Sustainable Architecture

UO Students Help Design New Springfield Public Library

7 Feb 2012

By Kelsey Card SPRINGFIELD, Ore. -- Architecture students at the University of Oregon teamed up with the city of Springfield, hoping to design a series of city projects. Last term, 17 architecture students were offered a unique opportunity to design a new Springfield Public Library. It's part of the Sustainable Cities project, which lets students work directly with city staff and other stake ...

Troux Reports Record Growth: Record Revenues, Record Number of New Customers

7 Feb 2012

Trouxâ„¢ Technologies, Inc., the leader in Business Technology Management and Enterprise Architecture software, today announced record year-over-year growth for the fourth quarter of 2011, ending December 31, 2011.

Sustainable Development Makes Housing Affordable

6 Feb 2012

Between 2001 and 2008, the Illinois Housing Development Authority greenlit 248 affordable housing developments in the Chicago area. In Illinois, affordable housing operates on a simple principle: housing costs shouldn’t exceed 30 percent of a family’s annual budget. But rent isn’t the only variable that determines how affordable a particular home is. Sustainability matters, too. Some of the ...