Room Acoustics – Are They the Missing Piece in the Occupant Experience?
Many of us take good acoustics for granted. But it's common for acoustic efforts to be the first thing cut from commercial projects—or not included in the design phase at all, according to Graham Waks, founder of Music City Acoustics.
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Do We Need a Green Certification Program Just for Commercial Kitchens? (Hint… Yes)
Commercial kitchens are one of the most challenging spaces to electrify, but we need to take on this challenge in order to decarbonize restaurants, hotels, schools, hospitals, and other buildings with commercial kitchens. Is another green certification program the answer?
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It’s Getting Hot in Here! – Why We Can’t Stop Talking About Electric Kitchens
Remember when gas stoves became a political issue last year? While all that public debate was happening, there were chefs around the world embracing the concept of all-electric kitchens and getting past the learning curve to induction cooking.
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Career Diaries – What’s It Like Working As an Accessibility Consultant?
Accessibility consultants work at the intersection of architecture and social justice. It’s much more than checking the boxes on accessibility requirements of laws and codes; it takes precision, dedication, and creativity to solve problems and remove physical barriers to access that have historically marginalized people with disabilities.
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Your Top 10 Passive House Questions, Answered – The Long-Awaited Part 2
Listen as host Robb Aldrich poses the same 10 questions from the original episode, and a few new ones, to Lois and Dylan Martello—who both work on first-of-their-kind, largescale Passive House projects at Steven Winter Associates.
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