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Opening on Chicago's South Side, the 19.3-acre Obama Presidential Center demonstrates how demanding, museum-grade institutional buildings can completely eliminate on-site combustion in cold climates using a 160-borehole ground…
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Sep 2026
Standing 45 meters tall in Vancouver, The Hive eliminates conventional concrete shear cores above its podium. By pairing…
Sep 2026
An RMI study reveals that Maryland single-family households switching from heating oil and propane to high-efficiency heat pumps…
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Professional calendar
Plan ahead with conferences, training, tours, and conversations, from next week to future years.
Oct 22, 2026
In Person · Logroño
The 18th Spanish Passive House Conference gathers building professionals to examine high-performance building strategies, retrofitting, and ecological construction methods. The program features a roundtable discussion dedicated to bioconstruction alongside focused technical sessions on building retrofits, public policy, and regulatory frameworks. International case…
Oct 22, 2026
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The HVAC Change Lab hosts an interactive roundtable focused on real-world experiences with Variable Refrigerant Flow systems in educational facilities. The session convenes school district personnel and building industry specialists to evaluate actual field performance across design, installation, automated controls, and ongoing…
Oct 22, 2026
Virtual
This regional online technical session examines the structural design of four- to six-story multi-family wood buildings. Led by Emmy Hoa Tran of WoodWorks, the presentation goes beyond standard building codes to address practical engineering workflows for gravity and lateral analysis. Key subjects…
Oct 22, 2026
In Person · West Des Moines
WoodWorks hosts an educational site tour examining two pioneering multi-family mass timber developments in the Des Moines region. Participants will visit Junction Lofts, Iowa’s first residential mass timber building, and Goldfinch Lofts, a mass timber and light-frame hybrid. Led by structural engineer…
From the library
Three enduring reports selected for their useful precedents and lessons.
GreenLinks · Jan 2022
The What: BayREN provides free engineering technical assistance to help local governments in the San Francisco Bay Area save energy…
GreenLinks · Jan 2022
With the signing of the new Federal Sustainability Executive Order the current administration has set forth aggressive goals to make…
Products · Dec 2021
Supporting its continued commitment to delivering innovative, energy-efficient products, Solatube® International Inc., the worldwide leading manufacturer and marketer of Tubular Daylighting…
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