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The Role of Data: Adaptive Building

Summary             The final article of the Adaptive Building series dives into how above and beyond measures can provide their weight in value when communicated properly. More specifically, this article will look at the role of data in the building industry. I briefly touch on how the root of proper communication, undeniable data, sits at the foundation of the value of abo...

Stormonomics: Adaptive Building

Summary              In the second to last article of the adaptive building series, I explore the way extreme storms serve as economic shocks, describing both ends of the economic spectrum: profit and loss. For the first time in this series, I incorporate quantitative data into the discussion with percentages and relative proportion graphs. Furthermore, current events and trends are brought...

Building Finance: Adaptive Building

Summary In this long-awaited building finance article, I finally leave the building industry fallacy conversations and move into the forces of change. We will first cover how the finance world interacts with the rest of the world, explaining its relevancy along the way. We will then transition into the different facets of sustainable investing, positive and negative, and how one of them is particularly inclined to nudge the buildi...

Visualizing Building Code: Adaptive Building

Summary             This ‘Visualizing Building Code’ section of the Adaptive Building Series aims to help us view the ‘value chain’ of building codes, where we take their creation as a given and watch how they find their way to the consumer. Considering the nature of the last article, State of Building Code , I want to disclaim that this article is n...

State of Building Code: Adaptive Building

Summary This building code article, of the Adaptive Building series, is essentially the WHY I am writing this whole series. As a young individual entering the real world, I learn more about the procedures and systems society has set up for decades and even centuries. Yet, I often grow confused as to why society, as a whole, has a toxic relationship with development and growth. Further down, you will see me define the toxic relat...

Adaptive Building Introduction: Adaptive Building

Introduction             Nothing remains the same forever. This is a fact of life that many of us understand very well. Whether it has to do with watching our children grow up, or in my case, reflecting on the fact that in a few months I will be making the greatest change in my life as I pull my roots up and move to an entirely unknown area for my first career job out of unive...

Noise Pollution - Understanding the Risks and Effects in Work and Everyday Life

Introduction Noise, like every other sense, can bring extraordinary amounts of pleasure. On the other hand, too much noise can alter our mental and physical health little by little, and without our knowledge. As civilization grew and our cities expanded, our exposure to noise exponentially increased. Whether you are trying to have a conversation, running your HVAC system, focusing on a task in your city apartment, o...