Browsing: Sustainability

Seattle’s Lake Union has lived many lives throughout its history. It is the ancestral home of the Duwamish indigenous people and a key part of the Lake Washington Ship Canal that connects Lake Washington to the Puget Sound. The freshwater lake was also the construction site of Boeing’s first aircraft and the location of Tom Hanks’ houseboat in the movie Sleepless in Seattle.

Environmental impacts of the construction sector are well known. Its estimated contribution of 40 percent of the global CO2 emissions annually is reported often.

A fast-tracked project with multiple timelines made it possible for ServiceNow to quickly move into their new home—a space that gives them room to grow now and in the future.

The deadline for filing reports on energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions under New York City’s Local Law 97 — or face fines for failing to do so — is coming early next year for most owners of larger buildings. That has significantly impacted those in charge of implementing these standards throughout the health care facilities universe.

With conference season in full swing here at BuiltWorlds, it is important to take stock of the lessons learned from those events to ensure we’re contributing to our broader mission: driving innovation in the architecture, engineering, construction, and adjacent industries.

Structure Tone Dublin is leading the charge in driving sustainability forward in the construction sector by focusing on
collaboration and innovative in critical areas like waste diversion and supply chain engagement.

For the first time, the owner, contractor, and architect collectively offset 100% of a project’s emitted carbon. A revitalized retail and entertainment hub in Seattle’s South Lake Union neighborhood, Lake Union Piers is The Miller Hull Partnership’s first project to achieve the owner/contractor/architect decarbonization component of EMission Zero.

As the concept of circularity becomes increasingly more important in the built environment, the concepts of deconstruction and reuse have met many roadblocks in the commercial sector. The Project Manager’s Guide to Material Reuse in Commercial Buildings highlights how the commercial building sector can shift long held practices to produce more sustainable, circular, and less wasteful construction projects. In this guide, STOBG sustainability manager Michael Orbank contributes construction best practices that are being piloted on jobsites: highlighting material takeback programs, site separation techniques, and reuse pathways for traditionally landfilled products.