by Helen Sanders
November was a busy month for façade geeks, especially those on the East Coast. The Façade Tectonics Institute‘s (FTI) Forum event in New York City, hosted by the Ornamental Metals Institute of New York, happened
Backstops seem to be all the rage these days, what with the “Brexit backstop” in European politics, financial backstops and the many backstops in the sporting world. The term has even crept into building energy
This week, the American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE) published its annual State Energy Efficiency Scorecard, reporting that 2019 “was a whirlwind year for energy efficiency at the state level.” ACEEE ranks the
In recent years, the design community has been asking for “upfront carbon emissions” (aka: “embodied carbon”) information for building products through environmental product declarations (EPDs). EPDs have become a cornerstone of the Materials and Resources