Tag: Sustainability

Managing Project Costs by Evaluating Space Utilization

Right-Sizing Healthcare Spaces: Reducing Costs Through Smart Space Utilization Richard Pizzi, AIA, CEO | June 2024 The cost of developing projects has substantially increased in recent years. Construction labor and materials, long lead times for specific building components, inflation, and high interest rates have all been attributed to the sustained increase in project costs. In […]

Student Housing That Supports Bowdoin’s Energy Goals

Park Row’s residents use 21 kBtu/ sf / yr – a 78% reduction in energy when compared to ASHRAE baseline goals, without the use of renewables. This reduction vastly exceeds the college’s Climate Action Plan for 2020 which seeks a 46% reduction of energy use. Energy reduction goals increased for the college in 2020 making […]

Oyster River Middle School Sets the Bar for School Building Sustainability

Oyster River Middle School’s Commitment to Sustainability on Full Display During Earth Week! Doug Shilo, Associate | April 2022 | (Photo courtesy of ReVision Energy) School Board Members, Administration, Students, Teachers, Project Team Members and Legislators gathered earlier this week to celebrate the ribbon cutting of 1,450 solar panels at Oyster River Middle School. Hosted […]

New Middle School to Save Money and Limit Energy Consumption

Oyster River Cooperative School District Aims for Net Positive Building A school district in New Hampshire is taking big steps toward net-zero or even net-positive power consumption. Oyster River Cooperative School District in Durham is nearing completion on a new middle school, and large parts of the project focus on solar power and geothermal heating […]