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Our accessibility consultants are constantly on the lookout for new products that will make it easier for our clients to comply with accessibility criteria.

For our first staff profile, we have Joe Andracchio, a Senior Sustainability Consultant on our Residential Buildings Services group.

FAQ of the most common questions that our Accessibility Team has been asked about the use of the new safe harbors since they became effective.

The need for sustainably designed buildings and infrastructure is critical as extreme weather patterns and natural disasters resulting from climate change persist. One of the truest measures of sustainability in this case is resiliency.

Passive House design for large multi-family buildings aligns with and builds upon industry guidance for mitigating the spread of infectious diseases.

To ensure compliance with the FHA, it is important to incorporate one of the HUD approved safe harbors into the design of a multifamily development.

A whole-system upgrade can fix overheating issues and result in 15-35% energy savings. But what does it take to upgrade an entire steam heating system?

In Part 3 of this series, we outline ways principles of social equity can be integrated into the design, construction, and operations phases of a building.

Comfort and health can be vague topics with many different definitions. Physically, there are four main factors that contribute to thermal comfort inside a residence, all of which also tie into health.

Third-party commissioning increases the likelihood that a PV system will perform as designed throughout its lifetime and reduces poorly performing PV systems, which erode the bottom line and damage solar energy’s reputation.

Experts in sustainable design have developed guidelines, protocols, and toolkits to adapt existing buildings to the ‘new normal’ caused by COVID-19.

To achieve social equity goals, a well-constructed plan for all project phases must be created and tracked. And, although the measures are not generally complicated, they can be numerous.