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February 20, 2026 Case study: Facing decades of deferred maintenance and soaring energy costs, Westfield, Massachusetts partnered with Siemens to modernize 18 municipal and school buildings. For more than 350 years, the people of Westfield, Massachusetts have looked to the future. Settled in 1660 and incorporated in 1669, Westfield was the westernmost settlement in the…

River Grove Elementary needed to perform on multiple levels: a high-functioning learning environment, a resilient piece of infrastructure and a stabilizing presence for its community. When design began on River Grove Elementary School in spring 2020, the Pacific Northwest still carried a reputation as an ideal region for passive design because of the region’s temperate…

The United Arab Emirate’s Etihad Rail Mobility awarded contracts earlier this month for the first phase development of a high-speed rail line that will connect Abu Dhabi and Dubai with trains capable of hitting speeds of up to 350 kph. The initial phase of the project, scheduled to deliver a dedicated 150-km high-speed line by…

For years, sustainability in manufacturing lived in slide decks, pledges, and long-range targets. As the industry moves into 2026, that era is ending, and what lies ahead is far more concrete, technical, and operational. Sustainability is no longer something companies or facilities promise; it is something they must prove. The industry is moving away from…

Most environmental services workers still clean as if they were wiping dust off a countertop, not disrupting a living, structured community. A quick daily wipe with a hospital-approved disinfectant — especially if contact time, coverage and mechanical action are suboptimal — often does little more than skim the surface and might leave a biofilm community…

While the ways the public consumes information changes, municipalities still finding benefits to upgrading library resources. At a time when information is available instantly on phones, computersand laptops, communities across the country are making a surprising but deliberate investment in bricks-and-mortar libraries. Far from becoming obsolete, public libraries are being reimagined as essential civic infrastructure….