The purpose of this study was to assess the feasibility of implementing Arc and BREEAM In-Use as turnkey tools to help Colorado State University (CSU) benchmark, analyze, and achieve its operational and sustainability goals. Arc and BREEAM In-Use are existing building...
Colorado’s aging population is growing, yet our housing options are not evolving to support this population. The need for housing that accommodates older adults as they age is crucial to balancing demands on other services, such as assisted living facilities, and to...
Fort Collins anticipates 100,000 new community members in the next 15 years. Concerns about this accelerated development ring true for many Front Range towns and cities, and raise important questions: Who do we become in the face of change? How do we protect what is...
The global recognition of the benefits of green schools at an operational, educational, environmental, and community level is growing and reaching more educators and school administrators. This is true in both developed and developing nations. Nevertheless, most of...
Decades of development and pollution have degraded and damaged many river ecosystems. In this whitepaper, IBE fellow Rod Lammers provides an overview of urban river restoration and its benefits, exploring the concepts by analyzing a planned urban river restoration...
Regenerative development is about building the capacity and capability in people, communities, and other natural systems to renew, evolve, and thrive. A fundamental requirement of this work is that we constantly regenerate our own thinking, comprehension, and...
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