by Editor | Oct 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
Design tools and digital applications are on the rise to support risk planning and scenario analysis during the pandemic and beyond. Bentley’s OpenBuildings Station Designer enables surveyors, planners, architects, and structural, mechanical, and electrical engineers,...
by Editor | Sep 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
By the start of the next decade Google wants to make sure all the electricity it uses for its data centers and offices will be truly 100% carbon free. Under its previous pledge the tech giant has been offsetting its consumption with direct renewable electricity...
by Michael Andrews | Aug 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
There are no official competition beginning or ending dates on the competition schedule. The SMART Competition has made the schedule completely flexible. The actual dates and specific deliverable dates are subject to the decisions made by each individual team. Each...
by Michael Andrews | Aug 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by Editor | Aug 6, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...
by Editor | Jul 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
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...