Company: Alva Product: Natalie The Natalie exterior wall sconce from Alva is built to last more than 20 years maintenance-free with an integral high-performance LED module and a color rendering index of 80+. It is available in three different sizes:…
Company: VaproShield Product: SlopeShield Plus Self-Adhered VaproShield announces the release of SlopeShield Plus Self-Adhered, a highly vapor-permeable roofing underlayment air barrier material. The product is designed for use on steep slope roofs of 2:12 or greater pitch. The black color…
Company: Daikin North America Product: VRV IV Daikin North America’s new VRV IV heat recovery system adapts Daikin’s VRV (variable refrigerant volume) technology to the North American HVAC market. The systems are engineered to provide ease of configurability and optimal…
Company: Taco Comfort Solutions Product: 0018e Circulator Taco Comfort Solutions’ 0018e featuring Bluetooth is a versatile, variable speed, high-efficiency wet rotor circulator with an ECM permanent magnet motor. With the Taco 0018e Mobile App, users can see and control real-time…
Company: WINT Product: WINT Water Intelligence The WINT Water Intelligence solution helps organizations improve sustainability by significantly reducing water consumption. The product uses advanced artificial intelligence to perform real-time water flow analysis and identify anomalies, waste and leaks. It also…
Company: Draper Product: IntelliFlex I/O IntelliFlex I/O from Draper is a highly customizable solution for motorized window shades that is flexible and expandable to the size and complexity of a project. Intelligent motors are connected to input devices through a…
Company: Watts Product: Big Daddy RD-800 Series The new, exclusive Watts Big Daddy™ RD-800 Series dual roof drains provide outstanding leakage protection, durable construction and ease of installation. This drain eliminates the need to cut separate holes in the roof…
Company: Awair Product: Awair Omni Awair announces that Awair Omni, the company’s enterprise air quality monitor, now tracks light and noise levels in addition to air quality. Omni features enterprise-grade sensors that track the key factors of air quality (temperature,…
Company: Carrier Product: EcoBlue Technology on Rooftop Units Carrier introduces innovative new EcoBlueTM Technology to select models of its WeatherMaker® and WeatherMaster® rooftop units (RTUs). EcoBlue Technology has been designed to improve performance and efficiency while decreasing maintenance and installation…
Company: Berner International Product: RevolvAir Air Curtain System for Revolving Doors Berner International introduced the RevolvAir Air Curtain System for Revolving Doors. The RevolvAir is specifically sized to fit each revolving door’s diameter, configuration and brand. It creates a separating…
Company: DewAir Corp. Product: RH-Cube 18 DewAir Corp. has introduced the RH-Cube 18 split-system mechanical dehumidifier that uses a compact, energy-efficient counterflow heat exchanger for dedicated humidity control. The RH-Cube 18 reduces air conditioning energy costs up to 55% and…
Company: Echoflex Solutions Product: TAP-31 The TAP-31 wireless, self-powered photo sensor from Echoflex Solutions provides a reliable and simple method for increasing energy savings by adding daylight harvesting capability to your Echoflex lighting control system. It features two selectable ranges—0…
Company: RenewAire Product: DN Series RenewAire® has introduced the DN Series, a non-compressorized, fully-integrated dedicated outdoor air system (DOAS) using state-of-the-art energy recovery ventilation (ERV) with static plate enthalpy core technology. The DN Series is designed for sensible and latent…
Task Light Company: Dyson Product: LightcycleTM The Dyson LightcycleTM task light continually adjusts its color temperature and brightness in relation to your local daylight. It uses a unique time, date, and location-driven algorithm to calculate the color temperature and brightness…
Company: Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. Product: Diamond HS™ Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. Elevator & Escalator Division introduces Diamond HS™ premium passenger elevators for high-rise buildings. Diamond HS™ elevators include innovative technology systems that keep pace with society’s ever-growing demands for…
Solar Pump Station Company: SunEarth Product: SolarStation XXL Decrease installation time, reduce labor costs and engineering costs with the SolarStation XXL, SunEarth’s solution to large scale commercial solar thermal. It is designed with multispeed pumps to ensure compatibility with a…
Katerra, a fast-growing Menlo Park, Calif.-based tech and construction company, announced a strategic partnership and a major merger in June.
Heating Load Reduction. Through investing in the building envelope and heat recovery ventilation, the heating load was reduced by approximately 50% for these three buildings. This was done with high performance glazing, extra insulation in the walls and roof and…
Flow Measurement Manager The AquaCUE® flow measurement manager from Badger Meter (Booth 1937) is an intuitive, cloud-based software platform that provides greater visibility and control over water resources in demanding submetering applications. It delivers a powerful dashboard capability for improving…
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
Large open-plan bioscience and marine research labs are designed to promote interdisciplinary collaboration among NOAA researchers and scholars from around the world. NOAA’s new Pacific Region headquarters consolidates 715 agency employees from 15 NOAA offices spread across Oahu. This 350,000…
Overcoming the inherent challenges of planning and designing a Living Building Challenge certified building is part of the transformative nature of this project. After all, the intent is to encourage change in how we as planners, designers, and builders view…
ASHRAE and other groups push for better building performance during High Performance Building Week 2017.
