Healthy air quality in buildings improves cognitive function and combats the spread of disease, but its implications for carbon reduction are perhaps the most important benefit.
While installation of heat pump water heaters is similar to installing standard-tank water heaters, there are some important considerations—such as condensate management and selecting the best location to enhance performance and customer satisfaction. This technical guide—aimed at R-2 Occupancy (Low-rise multifamily new construction, three stories and fewer).—further includes system features...
Wilde has been active in construction and real estate development since 1967. Prior to joining Gerding/Edlen Development, he was vice president of Baugh Construction, a large regional construction company now owned by Skanska USA.
Integrated design improves the energy performance of buildings. The conventional definition of integrated design is that project team members from all disciplines work together early and often throughout the project design process. The enhanced definition presented here includes what goes on when the design team gets together - the synthesis...