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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A Historic Iowa Row House Finds New Life as a Wine Bar
The finest wines are generally the ones that have been allowed to age and mature. And often, the best and most beloved restaurants and bars have a sense of age ... Read more.
The Local Food Movement Inspires New Uses for Aging Buildings
Like all species on Earth, humanity spent most of its existence living side-by-side with its sources of food. Traditionally, cities and settlements were built a... Read more.