Anne Lorimor has the record of being the oldest person to climb Mount Kilimanjaro. Anne was 89 when she reached the peak on July 18th, 2019. She loves hiking and she didn’t start with Kilamanjaro. It started walking on streets and on hiking trails. She upward...
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has published two statements to define guidance on managing the spread of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease (Coronavirus) with respect to the operation and...
I know….you’re asking “What is post-tensioning and why is it important to SMART?” Post-tensioning is adding plastic sleeved steel cables to a concrete slab before the slab is poured to give the slab extra strength. When the slab is poured, the cables are pulled tight...
The U.K. is home to some of the world’s oldest — and most prestigious — universities. And while these may be centers of excellence for learning, many institutions’ buildings were built centuries ago and are in need of refurbishment or, in some instances, total...
A $26 million Chicago office building will be one of the first in the country to boast features designed to address COVID-19 safety concerns. The 90,000-square-foot Fulton East, which was under construction when the outbreak hit, has been engineered for maximum social...
The American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) released a white paper in June calling on jurisdictions globally to explore mandatory building energy performance standards to meet long-term climate goals, energy savings and greenhouse gas (GHG) emission...
The software the student teams use in the competition is provided by Bentley Systems (https://www.bentley.com/en). It represents the best design tool suite available to architects and engineering professionals worldwide. OpenBuildings Designer enables the teams to be...
COVID-19 has created building and facility use challenges. Design requirements that solve the physical or social distancing requirements are going to dominate design thinking for years to come. The Bentley software used in the SMART Competition will enable student...
One of the first questions we’re typically asked by teams planning to register for the SMART Competition is “What is the competition schedule?”. The normal answer is that the competition begins in August/September and the final judging is in April/May. We include...
Buildings generate nearly 40% of the world’s CO2 emissions—and since two-thirds of the buildings that exist today will still be around by the middle of the century, architects need to rethink their design now to have a chance of meeting goals for a net-zero economy. ...
A significant amount of greenery is headed to inner-city Dallas, Texas, in the form of a new high-rise that will boast North America's tallest living wall. Located at 1899 McKinney Avenue, the building will rise to a height of 320 ft (97.5 m) and feature 40,000 plants...
A project in southern California will put onsite fabrication to the test against other construction modes. California’s chronic shortage of affordable housing has been well documented. Conor Dougherty, an economics reporter for the New York Times, states, in his new...