A new publication on green construction features contributions from authors with ties to Colorado State University’s Institute for the Built Environment in the College of Health and Human Sciences. Buildings are the nation’s greatest energy consumers. Forty percent of all …
By: Colin Day, Sustainable Building Associate The Institute for the Built Environment is very proud to announce that grant funding has been secured from CSU’s School of Global Environmental Sustainability and UniverCity for the establishment of an Urban Laboratory on the …
The Army National Guard just completed construction of their new Windsor Readiness Center that houses the 1157th FSC (Forward Support Company) of the Colorado Army National Guard. The building is LEED Platinum certified, a first in the nation for National …
Larimer County – The Alternative Sentencing Department just completed construction of their new headquarters, located in east Fort Collins on Prospect Road. The building has earned a LEED for New Construction Gold Certification, which is a nationally accepted benchmark for …
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: April Wackerman, Project Manager GSA Award: Developing a Knowledge Network for the Federal Government and the Private Sector within the Office of Federal High Performance Green Buildings, Office of Governmentwide Policy, US General Services Administration. The General Services Administration …
By: Cody Farmer, MCM, Passive House Designer IBE Green Building Certificate Online Instructor “The National Passive House Conference recently brought building scientists, architects, engineers, designers and builders, and high-tech vendors to Denver the last week of September. One of our …
