NIBS Assumes Management of the Sustainable Facilities Tool

The National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) announced it has formally assumed management and development of the Sustainable Facilities Tool (SFTool), a widely respected digital platform originally developed by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). Moving forward, the platform will be known as the High Performance Building Guide (HPBG), a new name that reflects its […]

Designing for What’s Next: Adaptive Reuse of an Industrial Landmark

Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, once the epicenter of American industrial strength, is a region once shaped by steel and now by what comes after. In Bethlehem, one of the region’s three cities, the towering blast furnaces of the former Bethlehem Steel still dominate the skyline even as land around it is reimagined, one structure at a […]

Israel, Chevron and Partners Advance $610M Nitzana Pipeline to Egypt

Israel’s Energy and Infrastructure Ministry has approved a new onshore natural gas export pipeline linking the Ramat Hovav industrial zone in the Negev Desert region to the Nitzana border crossing with Egypt. The $610-million project, to be built and operated by Israel Natural Gas Lines, will expand Israel’s export capacity by 6 billion cu m […]