Tag: building
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User Interface With a Building – Interview with Esa Halmetoja of Senate Properties
Architect Mies van der Rohe once said that, “An office is a machine for working in.” From a maintenance person’s point of view that might be true. For a user, an office should offer a productive working environment. A pilot project, led by Esa Halmetoja of Senate Properties, is trying to find out how a…
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Developing New BIM Norms for Building Construction – Videos
BuildingSMART Finland has supplemented open building information modeling (BIM) guidelines in a project that is a part of the national KIRA-digi program. The project has published its first version of the new norms. Here are short video versions of my interviews with Tomi Henttinen and Tero Järvinen. They explain why the open IFC classification required an update and…
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Notes from the Nordic Smart Building Convention
The first Nordic Smart Building Convention took place in Helsinki on June 14 and 15, 2017. It was an inspiring event with great keynotes, tech talks, and an exhibition of smart building products and services. The event was organized by HUB13, a leading co-working space provider in Finland. I had met with the producer of…
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Notes from the Nordic Smart Building Convention
The first Nordic Smart Building Convention took place in Helsinki on June 14 and 15, 2017. It was an inspiring event with great keynotes, tech talks, and an exhibition of smart building products and services. The event was organized by HUB13, a leading co-working space provider in Finland. I had met with the producer of…
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Building with Recycled Plastics – Interview with Jeff Mintz of Envirolastech
Plastic waste is a huge global problem and we need viable solutions. In this interview with Jeff Mintz, CEO of Envirolastech, we discuss how plastic can be recycled and used as a building material in a unique way. Envirolastech, Inc, is a developer of thermoplastic technology that offers a cost-competitive alternative to wood and concrete in a…
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Reinventing the Building Envelope – Interview with Gordon A Geddes
In this interview with Gordon A Geddes, CEO of Lynx Systems, we talk about reinventing the building envelope. Gordon also gives great advice to innovators in the construction industry. Here are our discussion topics: Why Gordon became interested in innovation in the construction industry What are responsive building envelopes What it the problem with traditional…
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Reinventing the Building Envelope – Interview with Gordon A Geddes
In this interview with Gordon A Geddes, CEO of Lynx Systems, we talk about reinventing the building envelope. Gordon also gives great advice to innovators in the construction industry. Here are our discussion topics: Why Gordon became interested in innovation in the construction industry What are responsive building envelopes What it the problem with traditional…
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Tiny Houses – An Alternative Way of Building and Living
Is a huge house the ultimate goal? Not for everybody. In the United States the average size of new single family in 2013 was 2,662 square feet (247.3 m2). The small house movement (also known as the “tiny house movement”) is a description for the architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes (source:…
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The Future of Sustainable Building
Our client, Granlund, arranged a seminar on June 4, 2014, on energy in the construction industry. Their keynote speaker was Martin Townsend, Director of BREEAM, BRE Global. In the following recording he talks about sustainable building opportunities. Download the presentation slides. http://youtu.be/d1bfF_BOeUE The post The Future of Sustainable Building appeared first on AEC Business. View the original…