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The sustainable building industry is buzzing with anticipation for the release of LEED version 5. This update to the world’s most widely used green building rating system promises to bring significant changes, particularly in the realm of embodied carbon reduction.

Maryland is implementing a state-wide Building Energy Performance Standard (BEPS) for buildings 35,000 square feet and over as a requirement under the Climate Solutions Now Act of 2022. Let’s take a look at what we know so far.

Projects targeting Passive House certification must comply fully with all applicable accessibility requirements.

We like to say that a building is not sustainable if it does not sustain the health and wellbeing of all its occupants. This includes considering how the materials, technologies, and building systems affect indoor air quality, comfort, and the…

EPA is adding a second level to its Indoor airPLUS specification for homes and residential buildings: Indoor airPLUS version 2. What changes should we expect?

SWA has come across several challenges and learned a lot through our benchmarking data verification efforts. While some of the data corrections may be unique to the buildings, some are more general. Here are five of the issues we’ve seen…

Cooking inside your home or apartment produces contaminants, and without an exhaust strategy, pollutants remain inside and diminish indoor air quality.

When ventilation systems are designed correctly, but installed, commissioned, and operated incorrectly, the system ends up being leaky and inefficient and uses more energy than expected.

We’re sharing the strategies we use most often as Enterprise Green Communities consultants to achieve certification and create more sustainable communities.

Myth: Following the accessibility requirements of the building code will satisfy the accessibility requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

How can building designers and healthcare providers proactively ensure that medical diagnostic equipment is accessible to patients with disabilities?

Explore data, resources, and tools available now to help project teams create a strategy to reduce embodied carbon along with operational carbon.