Sustainably designed education center opens in Tinley Park Moraine Valley Community College is big on green initiatives, but the college really dived headfirst into sustainability with its new Southwest Education Center in Tinley Park.
At once monumental and airy, this sculptural, two-story pool house in Sonoma’s Wine Country by Oakland interior designer Michelle Wempe and her award-winning firm Zumaooh is an exercise in green building and communing with nature.
The GreenLink Neutral Floor Cleaner from Zep Inc. is a low-foam, neutral-pH, general purpose cleaner designed for most floors, including finished floors, according to the manufacturer. The floor cleaner is Green Seal certified and part of Zep’s GreenLink line of environmentally preferred products — all designed to minimize negative impacts on the environment. It contains no VOCs or APEs. The cleaner rinses easily, leaving a film-free surface. Available in gallon bottles, 5-gallon pails and 20-gallon drums.
United States Steel Corp. said Tuesday it will begin offering a new steel product that supports green building designs. The product, dubbed Acrylume CF Coated Sheet, is a coated, flat-rolled steel that has a chromium-free clear polymer coating.
Hi-Flo ES by Camfil Farr is a high-efficiency ASHRAE-grade pocket filter that uses 27 percent to 50 percent less HVAC energy and has a 25 percent to 30 percent longer service life than competitive filters, according to the manufacturer. Key to the performance of the Hi-Flo ES is a high lofted, air laid micro fiberglass media, and a pocket configuration.
The Living Building Challenge℠, widely regarded as the world’s most rigorous green building performance standard, has redefined the design and construction process for more than seventy projects since its launch in 2006.
The U.S. Green Building Council’s new headquarters in Washington, D.C., Citi’s new data center in Frankfurt, Germany, and now the new data center for the education services company ACT offer striking images of what it takes to achieve the highest LEED rating for a green building.
The modular construction industry has for many years practiced flexible design and reuse. In fact, many companies in the modular industry recycle entire buildings for different applications. One of the unique aspects of modular construction is that it is more readily designed for deconstruction. The fact that the building is assembled in modules means that it can be disassembled at the end of its useful life. In many cases, entire buildings are repurposed and reused for secondary needs at secondary locations.
Universal Steel Buildings Corp., sole supplier of Olympia Steel Buildings has joined the U.S. Green Building Council to demonstrate their support of sustainable building practices and commitment to Green Building principles and design.
The Living Building Challenge℠, widely regarded as the world’s most rigorous green building performance standard, has redefined the design and construction process for more than seventy projects since its launch in 2006.
