by | Feb 25, 2019 | Building's impact on the Economy, Society & Environment, Did You Know? (DYK), Global trends shaping the building industry's future
Did you know that in 2015, 58.65 billion passenger-miles (PM) were traveled on public transit, and 3 trillion vehicle-miles are traveled (VMT) on public roads each year.
by | Feb 25, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Strategy & Business Model Innovation
Did you know the rate of urbanization, i.e., the changing of land from forest or agricultural uses to suburban and urban uses, is increasing by 15% from 2010 – 2015? Urban land area is 106,386 square miles, or 3% of total land area in the U.S., and is projected...
by steve | Feb 12, 2019 | Blog Posts, Building Orders, Building_Digitization, Cloud Platforms, Modeling, Data & Analytics, Building_History, Current Challenges & Resistance to Change (BHCCRC), Building_Industry Marketing, Guest Contributions, Strategy & Business Model Innovation
This post eplores: The inspiration drawn from the modular designs of classical Greek architecture, the future of building may rest on four evolving “New Orders”—Boutique, Iconic, Optimized, and Hybrid—which combine customization, innovation, and modular...
by | Feb 11, 2019 | Building's impact on the Economy, Society & Environment, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know approximately 82% of the U.S. population lives in urban areas, up from 64% in 1950 and by 2050, 90% of the U.S. population and 68% of the world population is projected to live in urban areas?