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Author: Jim Schneider, LEED AP

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  • Jim Schneider, LEED AP

    Jim Schneider, LEED AP, has worked in the design and construction industry for 20 years. He writes about architecture, sustainability and construction from Denver.

Better Buildings

Managing Data and Controls Across Multiple Smart Buildings and Systems Delivers Real-world Savings

Today’s data-management solutions offer a connected approach toward maximizing smart-building performance. Technology has transformed the way buildings are op... Read more.
Better Buildings

Flexible Work Stations: Top Companies Are Shaking Up Traditional Office Setups to Boost Employee Interaction, Comfort and Productivity

In the past, office and work-station design gave very little consideration to things like flow, function and employee productivity, activity and wellness. To ma... Read more.
Better Buildings

Building Entrance Security: Access Technology and Smart Design Work Together to Ensure Occupant Safety

To be successful, buildings in the 21st century must find ways to balance many, oftentimes competing, goals. Buildings must be comfortable but energy efficient.... Read more.
Transformation

Building 23 Brings a Historic Dining and Social Venue to the Former Pabst Brewing Complex

For more than a century, the city of Milwaukee has been known as the beer capital of the world. The city was incorporated in 1846 and by 1880 nearly a third of ... Read more.
Multifamily

The Once Abandoned Strathmore Hotel Is Restored to Its Former Glory and Serves Detroit’s Community Again as Apartments

The city of Detroit is in the midst of a rebirth. After decades of harsh economic conditions, businesses and people are moving back to the city, neighborhoods a... Read more.
Energy

Sustainability-Minded Non-Profits Work to Upgrade Their Buildings to Net-Zero Energy

The concept of net-zero energy building is ambitious. It also represents the very essence of sustainability. To truly live sustainably is to operate within the ... Read more.
Historic

Kansas City Church is Restored and Expands Its Role in the Community

In the early- to mid-1800s, two cities competed to be the major urban area west of St. Louis: the city of Kansas, which was a port on the Missouri River, and th... Read more.