Designing a building is a tough business. Months or years can be spent on one project, and then it is on to the next one. Often, designers know how the building performed during the first year of occupancy. But how do designers capture the lessons learned over time?
Solar energy and water savings are just two areas on which the Levi’s® Stadium operations team has focused. They continually use operations and maintenance to create a more energy-efficient stadium and set an example for other venues.
Developing and designing ultra-low energy mechanical systems and integrating them into innovative architecture was the challenge for the design team of Canada’s Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning. The building sits on the foundation of a former museum and uses the university’s existing central heating and cooling plant.
In need of a new facility to educate future chemists, doctors and dentists, Bristol Community College tasked the design team with creating a cutting-edge teaching laboratory. However, while the project was paused due to funding questions, the design team seized the opportunity to reassess their initial approach.
What happens when a building scientist and his family design and build their own house?
Engineers and researchers innovating and collaborating at Daikin was difficult because they were spread out over three locations. So, back in 2004 company leaders started thinking of ways to bring together its 700 engineers to generate a new model for technology development. The new Technology and Innovation Center (TIC) in Osaka, Japan, is now the core of the company’s collaboration and technology development.
Scheduled for Jan. 22 to 24 at McCormick Place in Chicago, the Show will be the biggest yet square footage-wise. At least 70,000 people are expected to attend the expo as visitors and exhibitors, a slight increase from the 68,000 people who participated in the 2017 AHR Expo in Las Vegas
The University of Florida provided extensive upgrades to mechanical, water, and lighting systems using a energy savings contract and drastically improved efficiencies in its student union. They did so, and added 100,000 square feet of space, while keeping the existing building open to meet student needs.
Nature inspired the transformation of twin World War II-era airplane hangars in Hawaii into a high-performance office headquarters. The hangars, which narrowly escaped destruction in the 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, have recently been reimagined, stripped to their bones, restored, and linked by a new steel-and-glass pavilion to create a high-tech, environmentally sensitive research, educational and office campus.
Seventhwave, the nonprofit high performance building design think tank, has recently released several energy analysis tools online for free. These tools and resources gauge the impact of design decisions and set realistic energy performance goals
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