Tag: Sustainable Buildings

  • The new old town

    Jack Sylvan describes Pier 70 in 2030. Dozens of San Francisco community and business leaders gathered deep in the Dogpatch Wednesday evening to learn about the new master plan behind Pier 70, a 28-acre mixed use waterfront development that could one day revitalize barren industrial lots into the city’s next hipster-techie-creative-social-foodie-entrepreneurial hot spot. The tour…

  • Safety first

    Skanska HUB, photo credit: Diana Rothery Skanska USA expresses its corporate commitment to the triple bottom line through its Sustainabil…

  • States with a green thumb

    Chicago’s green roofs play a part in making the city greener In 2012, green buildings sprouted up across Illinois like wild flowers (let’s say violets, since we’re talking about the Land of Lincoln.) In fact, last year the state certified 156 LEED projects, representing 25 million square feet of real estate. In total, the state…

  • Federal agencies working to make homes healthier

      HUD No. 13-011                                                                                             FOR RELEASE Shantae Goodloe                                                                                             February 4, 2013 202-708-0685                                                                                                  http://www.hud.gov/news/index.cfm   FEDERAL AGENCIES WORKING TO MAKE HOMES HEALTHIER Improving housing quality can dramatically affect the health of residents WASHINGTON—Several federal agencies today unveiled Advancing Healthy Housing – A Strategy for Action. White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) Chair Nancy Sutley, Environmental…

  • A different framework

    Sustainability is more than what gets built…it’s how things are built Skanska USA expresses its corporate commitment to the triple bottom line through its Sustainability Agenda. The following is the first of a five-part series exploring how Skanska is approaching the triple bottom line for the good of its clients, its respective businesses and for…