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The New Embodied Carbon Pathfinder Tool is Here! The Embodied Carbon PathFinder is a new, free web app allows users to quickly see the embodied carbon implications of different design and material selections for three typical multifamily residential building types: stacked townhouse, mid-rise and...
Morrison Hershfield’s Baltimore office has moved and is open for business! Our new office space is on the fourth floor of 1501 South Clinton Street at Canton Crossing. This 17-story, mixed-use development is centrally located just two miles from downtown Baltimore in a vibrant area with excellent...
Advancing Morrison Hershfield’s Corporate Social Responsibility
It is with great pleasure that Morrison Hershfield announces Nancy Longueira’s appointment to the position of Vice President, Building Science East. Nancy has been with our firm for over 25-years and is well-positioned to take on this role leading such an important part of our Building Specialty...
The annual Consulting Engineers of Ontario (CEO) awards ceremony was a little different this year! In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, CEO hosted a live virtual event on YouTube to announce the finalists and winners of the 2020 OCEA Awards.
The newest version of the Building Envelope Thermal Bridging Guide (BETB) is now available and is the first of four planned expansions! This guide is another major step forward in helping the building industry holistically assess the impact of thermal bridging and adopt effective Net-zero energy...
Building Envelope Commissioning (BECx) is becoming more frequent, helping to achieve both sustainable rating system credits and performance goals – but ever wonder what it actually entails?
On Thursday, April 19th, 2018, Living Future Vancouver produced a sold out event that focused on bringing healthy and regenerative buildings to the city. Held in a historic former Bank of Canada building now called The Permanent, the event showcased an all-star lineup of speakers and panelists,...
The new Guide to Low Thermal Energy Demand for Large Buildings aims to broaden the understanding of how high-rise residential buildings can meet stricter levels of performance, such as Passive House, BC Energy Step Code, City of Vancouver Zero Emission Building Plan and City of Toronto Zero...
When every day is earth day, everybody wins.
Building codes and standards in Canada are becoming increasingly progressive, moving toward higher performance standards such as Passive House and Net Zero, in order to meet energy and emissions goals.
The Seattle Energy Code is one of the more stringent codes in the country, and continues down that path with its 2018 revisions.
The BC Step Code, British Columbia’s stretch Energy Code, is a performance-based standard that establishes a set of voluntary, incremental and measurable requirements for energy efficiency in New Construction.
With increasingly stringent codes and standards, new construction projects are progressively becoming more energy efficient. In order to remain competitive with new facilities, existing buildings are faced with the challenge of balancing retrofit design goals, energy savings and capital investment....