by Sandra Lester | Jan 27, 2022 | Blog
Integrated Sustainable Design Requires Systemic Change 27 Jan 27, 2022 On a high level, you can see that various elements are trending when it comes to sustainable design. It is easy to get caught up in any single one of them: electric vehicles; the housing crisis;...
by Sandra Lester | Mar 25, 2020 | Blog
Is High Performance a Luxury or the Most Prudent Choice? 25 Mar 25, 2020 Let’s use financial risk management for a couple of different possible future scenarios. The additional costs to go beyond code requirements into the realm of high performance is often seen as...
by Sandra Lester | Mar 7, 2020 | Blog
Hire Us BEFORE You Hire Your Architect 7 Mar 7, 2020 You probably have a team of people that work on procurement of everything from the subcontractors to the kitchen sink, but do the same people that procure services for everything else hire your architects? Hiring an...
by Sandra Lester | Mar 5, 2020 | Blog
Sandra 5 Mar 5, 2020 There is no doubt. Buildings are to blame. We are going to miss our climate targets because of our crappy buildings. For decades we all got away with spending very little capital on buildings that just met the building code requirements. Actually,...
by Sandra Lester | Mar 5, 2020 | Blog
Designing for Better Infection Control 5 Mar 5, 2020 Experts are starting to realize that Covid-19 will be with us for the long term. How do we rethink office space design so that it is more like being in the outdoors? How can we design offices in order to decrease...
