The Power and Possibility of Adaptive Reuse
DLR Group Senior Principal Paul Westlake, FAIA, IIDA, posits that building reuse generally offers greater environmental savings than demolition or new construction.
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2018 Environmental Stewardship Report
DLR Group continues to set aggressive internal targets, and embeds a performance-design approach, to reach our goal of meeting 2030 Challenge benchmarks on every new project.
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The 2016 Environment Stewardship Summary
Through our performance design practice, DLR Group is poised to meet 2030 Challenge goals on every project by 2020.
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The Grid is Good: Tesla, Batteries and Where They Fit in Clean Energy
Do the rumors of Tesla’s imminent release of batteries that can power homes or businesses make you think about going off the grid? Sean Avery shares thoughts on how staying on the grid is the more sustainable move, and on where and how battery technology fits into the clean energy movement.
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A Holistic Approach to High Performance and Healthy Schools
K-12 education planners, designers and facility operators are are working in harmony to meet more stringent energy standards and an overall mind shift toward increasingly energy efficient buildings. But does this approach to cost and environmental savings provide an unintended consequence?
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