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The Future. Built Smarter. — 69 episodes

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WCAP Part III: The structural trail to net zero carbon by 2050

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WCAP Part II: Climbing the mechanical mountain to net zero carbon

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Net zero carbon on all projects by 2050? IMEG has a plan

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Urban planning sets the stage for improving communities

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From scholarship recipient to designer: ‘Every day I’m learning something new’

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Planning early is critical for achieving mass timber’s benefits

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Small modular reactors: A potential new power source for industrial

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AI-driven site design: Fast, interactive, and often revealing

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Federal healthcare leader: Providing positive outcomes is a mission

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From dorms to trout ponds: Leveraging waste heat from AI computing

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Healthcare market leader: Less carbon, more AI on the horizon

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UNLV grad designs alma mater’s ENR ‘Best of the Best’ lab building

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Extended reality experiences put clients inside design

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Rapidly evolving industries make proactivity critical for success

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ENR Best Project elevates Garden’s visitor experience

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‘Cautious optimism’ the sentiment in hospitality market

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Transportation Market Leader: Roads, bridges improving; much more to come

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VC firm VP: AI tech should solve problems, not create them

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IMEG Labs: Early validation for technology and integration

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AEC firms need a ‘culture of innovation’ to leverage AI

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Labs2Zero aims to help owners decarbonize their laboratories

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Antarctica or bust: Site visit sends IMEG to penguin paradise

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Part 3 | IMEG Sustainability Champion Anchila Monks: ‘This is the right time’

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Part 2 | IMEG Sustainability Champion Jessica Lee: ‘It’s really inspiring’

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Part 1 | Power in numbers: IMEG offices rally behind firm’s sustainability plan

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AI in practice | Part 2: IMEG chatbot gets smarter by the day

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AI in practice | Part 1: IMEG chatbot brings decades of data to engineers in seconds

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Phius leader keen on passive building’s role in decarbonization

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Northridge at 30: Seismic design advances benefit buildings across U.S.

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IMEG CEO reflects on firm’s growth and career of 47 years (and counting)

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How Ann Arbor seeks to lift up an underserved neighborhood through community geothermal

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UW Health bringing a proton center powered by the sun to Madison

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Housing director: ‘We’re providing homes where people can thrive’

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Planning is essential for meeting education market challenges

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Keeping K-12 students safe demands a holistic security approach

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Water, water everywhere—with many improvements needed

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Environmental issues, expanding specialization key topics in S&T market

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Decarbonization in Healthcare: Why it’s needed, how to get started

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Data is the key to getting more help from your building

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Digital twin uses building data to model effects of system changes

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Team Commissioning Part 2: Applying the concept to federal projects

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Team Commissioning, Part 1: Maximizing the ‘Power of the Team’

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Microgrids: Taking emergency power beyond code and beyond carbon

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From balsa airplanes to a lifetime achievement award: An interview with Cliff Schwinger

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‘Unique moment in history’ gives engineers a critical task

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A PDQ summary of Inflation Reduction Act’s clean energy provisions

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CPTED: A holistic strategy in the growing quest for safer buildings

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IDEA! Part 1: Freeing up minds to help foster innovation

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IDEA! Part 2: Using AR to ‘translate’ project design

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Equity in healthcare: Caregivers discuss inclusion, diversity, and bias

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New R&D center a true garden of innovation

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The Quadruple Aim & the Built Environment, Part 5: Improving provider satisfaction

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SE 2050: A Call for Structural Engineers to Eliminate Embodied Carbon

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Life Cycle Analysis: Calculating the embodied carbon in building materials

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The Quadruple Aim & the Built Environment, Part 4: Enhancing Joe’s experience

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The Quadruple Aim & the Built Environment, Part 3: Reducing the Cost of Care

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The Quadruple Aim & the Built Environment, Part 2: Improving Population Health

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The Quadruple Aim & the Built Environment, Part 1: Healthcare’s Dynamic Duo

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5 steps to begin the process of decarbonizing your building

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Battery storage: Clean energy for a rainy day — and peak demand relief

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Call in the reserves: Thermal energy storage to the rescue

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3-2-1: How commercialization launched IMEG into the aerospace industry

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Cold Climate Electrification: A Path Toward ‘Clean’ Heating

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The Chiller Reality: Your MEP Equipment is Full of Embodied Carbon

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Embodied Carbon: In the Crosshairs of Designers, Bill Gates, and Girl Scouts

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Keeping the Plants Happy: Cultivation Space Design for Cannabis and other CEA Facilities

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Carbon-free, Net Zero, One Water: Grand Conceptor Project Shows the AEC Industry Can Deliver It All

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Acuity Adaptability and the Future of Healthcare

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Intelligent Buildings