Tag: environmental
Carbon Sequestration in Cement Creates Significant Environmental Advances in New Construction
By Nancy Novak
It’s not news that buildings use a lot of concrete. There are no substitutions for it, and the production of it is...
Designing and Building Sustainable Multi-Use Trails Using 3D Soil Confinement
Trails and greenways play a vital role in communities by preserving and creating open spaces for low or no-cost outdoor recreation. They encourage people...
NextEra Energy Solar Building 2,000 Acre Solar Farm to Power 30,000 Homes
By Emily Folk
Statewide renewable energy initiatives mandated by Governor Andrew Cuomo include an aggressive expansion of solar farms across New York. The number of...
The Post-Covid-19 Sustainability Chase
By Indranil Seth
The devastating effects that Covid-19 has brought to the health and economy of the world will definitely be remembered and referred to...
Topping off LEED Certification with a Green Roof
By Tommy Linstroth
The crowning achievement of Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification can be made a little more reachable by incorporating green...
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...
