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Concordia professor’s research bridges eco-art, design and architecture in public spaces Carmela Cucuzzella’s work helps advance a number of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals April 30, 2021 Carmela Cucuzzella: “Eco-art and design in the public realm, a place where everyone can experience it, can be part of a larger community dialogue about sustainability.” This article is first of a series on Concordia’s engagement with the United Nations Sustainable Development...

Share: Many studies have shown that dry indoor air is a significant contributing factor to the rise of seasonal respiratory illness. A group of 17 internationally recognised scientists has called upon the UK Government to implement a minimum lower limit of indoor humidity in public buildings to protect against respiratory infection and mitigate the risk of future pandemics. The scientists submitted an open letter in response to a consultation invited by the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Lo...

Anyone who isnt aware of the up up up price trend in Maine residential real estate over the past year is living in a (probabably very expensive) cave. And, in Portland, thats a trend on steroids. The median price of a single-family home in Portland jumped from $460,000 in February to $514,500 in March, according to the monthly stats put out by Benchmark Real Estate. Those listing a home can expect it to spend a zippy six days on the market. Multifamily Portland prices had a similar hike from ...

 E-Mail IMAGE: Fig 3. Tree cover for United States large urbanized areas. a.) Population-weighted median tree cover. b.) The absolute difference between low-income blocks (lowest quartile of income) and high-income blocks (highest quartile... view more  Credit: McDonald et al, 2021, PLOS ONE (CC-BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) A new analysis of thousands of U.S. communities finds that, on average, low-income urban blocks have less tree cover and are hotter than h...

Stok Announces New Vice President of Sustainability Consulting Devon Bertram assumes new leadership role to bolster client sustainability offerings April 28, 2021 14:01 ET | Source: stok stok SAN FRANCISCO, and DENVER, April 28, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stok, a provider of sustainability and high-performance building services, announces Devon Bertram as Vice President of Sustainability Consulting. Based in the firm’s Denver office, Bertram is a six-year veteran of S...

By Olasunkanmi Onifade Abuja, April 27, 2021 The Minister of State Science and Technology, Mohammed Abdullahi, has urged stakeholders in the construction industry to develop technologies that would address housing and infrastructural deficiencies using local available resources. Abdullahi said this at the 10th Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBBRI) international conference on Tuesday in Abuja. The conference had the theme: “Circular Economy in the Built Environment for Enhanced...

USM construction program receives $100,000 grant from state board The School of Construction and Design at The University of Southern Mississippi (USM) has been awarded a $100,000 grant by the Mississippi State Board of Contractors (MSBOC) that will be used to promote and advance construction education in the state. Dr. Erich Connell, Director of USM’s School of Construction and Design, notes that the MSBOC grant is unique to the State of Mississippi in that the board, who oversees “constr...

Seize the momentum of COP26 to make architects’ voices heard COP26’s potential as a global event offers an opportunity to accelerate a change for more sustainable building, says Hattie Hartman COP26 did not take place in 2020, and it may not take place in 2021. Yet, as the scheduled November date of the international climate conference in Glasgow approaches, the race to net zero is on. And the term ‘accelerator’, borrowed from start-up lingo, is percolating into the climate sphere. An ...

Management Practice for Construction and Built Environment A spokesperson for the IW College said: "You can up-skill, re-skill and gain skills with the college this year in a variety of areas. "Increase your earning potential and employability by completing one of our free adult learning courses. "To secure your place, contact AEB@iwcollege.ac.uk or call the college on 526631 and quote AEB." Further information in available online at iwcollege.ac.uk. House Rules We do not moderate comme...