Located in the foothills of the scenic Cascade Mountains, the new Swedish Medical Center in Issaquah, WA is one of the most energy efficient hospital campuses in the nation. The 550,000 square foot, two-phased project includes an acute care hospital and adjoining medical office building.
After showing struggling business conditions for most of 2011, the Architecture Billings Index (ABI) has now reached positive terrain in consecutive months.
To examine whether green buildings deliver their promised performance, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) conducted a study of 22 representative buildings from the administration's portfolio. Each building was evaluated on its environmental performance, financial metrics, and occupant satisfaction. The overall results show that on average, GSA's green buildings use less energy .....
At a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $417.6 billion, new construction starts in November dropped 11% from October's elevated pace, according to McGraw-Hill Construction.
Since 2010, the U.S. Green Building Council has been working on the next iteration of the LEED green-building rating system, dubbed LEED 2012. Eco-Structure recently spoke with Scot Horst, USGBC senior vice president, LEED, about the last stages of system development.
Nearly 300,000 sq. ft. of Metl-Span panels clad the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner Final Assembly Plant in North Charleston, SC. The facility includes 1.2 million sq. ft. of usable space for the manufacture of the 787. The 787 is the first commercial airliner made substantially with lightweight carbon composites, which promises to cut fuel costs for airlines.
Supported by the Glenview, Ill.-based Metal Construction Association, a team of MCA members, contractors, and manufacturers have developed a new retrofit roofing concept that merges existing technologies into an integrated metal roof system that can improve energy efficiency and lower energy demands in buildings.
The Edie's Crossing office condominium development in Saratoga Springs, NY offers the small business or professional person the opportunity to buy or lease high quality, Class A space in a park-like space. Six additional 20,000 sq. ft. buildings are planned for the office park.
The retrofit portion of the building construction industry is the fastest growing segment. In today's weak economy with homeowners and building owners staying in the structures longer, the need to retrofit or revamp the building has become very popular.
A new architectural color chart is now available from Metl-Span. The updated chart illustrates Metl-Span's expanded line of standard and premium colors including metallic and pearlescent colors and three new color series including the Design Series, Weathered Metal Series and Woodgrain Metal Series.
More than 130,000 sq. ft. of Metl-Span CF36R insulated panels were utilized to re-roof the 8-building Haughton Middle School complex in Haughton, LA. The 2-1/2" panels were finished in Cool Bright Red and replaced a standing seam metal roof that was not performing properly.
A comprehensive 20-page Product Showcase catalog is now available from Metl-Span. The full color catalog illustrates the complete line of Metl-Span insulated metal wall and roof panels ......
Metal Retrofit Reinvigorate Existing Buildings
As the nation's building stock ages and a tight economy limits new construction, there is great potential in retrofit projects. Particularly with government, institutional and education buildings, where long-term operational quality and durability are of vital importance, owners and communities seek solutions to get the most possible use out of their structures.
Metl-Span, known throughout the industry for its insulated metal panels, has introduced a comprehensive line of single skin metal wall panel systems. Identified as the Prestige Series and the Profile Series, the line includes 11 panel configurations.
Riddle Hospital's new Health Center 4 located on the hospital's campus in Media, PA combines patient-centered design and environmentally friendly features. The $40 million, 80,000 sq. ft. medical office building embodies today's best practices for creating new healthcare facilities.
The Insulated Metal Panel (IMP) Council grew from a targeted advertising program into a marketing initiative and now supports a full agenda of technical activities. In its 5-year history, the program enhanced manufacturers' efforts to properly place IMP products at the forefront of commercial construction, with superior continuous insulation and air/moisture barrier protection for all types of commercial wall and roof construction applications.
Metl-Span has introduced the HPCI Barrier™ insulated metal panel, a new air, water, thermal and vaport barrier panel that can be used behind virtually any type of facade.
As energy costs rise and resources dwindle, renewable energy systems-particularly photovoltaics (PVS)-are being chosen as a viable long-term solution to reduce costs and reliance on fossil fuels. Today, this technology of capturing and converting light energy from the sun into electricity is the fastest growing of all renewable energy technologies.