Hot desking and zoning of collaborative workspace is a huge topic. Not only does hot desking save in infrastructure overhead costs but it is also found to enhance productivity and collaboration for some departments of an organization. How do you design workspaces that enhance that collaboration through lighting? Notify me of new posts by email. order …
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:
I’ve been a little obsessed with how buildings are designed since I took a trip to the other side of the planet when I was a teenager and saw how ridiculously identical everything was.
Better building performance will be key to economic and environmental success in the 21st century.
When I bought my house, it was clear that the roof was going to last for a while. But it is almost 13 years later and the roof is leaking.
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, let’s face it, some of them didn’t even meet code requirements in jurisdictions …
Buildings Are To Blame for Making Us Miss Our Climate Targets Read More »
Today I had a cursory foray into LEED 2009. I like a lot of the advancements that have been made. I do think that weighting energy and water efficiency more heavily will result in a more stringent certification with a more solid reputation. But I was disappointed to find out that it still does not …
LEED 2009 Closes Loopholes But Does It Address Climate Change? Read More »
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 architect is a speciality service that deserves a speciality-level of expertise. We work hard to keep ourselves up-to-date on …
