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E-COMMERCE FOR FACILITY MANAGERS Electronic commerce is penetrating every niche of the notoriously conservative field of architecture and construction. Architects are using the Internet to collaborate with consultants; builders are placing on-line orders for equipment and supplies. But what about the professionals who manage facilities after construction is complete? Are they reaping full benefits of the available technologies?
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DESIGN LAB SHEDS LIGHT ON ENERGY CONSERVATION By the time a building is constructed—and its lighting found wanting—it us usually to late to go "back to the drawing board." Some architects solve this problem by simulating light in space through computer visualizations or physical models. In Seattle's Lighting Design Lab, designers and building operators can mock up an architectural space in its full size. These realistic mockups lead to qualitatively better lighting design and quantitatively superior energy conservation.
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More Building and Construction Report unearths Holyrood flaws — BBC (Scotland), 2000.0919 Building 'Green' Housing For a Sustainable Future — WSJ Homes, 2000.0918 Goodbye mall, hello Main Street: Downtowns of tomorrow will look more like yesteryear — Inman Real Estate News Tentative Deal For Skyscraper At Former Site Of Alexander's — New York Today, 2000.0919 Women Find Power in the Whir of a Saw — WSJ Homes, 2000.0907 Scaling Back Expectations for Growth of Design-Build — ENR, 2000.0918 Japanese Island Sinks Faster Than Designers Anticipated — ENR, 2000.0918 Facilities See Red Over Boom In Green Rules, Says GAO Report — ENR, 2000.0918 Industry Launches Image Task Force — ENR, 2000.0918
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