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    Don’t roll the dice on reducing insurance costs. Deploy technology solutions that can help mitigate your risks.
    New Construction

    Reducing Climate-Related Risk: How Monitoring Technologies Improve Insurer Visibility and Building Risk Management

    Alex Fuentes
    Jan. 6, 2025
    Insurance costs in commercial real estate and construction are booming due to more frequent and severe weather events. Here’s how technology solutions can help mitigate risk and...
    Courtesy of Kingspan Light + Air
    Eagle Academy in Washington, DC, features a translucent skin that allows controlled daylight to penetrate into the building’s interior during the day. At night, it provides a distinctive soft glow.
    Renovation/Adaptive Reuse

    Unified Daylighting: Diverse Fenestration Solutions for Urban Adaptive Reuse and Retrofit Projects

    Neall Digert
    Nov. 1, 2024
    Access to daylight is a crucial consideration for healthy, sustainable buildings—and it can be achieved even in retrofit and adaptive reuse applications. Here’s how.
    Courtesy of Ryan Loco
    Colors, textures, and custom furnishings infuse the property’s formerly nondescript spaces with island energy and culture. A color-blocked wall makes a great backdrop for bleisure travelers’ conference calls.
    Interiors

    V Starr Reimagines San Juan’s Condado Palm Inn by Infusing Local Culture, Hotel’s History

    Liz Wolf
    Oct. 25, 2024
    The redesign of this hotel not only creates a renewed sense of place inspired by its tropical surroundings and rich cultural history, but it also pays homage to its 1960s vintage...
    Image courtesy of Current Lighting
    Strategically placed LED luminaires at critical points such as intersections, crosswalks, and pathways help cities enhance visibility and safety. Integrating aesthetic considerations, such as using decorative fixtures and ensuring uniform light distribution, further enriches the urban landscape without compromising functionality.
    Architecture

    OUTDOOR LIGHTING | Light done right transforms public spaces

    Alex Price
    Oct. 23, 2024
    ALEX PRICE and GARY STEINBERG explain how well-designed LED lighting schemes can improve public safety, engage citizens, and boost local economies.
    Adobe stock image via Adobe Express
    Product developers in office, collaborating on design
    Architecture

    INNOVATION | L-Prize Manufacturing & Installation Phase launches, with goal of accessibility to great lighting for all

    Kate Hickcox, Lighting Research Scientist
    Oct. 15, 2024
    L-Prize Phase III requirements and bonus points demonstrate DOE’s emphasis on practical advances for people and the planet, writes PNNL’s KATE HICKCOX.
    Photography by Bob Kerns for Luminis
    Luminis Hollowcore LED high-bay pendant in library operations center
    Architecture

    PROJECT | High-bay illumination brings style and comfort to library operations center

    Luminis
    Oct. 2, 2024
    In an adaptive reuse project, Luminis pendants deliver soft direct and indirect illumination to balance the interior rooted in a more industrial style.