by steve | Oct 12, 2020 | Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting
Did you know that the Home Insurance Building in Chicago is generally considered the world’s first skyscraper? Completed in 1885, it was the first to use a curtain wall construction on a steel frame!
by steve | May 31, 2020 | Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK)
Did you know 75% of the energy we use comes from non-renewable energy such as oil, fossil fuels, coal, natural gas and nuclear energy.
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 | Apr 22, 2019 | Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment
Did you know pumped hydroelectric storage systems generate electricity by pumping water from a low to a high reservoir, releasing the water from the higher reservoir through a hydroelectric turbine only when electricity is needed? 94% of U.S. energy storage is from...
by steve | Sep 4, 2018 | 11-Building Performance and Quality, AREAS OF INNOVATION, Building, Construction, & Architecture, Did You Know? (DYK), Funny & Interesting, Industry Impact on Economy, Society and the Environment, Insert Pictures
Did you know that in the United States approximately 20% of all electrical energy generated is used to heat and cool large institutional building. Can buildings be used as batteries by dumping energy in when renewable sources (wind/solar) are plentiful and then...
