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Golisano Institute for Sustainability Wins Energetix Excellence in Green Lighting Award
SWBR was recognized by the Rochester Chapter of the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) with RIT’s Golisano Institute for Sustainability receiving the Energetix Excellence in Green Lighting Award. The overall building lighting was designed to exceed ASHRAE requirements by 45%. Lighting controls included extensive daylighting, multi-level illumination levels and interconnection to the campus control system. Specific attention […]
Peckham Hall Wins CSI and AIA Awards
Peckham Hall at Nazareth College was awarded a Rochester Chapter Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) 2014 Outstanding Project Award and a Rochester Chapter American Institute of Architects 2014 Merit Award. The CSI chapter award is given for exceptional teamwork between owner, designer and constructor realized through the CSI’s principles of how clear, well-prepared construction documents can […]
Golisano Institute of Sustainability Wins Region’s Best Project and Jeffery J. Zogg Awards
On Nov. 6, 2013, Engineering News-Record (ENR) New York recognized RIT Golisano Institute of Sustainability (RIT GIS) as the region’s best project in the Green Project category, which honors the country’s best construction projects and the companies that designed and built them. At the Build New York award ceremony in Saratoga Springs, December 10, 2013, […]
Holy Rosary Apartments Wins Landmark Society Award
Holy Rosary Apartments was awarded the prestigious Barber Conable Award from the Landmark Society on November 10, 2013 at Rochester’s City Hall. This award recognizes a large-scale rehabilitation of a historic building in the Rochester community, including buildings listed in the National Register of Historic Places and projects utilizing the Federal Investment Tax Credit Program. […]
Glazing That Stops Drafts: Golisano Institute of Sustainability
Innovations in window glazing and coatings have increased the energy efficiency of window walls. New coatings allow the architect to use larger expanses of glass, even when designing buildings that meet stringent green building certification programs. Architect Mark Maddalina, AIA, LEED AP, and Manager of Sustainable Design at SWBR Architects in Rochester, New York sums […]
Thermal Imaging: Improve Comfort and Reduce Costs
Thermal Imaging Analysis allows us to analyze construction conditions and identify information that can help improve performance and determine the need for critical maintenance. Infrared technology used in a thermal camera captures temperature variations on a surface and can be successfully used to evaluate problems related with the presence of moisture in roof systems. The […]