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At the forefront of this movement toward “greening” our landscapes is the Sustainable SITES Initiative (SITES), a program based on the understanding that land is a crucial component of the built environment and can be planned, designed, developed, and maintained to avoid, mitigate, and even reverse the detrimental impacts of urbanization and development.

Trend Alert July 17, 2017

What LEED Did for Buildings, Sustainable SITES Will Do for Landscapes—and Not a Moment Too Soon

As a new administration took residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue earlier this year, environmental scientists frantically moved U.S. climate data onto private servers amid fears…

Trend Alert May 8, 2017

Retrofit Waterless and Low-Flow Fixtures Require Important Steps in Older, Existing Buildings

In today’s environmentally conscious era, water conservation isn’t an option; it’s a given, especially as it relates to water use in commercial buildings. In fact,…

Trend Alert March 10, 2017

The Current Health and Wellness Trend Represents Another Tipping Point in the Building Industry

In his bestselling book, “The Tipping Point,” author Malcolm Gladwell observed that “in order to create one contagious movement, you often have to create many…

Trend Alert January 9, 2017

The Internet of Things Is Ushering in a New Age of Building Automation

“The building controls market is not building controls anymore—it’s integrations and building operations,” says Shad Buhlig, president of Automatic Controls Engineering, Hayward, Calif. If the…

Trend Alert November 7, 2016

The ‘People’ Component of the Triple Bottom Line Has Taken a Backseat to Profit and Planet. Here’s Why That’s Changing and How to Get Involved.

If you’ve ever given thought to terms like “corporate social responsibility” or “social equity,” it’s no wonder; since the mid-1990s, companies have increasingly embraced their…

Trend Alert September 12, 2016

LED Technology Is Changing Faster than the Building Industry Can Keep Up

HERE’S WHAT FACILITY EXECUTIVES SHOULD KNOW BEFORE UPGRADING: To suggest LED lighting has taken the building industry by storm is somewhat of an understatement. The…

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