Tag: environmental
PFAS Cleanup
Challenges and Solutions
By James Peeples
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a class of about 5,000 human-made chemicals whose management and remediation present a challenging...
Solar Panels as Natural Resources of Energy
The matter of getting energy from renewable sources is very relevant today. While in some locations such energy would solve the basic problems, such...
Engineers and Wetland Scientists Face Challenges with Regulatory Changes to the Clean Water Act
Technology to play a key role in solutions
By Lee Lance and Jeremy Schewe
This year's changes to the Clean Water Act have made the already-challenging...
Indiana’s First LEED v4 Platinum Building
By Hannah Fleck
The space at 1221 Pennsylvania Street was originally the Indianapolis FBI headquarters built in 1968. Guidon purchased the space in 2018 to...
A Window to a Greener World
How composite windows and doors can boost energy efficiency
As part of the tenth annual World Green Building Week, which took place in September 2019,...
Home-Grown Green: Green Building in the Residential Market
By Donna Laquidara-Carr, Ph.D., LEED AP
Single family home builders are commonly using many green products and practices, especially energy saving ones, but only one...
Decentralized Wastewater Treatment Approaches Meet Community Treatment and Large Commercial System Demands
By Dennis F. Hallahan, PE and Donald Prince
Introduction
Two general methods are considered for wastewater treatment planning and design: centralized and decentralized models. As environmental...
What is LEED for Green Buildings?
LEED stands for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, which is a building certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The motive...
Cleveland Bridge Group: How we reduced our carbon footprint
At Cleveland Bridge Group, we firmly believe that sustainability is a pre-requisite for doing business in today’s world. As such, the entire steel industry...
