Energy & Water Efficiency

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From the moment visitors, staff, faculty, or students step into the Fahy Commons for Public Engagement and Innovation, they know they’re somewhere different. “When you walk up to the front door, you hear birds and bugs” in the native meadow, said Drew Lavine, partner and director of design for Re:Vision Architecture. “Before you walk inside, it signals that this is a different place. This is unlike anywhere else on campus.”
Resiliency & Sustainability

Explore the World’s First Core Living Building at Muhlenberg College

Sept. 6, 2024
The deep green Fahy Commons for Public Engagement and Innovation—a 20,000-square-foot multi-use facility—is the first project to be certified under Living Building Challenge Core...
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Energy & Water Efficiency

Luminaire Level Lighting Controls: The Right Move for the Bottom Line?

March 8, 2024
Flexible solutions like luminaire level lighting controls (LLLC) can make reaching your green goals both cost-effective and energy efficient. Here’s how one facility manager made...
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Energy & Water Efficiency

A Beginner’s Guide to Building-to-Grid Technology

Feb. 22, 2024
Here’s what you need to know about seamless integration of building control systems to the grid for greater efficiency and sustainable outcomes.
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Energy & Water Efficiency

Water Conservation Technology Is Key to Tomorrow’s Smart Buildings

Feb. 20, 2024
Slow the water bill spending and sustainability ‘drip' with intelligent water management technologies.
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Energy & Water Efficiency

4 Steps to Help Building Systems Achieve Sustainability Goals

Feb. 12, 2024
Building managers can achieve energy savings, sustainability and resilience with a proven Path to Smarter Energy.
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Energy & Water Efficiency

White House releases RFI to define zero-emissions building

Jan. 6, 2024
Federal government seeking industry feedback to develop a national definition of net-zero building to advance sector.