Green technology not a "fad"
Sustainable development, all the rage less than a year ago, has survived the economic downturn.
There just isn’t much in the way of development or construction — sustainable or otherwise — undertaken in northern Nevada these days.
But as projects are sketched out these days for construction once the economy rebounds, owners are telling architects and engineers to incorporate as much green design as possible into buildings.
“People still are talking about it — in some cases as if it’s a given now,” says Reno architect Ric Licata, who heads the American Institute of Architects in Nevada. “It’s now part of the equation.” During 2008, at least 90 percent of the requests received by Q&D Construction in Sparks asked about the company’s experience with sustainable development and commitment to the process, says Q&D spokeswoman Sheila Hlubucek. Read full story:
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