Those who understand the passive impacts of climate will be better able to deliver cost-effective, energy-efficient buildings.

Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small to Medium Office Buildings: Achieving Zero Energy, provides direction for designing and constructing zero energy office buildings in all climate zones.

Energy efficiency measures tend to focus on HVAC and electrical installations, but there are also significant opportunities to save energy in plumbing design.

The nation’s top showroom design divas share their advice in this tips and trends tell-all.

With the advances in floor screed technology, floor build-ups are getting more shallow, often resulting in challenges for plumbers unable to connect up to the pipework using the standard drainage products. This article explores why residential construction projects need a versatile shallow depth drainage solution. 

Every commercial building project has its share of challenges. Sometimes those challenges require innovation and code exceptions, other times they simply necessitate a thorough understanding of the facility and its design goals.

When involved in a collaborative, international health care project, it is best to set aside what you know and open your mind to how other parts of the world treat their drinking water. Take what you have learned and evaluate it to see if the processes can be applied elsewhere.

Capturing and reclaiming water, once an idea primarily of interest to environmentalists, is serious business today as municipalities’ aging water infrastructures and shrinking budgets are under stress. Combined with modern technology, these old ideas are finding new uses in commercial applications.

While plumbing leaks are a simple fact of life, the damage caused by them is almost completely preventable. Take these steps to protect your clients from the destructive effects of leaking water.

To achieve comfort and efficiency in a hot water distribution system, many plumbing engineers are incorporating hot water recirculation systems into their designs. But to reap the benefits of such a system, balancing valves must be incorporated into design considerations.