American Structural Steel Industry Meets Bill Gates's Goals -- 30 Years Early
CHICAGO - Bill Gates has been traveling the country promoting his new book, How to Avoid a Climate Disaster: the Solutions We Have and the Breakthroughs We Need, and one of his key points is that the cement and steel industries contribute more than 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions. He correctly points out that our future depends on cutting emissions and calls for the production of cleaner iron ore that can then be used as feedstock for modern, clean, electric arc furnaces to produce s...
Trane Technologies and Aircuity Help Buildings Reopen and Operate Safely with Indoor Air Quality Monitoring and Management Solution
SWORDS, Ireland - Global climate innovator Trane Technologies (NYSE: TT), through its strategic brand Trane®, has joined forces with indoor air quality monitoring, reporting and ventilation management company Aircuity® to provide automated, data-based indoor air quality monitoring and management solutions for building owners. The integrated Trane and Aircuity system, available in the United States and Canada, collects critical data about a building’s air quality and automatically monitors and ad...
Urban Adaptation competition winners introduce ideas for flexible and sustainable urban construction
The Urban Adaptation competition challenged architects and students from around the world to design an innovative modular wood design for a public building or a building system that easily adapts to the changing needs of the community. The competition, organised by Metsä Group, Aalto University and the Finnish Ministry of the Environment, proved a success – it received a total of 154 entries from 48 countries! The jury has now spoken, and the winners have been selected. Too often, buildings a...
View Smart Windows Selected for 3.0 University Place, a best-in-class Life Science Project in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA and Milpitas, CA: View, the market leader in smart glass, announced that its smart windows will be installed at 3.0 University Place, the 250,000-square-foot commercial lab and office building under development by University Place Associates (UPA) in the heart of Philadelphia’s innovation corridor. UPA has partnered with Silverstein Properties and Cantor Fitzgerald to develop a cluster of life science and commercial office spaces built to the highest level of healthy and sustain...
Denver Water OCR project awarded multiple LEED Green Building certifications
Eight buildings in the redevelopment project recognized for sustainability achievements Denver Water announced today that eight buildings in its Operations Complex Redevelopment project have been awarded Platinum, Gold, and Silver levels of LEED certification. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council and is the most widely used green building rating system in the world and an international symbol of excellence....
Digitalization Facilitates Construction of New Radisson Hotel Despite Pandemic Restrictions
Márkus Engineering solves remote working collaboration challenges with Nemetschek solutions Munich, Germany / Budapest, Hungary – Through the challenges of the coronavirus pandemic, Markus Engineering is pressing on with delivery of the new Radisson Collection Hotel in Budapest, Hungary, by using multiple software solutions from the Nemetschek Group. Despite the restrictions against in-person working, the engineering and management firm has kept the project on schedule leveraging GRAPHISOFT a...
AISI Publishes Five Cold-Formed Steel Test Standards
WASHINGTON, D.C. –The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has published five cold-formed steel test standards. Three of the test standards have been updated, and two are new: AISI S903-20, Test Standard for Determining the Uniform and Local Ductility of Carbon and Low-Alloy Steels (updated) AISI S915-20, Test Standard for Determining the Strength and Deformation Behavior of Through-the-Web Punchout Cold-Formed Steel Wall Stud Bridging Connectors (updated) AISI S916-20, Test Stand...
American Concrete Institute Releases 2021 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practice
FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — The American Concrete Institute has released the 2021 ACI Collection of Concrete Codes, Specifications, and Practices. The ACI Collection is the most comprehensive and largest single source of information on concrete design, construction, materials, and repair, with nearly 50 codes and specifications and more than 200 practices – including all guides and reports. The ACI Collection features ACI 318 “Building Code Requirements for Structural Concrete,” ACI 301 “Spe...
View Smart Windows transform St. John’s Terminal, Oxford Properties’ flagship US development in New York City
Milpitas, CA and Toronto, Ontario : View, the market leader in smart glass, announced that View Smart Windows are being installed at St. John’s Terminal, the 12-story, 1.3-million-square-foot, cutting-edge commercial office under development by Oxford Properties Group. This landmark Manhattan asset encompasses two entire city blocks along the Hudson River and will be the center of Google’s Hudson Square campus. View Smart Windows use artificial intelligence to optimize natural light and views...
Video: UN Program Winner Making Bricks From Recycled Plastics in Kenya
The Young Champions of the Earth prize is the United Nations Environment Programme's leading initiative to engage youth in tackling the world's most pressing environmental challenges. Seven winners were announced in December 2020. The winners are given funding and mentorship to support their environmental initiative. Since its inception in 2017, 28 environmental trailblazers have been recognised from every corner of the globe. Nzambi Matee (Kenya) is a materials engineer and head of Gjenge Ma...
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February Issue 2026
