Help Your Next Building Project Take the LEED On Green Building Design!
Environmental awareness has come to the forefront of the world’s conscious in recent years. An innumerable number of products, services, and initiatives have flooded us with environmentally-friendly options that didn’t exist a decade ago. One area that has seen...
Why Creed LA Fights For Fairness
Coalition for Responsible Equitable Economic Development Fights For Fairness The world watched & read with horror that fateful day in April, 2013. On that day, over 1100 people lost their lives when Rana Plaza, a shoddily built garment factory outside the city...
Help Counteract the Effects of Urban Heat Islands
What Are Urban Heat Islands Urban heat islands (UHI) are a consequence of our modern, developed societies. The term describes the phenomena whereby built-up urban areas are 2–5°F hotter than nearby rural areas. This results from the construction of buildings,...
Los Angeles Transit-Oriented Development
Los Angeles Transit Oriented Development. Smart Planning Today for a Better Tomorrow An image comes to mind when we hear the word bucolic, that of picturesque, almost rural small towns that harken back to simpler times. These towns had a centralized “Main Street”...
Los Angeles Green Construction Projects
Suburbia is Dead - Long Live Suburbia! Suburbia. Its origins date back to the Victorian era of the 19th Century, a time in which some towns outside of London’s city limits began to blend into its borders. This was a new concept in human civilization because other...