Tag: climatechange
ICYMI: SCUP Holds North Atlantic Conference
New Haven, CT – The Society for College and University Planning (SCUP) held the 2020 North Atlantic Regional Conference on March 8-10 at the Omni New Haven Hotel in New Haven. This year’s conference was devoted to “Finding Your Niche: Institutional Strategies to Survive and Thrive.” At the breakfast panel, campus leaders from 10 local […]
Path to NetZero Energy for Schools
by Sarah Vaughan and Patrick Murphy With the ever-visible effects of climate change and the rising costs of utilities, design professionals are being asked, “How can my building achieve net zero energy?” This question is increasingly common when designing schools. To achieve net zero energy, the amount of renewable energy generated on site must meet or […]
SLAM Member Appointed CTGBC Chair
Glastonbury, CT – Ross Spiegel, FAIA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, LEED AP, BD+C, specifications coordinator for SLAM, was recently elected chair of the Connecticut Green Building Council (CTGBC) board of directors for 2020. He will serve a one-year term. Long an active member of CTGBC, Spiegel is in his third term on the board and previously served […]
Restoration is Climate Action
by Lori Ferriss From governmental climate action plans to increasingly ambitious energy codes and rating systems, projects are driven to meet energy reduction targets from many directions, and the “green building” sector continues to grow. High performance new construction has become the epitome of sustainable design, while existing buildings are frequently seen as energy hogs: […]
ULI’s Greenprint Center Releases Report on Embodied Carbon
Washington – The Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Greenprint Center for Building Performance has released a new report, “Embodied Carbon in Buildings Materials for Real Estate,” explaining how reducing embodied carbon in the construction process can save developers money and help mitigate the impacts of climate change. Greenprint is a worldwide alliance of leading real estate […]
Preserving Boston’s Waterfront: LAB/LSA’s Blue Necklace Project
by Emily Langner In episode 17 of the Build Better podcast, Anastasia welcomed Mark Reed and Stephanie Goldberg, founding principals of the Boston-based architecture and design firm, Lab / Life. Science. Architecture, Inc. (LAB/LSA). They talked about the threat climate change poses to Boston, Cambridge, and surrounding neighborhoods, and their proposal for a permanent solution […]
Climate Change And The New Normal
by Joseph A. Barra Climate change is rapidly becoming a lightning rod of exposure for the design community. This article explores the impact this phenomenon is having upon the way engineers practice and the standards by which they are judged. There are a variety of ways to describe climate change and its impact on the […]
SITES: Developing Sustainable Landscapes and Investing in the Greater Good
by Emily Langner Established almost two decades ago, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) has become a well-known green building system, providing “a framework to create healthy, highly efficient and cost-saving green buildings.” More recently, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has added another program for evaluating and achieving sustainable design, the Sustainable Sites […]
The Rise (and Fall) of the Constructed Coastline
by Stephanie Goldberg News that Jakarta will be moving completely to a new city location in Borneo within the next 10 years should give us all pause. Though Boston is considered one of the better prepared cities when it comes to climate change induced storms and tides, rising sea levels pose a long term threat. […]
The Blue Necklace: Four Projects to Save Cambridge and the Back Bay
by Mark Reed and Stephanie Goldberg Facing the Charles River from MIT’s iconic dome, it is hard to imagine that the sea, more than two miles away, could submerge the campus in the next 100 years. It is easy to envision the river flooding, but few realize the actual threat to Cambridge lies in Boston’s original peninsular […]
