Tag: HOK
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UC Berkeley researchers innovate the office space
Researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, are working to cut commercial building energy consumption while giving office workers an atypical sense of control over their thermal environments. Armed with a recently announced $1.6 million grant from the California Energy Commission, researchers from UC Berkeley’s Center for the Built Environment (CBE) are testing and promoting a new set of tools that will…
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"Inexhaustible" Inspiration: Thomas Knittel Talks Biomimicry
Amy King Director, USGBC Leadership Institute U.S. Green Building Council A building shaped like a butterfly. A skyscraper modeled after self-cooling termite mounds. A structure in arid climate inspired by a desert snail. Biomimicry, the application o…
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Who’s Benefitting from Project Haiti?
Marisa Long External Relations Manager U.S. Green Building Council As part of the USGBC community, you’ve been introduced to Project Haiti over the past year. You’ve heard us talk about rebuilding this orphanage and children’s center in P…
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Two Years Later: Rebuilding a Resilient Future for Haiti
Rick FedrizziPresident, CEO & Founding ChairmanU.S. Green Building CouncilThis article is cross-posted from the Huffington Post.Two years ago this week, Haiti was hit by the catastrophic earthquake that killed more than 315,000 people. Today, the w…