Floating solar farms: What are they and can they help us reach net zero?

Floating solar farms: What are they and can they help us reach net zero?

  Floating solar farms are being built in growing numbers around the world. They’re particularly popular in Asia, according to U.S. space agency NASA, which has photographed one of the world’s biggest floating solar farms from space. The 320-megawatt Dezhou Dingzhuang Floating Solar Farm in China’s Shandong province was built as part of a drive…

Using the Landscape to Teach About Water Usage

Using the Landscape to Teach About Water Usage

  The Water Replenishment District of Southern California’s Albert Robles Recycling and Environmental Learning (ARC, formerly the Ground Water Reliability Improvement Project) is a 5.2 acre advanced water treatment facility campus. Located on the west bank of the San Gabriel River in Pico Rivera, the Water Replenishment District of Southern California’s Albert Robles Center for Recycling and…

How to Rethink Facility Layout Design in Order to Improve Safety Conditions

How to Rethink Facility Layout Design in Order to Improve Safety Conditions

It’s a logical assumption that having an intelligent layout for your facility can only be beneficial for the employees’ safety. The design and thinking behind a layout contribute much to how safe a workplace will be. WorkSafe Victoria in Australia states, “One of the best ways to prevent injuries and fatalities in the workplace is…

Beyond Efficiency: Understanding the Occupant-Focused Benefits of Daylighting

Beyond Efficiency: Understanding the Occupant-Focused Benefits of Daylighting

  Research shows that access to sunlight during the day has myriad benefits for the health and wellness of building occupants. While daylighting has the power to reduce a building’s energy cost, its role in the conservation of energy has been diminished. When compared to incandescent lamps, energy efficient LED lamps use less electricity and…

Case study: Smart buildings

Case study: Smart buildings

Industry insights: Julianne Laue: As an industry, we have lots of smart people and we have great products and great installers and great, amazing teams of experts. Our clients love the fact and love that there’s a choice, but that’s to them. That makes it easy, selecting the team to perform the work. But they…

3 Strategies for Water-Efficient Restrooms

3 Strategies for Water-Efficient Restrooms

As climate change churns on beyond even worst-case-scenario predictions, drought continues to be pervasive in the U.S. By late July, more than 51 percent of the lower 48 states is classified to be in drought conditions, according to the National Integrated Drought Information System. That means more than 116 million people in the lower 48…