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To meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement, we must make decisions that take into account both embodied carbon and operational carbon.

The Enterprise Green Communities (EGC) criteria is one tool we can use to drive green building efforts to affect populations most in need.

Building new homes that are all electric makes TONS of sense. I’ve written about that before. Electrifying existing single-family homes, however, is not necessarily straightforward.

Designing spaces to be accessible to all is essential to ensuring that patients, visitors, and staff can benefit from the benefits a hospital garden offers.

And as we look to electrify our buildings’ heating and cooling systems, Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) systems have emerged as one solution.

Modern air-source heat pumps (ASHPs) can provide reliable, efficient, clean, affordable, and sustainable heating and cooling.

Our accessibility consultants are constantly on the lookout for new products that will make it easier for our clients to comply with accessibility criteria.

For our first staff profile, we have Joe Andracchio, a Senior Sustainability Consultant on our Residential Buildings Services group.

FAQ of the most common questions that our Accessibility Team has been asked about the use of the new safe harbors since they became effective.

The need for sustainably designed buildings and infrastructure is critical as extreme weather patterns and natural disasters resulting from climate change persist. One of the truest measures of sustainability in this case is resiliency.

Passive House design for large multi-family buildings aligns with and builds upon industry guidance for mitigating the spread of infectious diseases.

To ensure compliance with the FHA, it is important to incorporate one of the HUD approved safe harbors into the design of a multifamily development.