To continue the positive strides of women in the built environment workforce, organizations will need to create accountability at all levels across both professional and craft settings. This includes ...

Karen Layng helped lay the new strategic foundation for the EMDC program. Today, she serves on its Industry Advisory Board and as an instructor educating future leaders in the built environment sector ...

The built environment faces increasing pressures from climate change, resource limitations, and rapid urbanisation.

Q. We hear about flexible office and industrial buildings. What does “flexibility” mean in health care facility design? We’ve been designing flexible medical facilities for quite some time, but the ...

People spend most of their time in spaces and structures designed, built, and managed by humans. The factors that affect the environments within buildings, the ways in which building characteristics ...

This Collection suppports and amplifies research related to SDG 3 - Good Health and Wellbeing. In light of the importance of this research in promoting UN Sustainable Development Goal 3, this ...

As energy demand accelerates at a previously unimaginable pace, the question becomes: "How do we generate more power?" While expanding generation capacity is vital for long-term energy security, it’s ...

Biophilic design supports the health and wellbeing of individuals by connecting people to nature. This includes incorporating elements of the natural world into indoor environments, increasing natural ...

Built Environment Leaders to Discuss Net-Zero Strategies The latest Northwestern Built Environment Exchange (BuiltX), hosted by EMDC in partnership with Illinois Green Alliance, will highlight ...

SILVER SPRING, Md.—The Security Industry Association (SIA) has appointed Dan Cremins of Delta Electronics to serve as the new chair of SIA’s Built Environment Advisory Board. The SIA Built Environment ...

Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe famously quipped that “God is in the details,” and though he was referring to a job well done, we are inclined to co-opt his sentiment for another purpose: There is ...