Detroit Opera House Roof Makeover
In the center of Downtown Detroit sat an expansive space of quasi-usable rooftop. The Detroit Opera House, a landmark in metro Detroit sitting at...
Building Trust
Natural sunlight has long been known to be superior to any kind of artificial light source. It contains the full spectrum of colors and...
It’s Time for the Building Industry to Cut Down on Embodied...
Climate change is the fundamental design problem of our time; not education, not urban sprawl, not disease, not justice. The threat climate change poses...
Back to the Future
The Clean Water Act of 1972 is often viewed as one of this country’s seminal pieces of modern environmental legislation—and rightly so. But while...
Concrete Production
Concrete is the foundation of most of our infrastructure. However, the process of concrete production has remained relatively unchanged for decades. From creating and...
Dust, Noise, or Vibration
Increased awareness of environmental issues around demolition and construction sites has resulted in growing numbers of local complaints by nearby residents—especially when visible dust...
Readily Biodegradable Fluids
Performance and sustainability—two words with growing importance in the construction industry. Performance is a must-have to complete any job effectively, efficiently, on-time, and on-budget,...
Environmental Solutions in the Fuel Industry
As we kick off 2019, it’s good to get a feel for what’s expected to take place in the fuel industry as it concerns...
Corporate Responsibility
Sustainability has become a natural part of our everyday lives. Corporate responsibility has called for actions to protect the environment and increase safety and...
Disposal of Concrete Grinding Residue
An area of focus within the construction industry throughout the past few years has been the question of how to handle concrete grinding residue...









