA, Ameren Illinois is investing an additional $643 million over 10 years, through its Modernization Action Plan, or MAP, to make improvements to the electric grid to make it more efficient and reliable and to create hundreds of new jobs. Posted by Heidi Schwartz.

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Green construction tips to make your facility environmentally friendly

The Korte Company

While juggling sustainability and profitability at the same time is a challenge, construction companies can help owners achieve both by implementing green construction principles. Harness natural resources with green construction. Harness natural resources with green construction. Where will it be located? It’s also free.

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Greenbuild 2022: A Quick Guide

Stok

We’re thrilled for Greenbuild , the world’s largest green building conference, to come to San Francisco this November 1-4! 3: Lessons from the Village: Indigenous Values Meet Sustainability Certification Systems (Nov 3 | 2:45-3:45pm PT) Session ID: I01 Featuring Stok’s Kristen M.

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Business Report: Chicago Will Host Digital Manufacturing And Design Innovation Institute

Buisness Facilities Contributed Content

We started Illinois Manufacturing Lab with the University of Illinois. The National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (NCSA) will play a key role at the new Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute. A GOLDEN CORRIDOR OF ADVANCED MANUFACTURING IN ILLINOIS.

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How to plan your warehouse layout

The Korte Company

The 92,000-square-foot expansion to Spartan Light Metal Products in Sparta, Illinois. In the images above, we superimposed alternative layout options atop a satellite map for a customer in Illinois whose 100,000-square-foot facility would occupy property adjacent to existing businesses and a busy state highway. Louis, Missouri.

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