by admin | Oct 28, 2014 | Industry
Bragging rights for the tallest residential building in the Western Hemisphere now belong to a luxury skyscraper in New York City that’s even taller than the Empire State Building. Construction has topped out on the luxury tower at 432 Park Ave. in Midtown...
by admin | Oct 27, 2014 | Industry
It has long been considered the ultimate yet seemingly out of reach test of the business case for green building: if the human benefits could be reliably quantified this would prove beyond all doubt the ROI for investing in building green. This report does not...
by admin | Oct 23, 2014 | Design+Build Magazine
It can be no surprise to anyone when I say we live in interesting times. The technology that we have at our fingertips on a daily basis has proven to be both evolutionary and revolutionary—connecting us all in ways that previously we never thought possible. A global...
by admin | Oct 23, 2014 | Industry
In the nineteenth century, condensers were developed for the steam engine—it was from these condensers that cooling towers originated. Today, cooling towers lie at the heart of many industrial processes. Although cooling tower designs change from manufacturer to...
by admin | Oct 16, 2014 | Uncategorized
Thomas Simon has been trying to cut back on fossil fuels. He weatherized his home and added a wood stove. But in the dead of a Vermont winter, Simon still had to rely on an oil burner to get through those cold nights and days. But now he has found something that suits...