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The Carbon Innovations Hiding in Plain Sight

2 years 11 months ago
From Gensler:ย  The world is warming at an alarming rate, and consumers have set their sights on flashy, eye-catching products that offer high-tech solutions to reduce carbon emissions. Electric vehicles and smart thermostats are examples of incredible technologies that will drive us toward more sustainable lifestyles. These high-tech solutions generate their own demand; the shiny […]
Dede Hance

Recent Flash Floods Highlight Risks of New Rainfall Extremes

2 years 11 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:ย  In the early morning hours of July 26, many area residents awoke to floodwater filling their homes, or to the din of blaring car alarms from vehicles getting overtaken by murky brown water. Too much rain was falling far too fast. The weather system dumped more than 9 inches on St. […]
Shruthi Beedu

Commercial Buildings Can Lead the Way to An All-Electric Future

2 years 11 months ago
From FacilitiesNet:ย  Electrification of commercial buildings, such as office, educational, and retail facilities, has not seen the same momentum as in residential and apartment buildings. For commercial building electrification, advances in technology and fundamental questions of technical feasibility, cost, and value continue to be a challenge. But this is beginning to change. States like New […]
Dede Hance

PERSPECTIVE: Can We Get It Right This Time?

2 years 11 months ago
by Tom Finan, Executive Director/Co-Founder, Construction Forum On Dec. 6, the Forum will host the concluding segment of our 18-month, six-part series on systems change for an inclusive workforce. Online registration for the event, which is being held at the LiUNA Event Center on South Lindbergh, is free to attend and is now open for […]
Tom Finan

Glen Carbon Updated on Business Projects

2 years 11 months ago
From The Edwardsville Intelligencer:ย  Four new businesses opened in Glen Carbon during August, according to a Sept. 27 update by Building and Zoning Administrator Stacy Jose at a building and development committee meeting. In August, the village saw the opening of a tobacco and bait shop, a general cosmetology center, a pediatric therapy center and […]
Shruthi Beedu

Making Room for the River: Communities Look at Nature-Based Solutions

2 years 11 months ago
From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:ย  The western border of Atchison County, Missouri, follows the twisting path of the Missouri River. Acres of corn and soy fields once lined its shores, but after a nearby levee suffered seven breaches in a 2019 flood, the cropland was ruined. Instead of rebuilding the levee and replanting the crops, Atchison […]
Shruthi Beedu

City Foundry's mini-golf venue opens this winter after raising $150M

2 years 11 months ago
ST. LOUIS - Puttshack, a mini-golf course coming to City Foundry STL this winter, finished raising a growth capital round of $150 million. Puttshack said, "The new funding will support Puttshack's rapid growth strategy in the United States, bringing its cutting-edge and high-energy experience to more cities across the nation." The new mini-golf venue will [...]
Monica Ryan

Ground Broken on New Troy South Elementary

2 years 11 months ago
From Lincoln News:ย The next chapter of education in Lincoln County was written in the soil on Sept. 29 with the official groundbreaking of Troy South Elementary School. Board members, as well as local children, shoveled the first bit of dirt to celebrate the opening of construction for the new school, which is expected to be […]
Shruthi Beedu

BNSF lifts embargo on St. Louis cargo after 5 weeks

2 years 11 months ago
ST. LOUIS - BNSF lifted its embargo on cargo destined for St. Louis ramps. The embargo was lifted on October 6. BNSF first suspended its movement along the eastbound Pacific Southwest lane into St. Louis on August 29 because of congestion caused by excessive volume and chassis shortages. Cargo destined for St. Louis saw longer [...]
Monica Ryan