When it comes to energy, data centers are faced with a serious dilemma.  

 There has been much discussion about environmentally sustainable buildings over the past couple of years.  

Reading this article provides professional education in green building, including Sustainable Design (SD) and Health, Safety and Welfare (HSW) credits. 

Air barriers have recently been identified as one of several effective and viable solutions toward better high-performance buildings. 

 Architects can help create healthy communities. When people think of health, often the first thing that comes to mind is the medical industry, doctors, nurses and those who make us healthy when we are unwell.  

 Cities and counties are facing new policy challenges as federal and state regulators adopt greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets and other new environmental performance standards designed to reverse the degradation of our environment.  

After a rainy winter in 2009, and after waiting for the site to dry, construction finally got underway on the Upper Cumberland Regional Health Facility (UCRHF) in Cookeville, Tenn. Owned by the State of Tennessee, the new construction of this 50,000-square-foot facility building was essential for compensating for the recent and expected growth of the regional health department.

 947 Fort Street is a 44,000-square-foot, six-story class A office tower.  

 “Garbage” just isn’t what it used to be. Instead of throwing everything in one bin and hauling it to the local “dump,” there is increasing emphasis on recovering valuable resources from the stuff we throw away.  

 Recent high-profile bankruptcies in clean tech have caused many in Washington and around the country to regard the idea of federal investment in green jobs as too big a risk for taxpayers.  

 Caught up in the perfect storm of high operational costs, heightened regulatory pressures and a turbulent economic climate, companies are compelled more than ever to find ways to make their facilities more energy efficient.  

 It’s been called a game changer; a catalyst of sea change.  

 Spring came early to Chicago this year.  

 Value, as defined by Webster is “a fair return for something exchanged.”  

Hong Kong’s construction industry value is expected to rise from U.S. $7.1 billion in 2011 to U.S. $9.8 billion by 2015. 

 As the cover explains, EDC is now the official magazine for the LEED Professional. 

Since the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) was founded nearly 20 years ago, we have committed ourselves to the vital work of transforming the way we approach our built environment. Building by building, we have seen the most dedicated leaders throughout the industry inspire, innovate and implement the changes that are driving this movement forward. 

 Here’s a starting point to enhance employee comfort, health and productivity.  

Accsys Technologies now offers North American species red alder as part of its line of modified-wood products. 

 BrightShelf is a new light shelf system that seeks to turn daylighting into a high-performance solution. 

 CENTRIA, designer, developer and manufacturer of architectural metal wall and roof systems, announces the addition of zinc, by VMZINC, for use as a material substrate in its Profile Series Concept Series and IW Series.  

 The Design Pro LED Modular 2.0 energy-saving cabinet lighting product is designed to fit into even the most slender spaces, essentially disappearing under and inside almost every cabinet, bookcase, or other task lighting configuration while evenly delivering light.  

 DuPont Tyvek Fluid Applied Air and Water Weather Barrier System is designed to provide coverage and air and water hold-out, and is intended for application on concrete, CMU, gypsum sheathing and high-rise buildings. 

 Designed for smaller residential applications, including multifamily dwellings. 

 Juno Lighting Group introduces the WarmDim feature for the Juno Generation 3 LED Downlights Series. 

PERMINATOR underslab vapor barrier is designed to reduce the penetration of moisture and water vapor through the slab of a structure.

Harsco Industrial Patterson-Kelley announces the release of the new skid-mounted Fabricated Systems, available for both space heating and domestic water heating needs. 

 Zola European Windows & Doors, intended for Passive House buildings, offers doors that are designed to be durable, precision-crafted, energy efficient and airtight as well as beautiful and affordable. 

 The Allerton bathroom suite now includes high-efficiency toilets (HETs). 

 The Enlighted Virtuo Series features an autonomous, adaptive sensor which is designed to measure ambient light, occupancy and temperature at each fixture, and it tailors light levels to each user’s actual needs, maximizing occupant comfort and minimizing energy cost.  

 CertainTeed is strengthening 15 of its highly reflective, low-slope CoolStar roofing products with an enhanced ceramic granule surface. 

 Aircuity Advisor Services consists of a dynamic set of software-based tools designed to provide intelligent and actionable information into a building’s performance.  

 Air Cycle Corporation announces the CFL Premium Bulb Eater, a new version of the award-winning lamp crusher. 

 PaperCut is a new interlayer option in the Varia Ecoresin line.