DuPont™ Tedlar® and Seaman Corporation Announce New Shelter-Rite® High Light Transmission Architectural Fabric
WILMINGTON, Del. – DuPont and Seaman Corporation today announced the launch of a new Shelter-Rite® High Light Transmission architectural fabric using transparent Tedlar® PVF film. This new architectural fabric is ideal for structures that require natural light such as sports arenas, event venues and greenhouses. Seaman Corporation will showcase this new product at IFAI Expo (Booth #1403), October 12-14, in Charlotte, North Carolina. “We are thrilled to continue our long-standing history of c...
Climate Change and the Construction Industry: Small Changes with Big Impact
Our long-term reliance on fossil fuels makes buildings one of the most significant sources of carbon dioxide emissions (CO2), contributing to climate change, smog, and air pollution. Two powerful solutions are emerging: building electrification and FreMarq Innovations’ energy-efficient and cost-effective window technology. Can the construction industry step up in time? MERRILL, WIS. —Building operations represent nearly 55% of global electricity consumption.1 According to the U.S. Energy Info...
Stora Enso launches building solution for low carbon construction
To meet the demand for sustainable and innovative construction solutions, Stora Enso launches Sylva™ by Stora Enso. Sylva is a massive wood building kit comprising pre-manufactured, custom-made applications delivered just-in-time to the building site. The solution enables faster construction, reduced costs, more efficient use of raw material and fewer emissions than concrete or steel. “One of the major reasons why the construction industry’s carbon emissions have reached its highest level is...
Illinois Tech sustainable building design programs awarded DOE’s first-ever Zero Energy Design Designation
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded its inaugural Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD) to two Illinois Institute of Technology building design programs CHICAGO—The U.S. Departm ent of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) awarded its first-ever Zero Energy Design Designation (ZEDD) to two Illinois Institute of Technology programs that are preparing tomorrow’s architectural and engineering leaders to design and build the most sustainable buildings possible...
World’s Tallest Timber Apartment Tower To Be Built in Zanzibar
28-storey Burj Zanzibar would be Africa’s first sustainable high-rise ZANZIBAR, TANZANIA - The Indian Ocean island of Zanzibar is planning the highest green building in the world, a 28-storey apartment tower designed in hybrid timber technology. Named Burj Zanzibar - "burj" meaning tower in Arabic - the spectacular high-rise is designed to reach 96 metres in height. Dubbed "vertical green village", it would represent an iconic landmark not only for the island but for the whole of Africa a...
Skanska builds a new office building and innovation premises in Stockholm for about SEK 800 million
Skanska has signed an agreement with Fabege to build a new office building with associated innovation center for High-speed separators in Flemingsberg, Stockholm. The agreement is worth approximately SEK 800 million, which will be included in the order bookings for Skanska Sweden in the third quarter of 2022. The project is divided into two phases and is carried out in close cooperation between Fabege and Skanska. In 2021, an agreement was signed for phase 1, which included planning participati...
Industry partners use ORNL software to trim carbon footprint of buildings
Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s software suite AutoBEM is being used in the architecture, city planning, real estate and home efficiency industries. Users take advantage of the suite’s energy modeling of almost all U.S. buildings. Credit: ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Two years after the U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory provided a model of nearly every building in America, commercial partners are using the tool for tasks ranging from designing energy-efficient buildin...
AISI Publishes Supplement No. 3 to AISI S100-16 (R2020)
WASHINGTON, DC – The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published Supplement No. 3 to AISI S100-16 (Reaffirmed 2020), North American Specification for the Design of Cold-Formed Steel Structural Members, 2022 Edition. The North American Specification harmonizes cold-formed steel design technology across the United States, Canada and Mexico, allowing for faster introduction of new technologies as well as opening up the market for a variety of derivative products such as design aids and e...
HDPE Pipe Electrofusion Guide Updated
Information about electrofusing polyethylene pipe procedures can be found in the updated MAB Generic Electrofusion Procedure for Field Joining of 12 Inch and Smaller Polyethylene (PE) Pipe (MAB-01-2022), one of two electrofusion documents available for free on the PPI MAB website www.plasticpipe.org/municipaladvisoryboard. New Document Now Available from the Municipal Advisory Board IRVING, Texas - September 19, 2022 - The MAB Generic Electrofusion Procedure for Field Joining of 12 In...
The US' Largest 3D Printed Building Project So Far - A Two Story House Of 4.000 Sq Ft - Has Been Started By Peri And Cive
Photo courtesy: PERI. House located in Houston, Texas – home to an increasing no. of 3D printed buildings Designed by HANNAH architects, 3D printed by PERI with CIVE as the general contractor Second multi-story 3D printed building in North America made with a COBOD BOD2 printer (see video) While the US and Canada have seen several 3D printed buildings in recent years, in the US all of these have been single-story buildings. In market terms +50% of all constructed single-f...
Stormwater Interview with Robert Page, P.E., Vice President, HNTB
TriMet’s Banfield Type 1 Substation Replacement Project
February Issue 2026
