by steve | May 24, 2020 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting
Did you know Starbucks’ round tables were created specifically so customers would feel less alone?
by steve | May 24, 2020 | Did You Know? (DYK), Energy, Solar Energy
Did you know lithium is an element of growing importance due to its use in batteries used in cell phones, laptops, and electric vehicles? Chile, Bolivia, and Argentina account for over 50% of easily extractable world lithium reserves. Australia, Argentina, and...
by steve | May 11, 2020 | 5-Digitization, Modeling, Data and Analytics, 5A-BIM, Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know that 45 percent of architecture firms use BIM?
by steve | May 10, 2020 | 1-Energy, Sustainability, & Global Health, Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK), Environment and Climate, Land and Water Use, Resource Scarcity, Society
Did you know the construction industry has an average unlevered beta of about 1.33? This means that if the market itself is neutral (at a beta of 1.00) than the construction/engineering industry has a much stronger correlation or deviation with the market! If an...
by steve | Apr 12, 2020 | 1-Energy, Sustainability, & Global Health, Did You Know? (DYK), Economy, Society
Did you know that the U.S. spends 3.5 trillion on healthcare per year? This is more than every other country and about 18% of our countries’ gross domestic output (GDP). Of that $3.5 trillion, $1.5 trillion, is financed by the federal government....
by | Apr 29, 2019 | Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know that photovoltaic (semiconductors that convert sunlight to electricity) would just need to cover 0.6% of U.S. land area to generate enough electricity to meet national demand.
