Sustainability News

Bisnow's Bay Area Power Women initiative highlights those top-level executives and industry leaders who shape commercial real estate.
 

When team members of one company win 10 percent of the awards given by a leading national industry publication, that’s cause for celebration.
 

Annual water usage of data centers in the United States will reach 174 billion gallons in 2020, equivalent to the annual drinking water needs of over 600 million people.
 

Chicago is a leader in sustainability. Within the past year, the city has experienced a couple of new updates relating to building energy including changes in ENERGY STAR scores and Chicago's new energy rating system.
 

Understanding how to approach monitoring-based commissioning for newly constructed facilities is always an important topic.
 

An energy audit is the cornerstone of any building’s energy management program. A thorough energy audit is the cornerstone of any building’s successful energy management program.
 

Starting this year, Chicago buildings will be required to post their energy rating in a prominent location under the new City of Chicago Energy Rating System. What steps can buildings take in an effort to increase their rating?
 

Jeddah Tower in Saudi Arabia is designed to be the world’s tallest building. ESD’s High Performance Building Team and Technology Services Group has been involved in the project, providing integrated consulting engineering services for mechanical, electrical, plumbing, fire protection, teledata, audio/visual, security and acoustics systems.
 

With the global adoption of LEED v4, ESD took on the challenge to de-bunk the perception that LEED v4 is too costly and too difficult to pursue.
 

The Illinois Institute of Technology has a laudable goal: It desires to become “the most sustainable urban university campus in the United States.”