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3 sustainable design decisions to make early

BD+C

3 sustainable design decisions to make early 0 qpurcell Mon, 04/08/2024 - 09:26 Sustainability In her experience as an architect, Megan Valentine AIA, LEED AP, NCARB, WELL AP, Fitwel, Director of Sustainability, KTGY details three early sustainable design decisions: site selection, massing and orientation, and proper window-to-wall ratios.

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Hord Coplan Macht names Ilijana Soldan as Sustainability Manager

BD+C

Hord Coplan Macht names Ilijana Soldan as Sustainability Manager Hord Coplan Macht, Baltimore, MD., has promoted Ilijana Soldan, AIA, LEED AP, EcoDistricts, NCARB, to Sustainability Manager. rcassidy Tue, 05/23/2023 - 13:29 HORD COPLAN MACHT Research-based designer will lead Sustainability Action Team and the firm's green initiatives.

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Maximizing Efficiency and Aesthetics: The Role of Materials in Commercial Building Design

Construction Marketing

From the exterior cladding to the interior finishes, the materials used can have a significant impact on the overall functionality, sustainability, and visual appeal of the building. They allow natural light to flow through the space, creating a brighter and more open environment.

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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.

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BIM in Chains – Sustainability and Life-cycle Management of the Built Environment Stalled?

Building Information Management

BIM (Building Information Modeling) is the life-cycle management of the built environment supported by digital technology. I am “mad as hell” at how 3D visualization vendors have marketed BIM. Sure 3D visualization is a great tool, and a valuable component of BIM… but in itself, 3D visualization is NOT BIM.

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LEAN Facilities Management Processes

Job Order Contracting

LEAN collaborative construction delivery, a common data environment, and supporting cloud-based technology profoundly change: the teams work, and relationships between clients, vendors, and stakeholders, how people and organizations are measured and compensated, the tools that are used, our work lives. Change your outcomes.

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Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?

Natural Building

Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. Previously, she worked as a planner, architect, and lawyer in San Francisco to gain insights into the impediments to sustainability. Is this really progress?