Scott Preston, Sustainable Building Associate While technology allows us to artificially light a building’s interior, that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s the best solution. Exposure to daylight has health and well-being benefits, especially indoors, where, according to the EPA, Americans spend …
By: Becky Moriarty, Sustainable Building Associate LEED version 4 is slowly, but surely on its way. USGBC surprised the industry when it announced last June that it was postponing the release of its latest version of LEED. According to an …
By: Colin Day, Sustainable Building Associate The 21st century will likely be, amongst other things, the century of the city. And the nature of cities, so to speak, is changing. With a projected world population of 9 billion by 2050, …
By: Aaron Wagner, Sustainable Building Associate M.S. Landscape Architecture As humans move to live in more in cities, we have had to rethink how cities are designed and incorporate more natural systems into the basic infrastructure. Ecosystem services are one …
By: Becky Moriarty, Sustainable Building Associate M.S. Construction Management Aside from being a construction management graduate student and a green building consultant at IBE, I also work for the City of Fort Collins FC Bikes program. People are generally intrigued …
By: Scott Preston, Sustainable Building Associate M.S. Landscape Architecture On May 22, 2008 the Town of Windsor, in rural northern Colorado, was struck by an EF3 tornado. With winds in access of 135mph, the tornado tore a path 35 miles …
By: Sam Hartley, Sustainable Living Associate M.S. Interior Design IBE (Institute for the Built Environment) has been given the opportunity to represent SoGES (School of Global Environmental Sustainability) in the Blue Dot Demonstration/Research House, which will be built on …
By: Erin Nuckols, Sustainable Building Associate M.A. History At the Association for Preservation Trades / Preservation Trades Network joint conference in Charleston, South Carolina, I attended a session under the auspice of “Sustainable Preservation.” Little did I know, I had …
Written by: Brody Hatch, Sustainable Building Associate Ph.D Economics Economics is a science that relies heavily on assumptions in order to model and analyze the real world. These assumptions can range from the idea that people are rational and will …
Written by: Elliot Dale, Sustainable Building Associate M.S. Construction Management As the climate continues to warm and dry, today’s ski bum is on the front line to keep snow in the mountains! Their very existence depends on it! Take …
