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July 5, 2012
Shallan Fitzgerald
Last month, I discussed the Green Communities Act (GCA)—a comprehensive piece of legislation that aims to reduce energy consumption and spur clean energy technology in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As a result, many developers who have experience in clean energy applications have flocked to…
June 28, 2012
Sufian Khondker
Cooling water intake structures adversely impact the environment by causing impingement and entrainment mortalities of fish, shellfish, and/or their eggs into a power plant's screening system.
May 31, 2012
Mark Nance and Alan Pratt
Recirculating powdered activated carbon (PAC) is a water treatment process directed towards removing organic and emerging contaminants. It doesn't generate a brine waste stream and uses less power than reverse osmosis (RO). While the process is relatively new to the U.S., successful pilot testing…
May 18, 2012
You’ve likely heard one of the most recognized sustainable design definitions from Our Common Future, a report from the World Commission on Environment and Development: Sustainable design is “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their…
May 10, 2012
I was recently honored to be appointed by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie to the state’s Board of Architects. I am joined by one other landscape architect on the board, which also includes several architects, an interior designer, and a government representative.
April 26, 2012
Johnny Wood
As school systems prepare for summer maintenance and upgrade activities, it’s important to keep in mind the many opportunities to enhance energy efficiency and building performance. Here are a few tips based on our own projects and the productive efforts of many of our school clients.
April 9, 2012
Dave Mahoney
Dewberry recently completed one of its largest projects in history—Contract C of the Intercounty Connector (ICC) in Maryland. Contract C is one of four design-build contracts advertised by the Maryland State Highway Administration to construct this east-west highway that will ultimately span nearly…
April 5, 2012
Licensure of landscape architects is controlled by individual states, and is a formal recognition of an individual’s skills and knowledge of the profession in order to practice without endangering the health, safety, or welfare of the public. Each state registration board determines the minimum…
April 5, 2012
Emily Dziubek
April is National Landscape Architecture Month—but what does that mean to you? Landscape architects design healthy, sustainable communities that promote improved land use and active living, as well as provide connections between people and nature. You probably interact with the work of a landscape…
March 29, 2012
Arjuna Ranasinghe and Kerri Tyerman
The Future City Competition is a national, project-based learning experience where students in the sixth to eighth grades imagine, design, and build cities of the future. Along with an educator and engineer mentor, students work as a team to research and write solutions to an engineering problem…
March 22, 2012
Anita Moran and Daniel Atilano
When designing a multi-purpose championship field, like the University of Texas at Austin’s Clark and Whitaker fields, many factors must be accounted for to enhance the community and be eco-friendly.
February 22, 2012
Cerasela Cristei
Chantilly High School in Fairfax, Virginia, has developed a program called “Girls Exploring Engineering” (GE2) which encourages female students, grades 10-12, to explore the engineering industry under guidance of female engineer mentors.
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