Lakeside Senior Apartments, Oakland, Calif.
The Lakeside Senior Apartments in Oakland, Calif., provide 91 permanently affordable homes for low-income and formerly homeless seniors, many of whom had been displaced by rising Bay Area housing costs.
Roof and Wall Insulation
Company: Atlas Roofing Corporation Product: ACFoam NH and EnergyShield NH Atlas Roofing Corporation announces the addition of ACFoam NH and EnergyShield NH. These non-halogenated polyiso roof and wall insulation products contain no halogenated flame retardants, providing additional environmentally friendly options…
Cellular Glass Insulation
Company: Owens Corning Product: FOAMGLAS FOAMGLAS cellular glass from Owens Corning for mission-critical commercial roofs is engineered to provide redundancy and stability to the roof membrane, even under sustained stress. The insulation supports a broad spectrum of high-performing applications and…
Sustainability and Resiliency: Strategies from Community to Equipment
With increasing energy demand and natural/human-induced disasters in recent years, the two key concepts—sustainability and resiliency—are crucial for engineers and architects in the current design and construction industry.
United States Courthouse, Los Angeles
The design of the new United States Courthouse in downtown Los Angeles is modern in spirit yet rooted in classic principles of federal architecture. It features processional steps, grand public spaces and enduring finish materials that give it a strong civic identity.
John J. Sbrega Health and Science Building, Fall River, Mass.
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.
Torcellini Residence, Eastford, Conn.
What happens when a building scientist and his family design and build their own house?
West Branch Library of the Berkeley Public Library--West Berkeley, Calif.
A California city started from scratch for its new library instead of renovating after it outgrew space for its vital community programs. The new, net zero energy library will meet its diverse community’s needs for years to come.
Rocky Mountain Institute Innovation Center, Basalt, Colo.
Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) is a nonprofit dedicated to transforming global energy use to create a clean, prosperous, and secure low-carbon future. Therefore, when RMI needed a new office and convening center for 50 employees in the mountain community of Basalt, Colo., they seized the opportunity to practice what they preached with a state-of-the-art building that achieved an unprecedented level of integration, automation, and performance.
Living Building, Georgia Institute of Technology
The Living Building at Georgia Tech will become a living-learning laboratory for hands-on educational and research opportunities that will be a model for the southeast region of the United States.
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