The Architecture Expo during the 2017 American Institute of Architects’ conference April 27 to 29 featured nearly 800 exhibitors in the Orange County Convention Center.
Architects should anticipate the needs, changes, and challenges not only within their own businesses, but in their communities. Those themes set the course for this year’s American Institute of Architects (AIA) Conference on Architecture held April 27 to 29.
Adaptive reuse, water conservation, and best practices were common topics among the most popular case studies and features in HPB Newsletter in 2016. Building case studies ran the gamut: from a gallery to a research lab to a federal building. Here is a sampling of HPB's most popular features of 2016.
While walking through the nine football fields of exhibit space at AHR Expo Jan. 30-Feb. 1 in Las Vegas, visitors will be able to see more than 760 general types of products.
A new public building provides a unique opportunity to reach out into the community. Cincinnati worked with residents to design its Police HQ.
Built as a sustainable, energy-efficient, and environment-friendly facility meeting LEED Platinum requirements, the new Cincinnati District 3 Police Station is designed to generate as much energy as it consumes.
Deep energy retrofits can be a gold mine for real estate investors. A project in Silicon Valley demonstrates how a net zero energy retrofit led to profit.
Using timber in the built environment has taken root and is growing, according to industry professionals specializing in building with wood and entities aiming to promote the practice.
When faced with a multitude of products to see within nine football fields of exhibit space at AHR Expo in January in Las Vegas, how does an attendee find the best sustainable solutions?
Beginning Nov. 1, the fourth version of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED certification program will be its only active certification.
The 531 exhibitors on display at the 2016 Greenbuld International Conference & Expo 2016 Oct. 5-7 offered opportunities to see a wide variety of products and services available to professionals within the sustainable building industry.
Greenbuild featured more than 200 sessions, tours, summits and workshops in the education program and throughout the week, with many sold-out sessions, organizers said.
DOAS with VRF is not the standard HVAC approach for Seattle-area schools. Introducing a new HVAC system type in a school takes a client willing to try new things. Demonstration of the system for operators and managers to gain…
The philosophy of “form follows function” guided architecture for much of the 20th century. Now, even in a time when building performance is being scrutinized as never before, architects and developers are paying a great deal of attention to buildings’ form. Building science often is cloaked in a great deal of art.
The facility serves both as a project to demonstrate that net zero can be achieved for a newly built home similar to those in the surrounding communities and to serve as a testbed for building energy efficient and renewable technologies.…
Although the use of renewables is needed to achieve net zero, a well-designed and executed building envelope and the use of energy efficient building energy technologies can, by themselves, reduce the energy consumption of a new home significantly. In…
The Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum’s renovation is just one of the many major renovations going on at the Smithsonian Institution.
Construction: review of constructability with building trades contractors can be extremely beneficial when working in a historic building. In an existing building with load-bearing masonry walls, penetrations have to be coordinated with extra care. While there are different methods of…
The Building and Construction Authority’s (BCA) SkyLab, the world’s first high-rise rotatable laboratory for the tropics, and the Academic Tower, a dedicated experiential learning facility and living lab for the built environment sector, opened in recent ceremonies at the BCA Academy in Singapore.
Two major manufacturers gathered diverse groups of leaders in the HVAC&R and building industry during June for lively discussions on the future of energy efficiency and smart-building technologies with government officials, policymakers, researchers and advocacy groups.
EP100 (Energy Productivity 100) is a campaign for the world’s most influential businesses to commit to doubling their energy productivity by 2030. The campaign, developed and administered by The Climate Group, is an action of the We Mean Business Coalition. The campaign is in collaboration and alignment with The Global Alliance for Energy Productivity and the United Nations Sustainable Energy for All initiative, who also call for doubling energy productivity and efficiency.
When the Byron G. Rogers Federal Building project was announced in 2009, this 1965 building had never undergone a major upgrade of its systems or finishes. Over the years there were maintenance projects for MEP systems and large tenant improvement; however, the "bones" of the building had never been touched.
Modern architecture began in the early 20th century and was in direct opposition to the ornately carved and heavily embellished classical buildings of the past. Modern architecture embraced and celebrated new building technologies, materials and construction methods such as precast concrete, aluminum, plastics, and structural steel frames.
Co-authors of Andrea Love and Kevin Sullivan discuss the natural ventilation, tight budget, and post-occupancy evaluation of the Biosciences Research Building.
A sampling of products exhibited at the AIA Convention 2016, Philadelphia.
As open plan offices grow increasingly common, so does the need for strategies to lessen noise from office activities. Niklas Moeller discusses advancements in the technology behind sound masking systems and how to achieve acoustic control and occupant comfort.
It’s a trend likely familiar to office workers and commercial real estate professionals: As workplaces transform, increasing numbers of people are occupying tenant spaces. This growing densification has implications for how property professionals operate their buildings.
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