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When a job financially “breaks even” or loses, because things didn’t go well, the likely culprit will be the project manager for not championing the project, writes Tomorrow's Environment columnist Howard McKew.

Baptist Health Medical Center in Little Rock, Arkansas, replaces its aging cooling towers — overhauling its entire mechanical system with advanced, low-maintenance technology.

The agreement, signed on April 15, 2025, brings together the ICC with the UA, which represents nearly 384,000 skilled trade workers across the United States and Canada.

With the combined expertise of Light Progress, Noble Electric, and Purdue University researchers, Cardigan Ridge is lighting the way toward a cleaner, safer indoor environment for our most vulnerable.

Luis Rivera, PE(CA), Director of Design + Engineering at the Harris Design Studio, outlines the key steps building owners should consider.

Our industry is familiar with the phrase "3-steps forward and 2-steps back." We need to proactively accept the 2-steps back but not give up on the forward direction, writes ES NEWS columnist Howard McKew.

The capabilities of this powerful technology are being employed from design through construction and during ongoing facilities’ operations and maintenance, writes ES NEWS guest columnist Robert Knoedler.

Take a deep dive into how Johnson Controls is deploying advanced sensor networks to make commercial buildings more intelligent and energy-efficient.

As design engineers, we should be striving for decarbonization of a project as best as possible.

Power generation utilizing hydrogen is in the spotlight for both the mobility and stationary markets; however, the potential heating applications of hydrogen are just as prominent.