Case Studies Green Building

In the medical world, high blood pressure is a “silent killer,” often caused by clogged arteries. The world of foodservice equipment, water heaters, steam boilers, cooling towers and other equipment that uses water, has its own silent killer: scale buildup and corrosion. Much like plaque can clog arteries, scale and corrosion buildup clogs plumbing systems […]

Originally the nation’s first public high school for African-Americans, Dunbar High School in Washington, D.C., had fallen into such disrepair that in 2011, the district opted not to renovate but to raze and rebuild. “A dark, dingy and nearly windowless high-rise,” the Washington Post deemed it. Its principal likened it to a prison. Its replacement […]

A few years after SRM Development finished Google’s three building office complex in Kirkland, Washington, in 2007, the developer began thinking of ways to expand the project. In 2010, “we started looking at the vacant land across the way from the original three buildings, and started to formulate some thoughts about ways we could expand […]

In 1963 Josh Wiener’s parents—both dance instructors—bought a fixer-upper, Manhattan townhouse in what was then a bad neighborhood: 91st Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Wiener grew up helping his dad repair that townhouse. At 6 years old, he was sorting nails. At 11, he was mixing plaster and rebuilding walls. Now, 53 years later, […]

When Christopher Porto describes his ideal Oakland, California, he envisions a city almost devoid of cars. But that’s not all he envisions. Through his real estate development company, Smart Growth, he imagines developing the area into tightknit communities that are closer to transit corridors, reducing the need for cars and increasing a sense of place; […]

Christina Mathieson says New York is a “beautiful” state for alternative energy companies. She should know—Mathieson is the vice president of marketing at SUNation Solar Systems, which has been installing solar since 2003. She says the booming industry that has arisen in New York state the past few years is partially the result of tax […]

For more than 13 years, Solar-Ray Inc. has held a reputation as a premier solar-energy-systems installer throughout the state of Florida. Serving residential, commercial and industrial clients, Solar-Ray has the experience and expertise to provide systems that are fully permitted and pass final inspections. Michael Brown, founder and owner of Solar-Ray, is the second individual […]

For more than 25 years Vince Scott has been shaping the future of housing across Northern Nevada and California. As both a real estate developer and broker with Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty, Scott has closed out transactions in the multifamily, commercial, hotel and resort markets totaling over $800 million. Doing business under the name Scott […]

Now in its third decade of service, StudioGC Architecture is a Chicago-based, midsize firm with a portfolio of diverse projects both in the private- and public-sector markets. Led by founding partners Michael Gilfillan and Patrick Callahan, StudioGC offers services in planning, programming, architecture, interior design, cost estimating and specialized building information modeling (BIM). Founded in […]

With locations in Olympia, Washington, and Vancouver, Canada, Small Planet Supply Inc. is one of the only companies in North America that specializes in distributing building products and materials specifically for Passive House projects. Specialty sealants, barriers, insulation, water heaters and pumps, HVAC equipment and more — Small Planet Supply carries everything needed to build […]