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Hammes is developing a new 34,000-square-foot medical office building in Scottsdale, Arizona, in partnership with Phoenix-based NOVO Development. Hammes, a national real estate consulting, development, investment and management firm, is developing a new 34,000-square-foot medical office building in Scottsdale, Arizona, in partnership with Phoenix-based NOVO Development. The medical office building will serve as an anchor…

Building upgrades, which can be cumbersome in any industry, can only succeed when it’s planned early and coordinated across all disciplines. Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are rapidly aging. With more facilities adopting the use of emerging technologies, it is essential that buildings are modernized to keep up with the digital age. The upgrades, which…

Welcome to the Trellis roundup of new products and services for sustainability professionals. Check out the new arrivals directly below, or click to jump to a specific category. We’ll be adding new sections as the list grows. Emissions reductions  Reporting and target-setting Carbon markets Circular economy Do you have a favorite new tool you think…

Backup generators still matter, but they are just one piece of a larger puzzle. Energy resilience discussions still tend to start and end with the same question: Does the facility have a backup generator? For years, that was a reasonable place to stop. Outages were infrequent, usually weather-driven and short enough that generators felt like…

Dive Brief: Safety and other positive school climate factors are strongly related to better school attendance — especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study released Tuesday by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research. The study, which examined administrative records from Chicago Public Schools students in grades 6-11, also found that middle…

As scientists better understand the harms of industrial chemicals to nature and people’s health, lawsuits multiply and policies advance, while businesses face escalating, long-tail risks to bottom lines and reputations. “We are seeing a lot more discussion of the need for better transparency on what chemicals are in products and the need for public data…