Tag: environment

Mass timber project

Finding Success with Mass Timber for Net-zero Construction

  • February 25, 2026
Graycor’s two-decade relationship with Amazon led to our construction firm taking on an unconventional and pioneering project — the company’s first net-zero-carbon delivery station, DII5 in Elkhart, Indiana. To achieve net-zero certification, the 39-acre site features mass timber construction as opposed to the traditional precast or tilt-up concrete and structural steel.
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Embodied carbon construction

The Carbon Behind the Curtain

  • August 25, 2025
Discover how to unlock the hidden carbon footprint of building materials with Environmental Product Declarations. It’s one of the most valuable tools we have in understanding embodied carbon, but in a world saturated with sustainability acronyms, it’s easy to get lost. Learn more about the metrics that matter and how to use this tool for sustainable development.
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California warehouses

California Enacts Major Reforms to Environmental Review Process and Building Codes

  • August 20, 2025
For decades now, California has earned a reputation as one of the hardest states for developers to build in. High costs, long permitting timelines and a harsh regulatory environment have stopped many projects before they can even start. However, earlier this summer, the California State Legislature passed major reforms to one of the laws most responsible for restricting development: the California Environmental Quality Act, or CEQA.
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Office exterior

The Fundamentals of Embodied Carbon

  • August 4, 2025
Walk into any design meeting today and you’ll likely hear the word decarbonization. Among many strategies, it’s become a key focus in the building industry’s response to climate change. But what does it actually mean for the spaces we build? More importantly, how do we turn broad climate goals into specific, measurable actions, especially when much of a building’s emissions are released before the lights are ever turned on?
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Solar and battery storage in industrial

Industrial Solar and Battery Storage: Best Practices, Making Money and Avoiding Risk

  • March 27, 2025
In a session at I.CON West, Ryan McEvoy, principal and founder of GAIA, and a leader in sustainable real estate development, noted that 92% of all new energy throughout the world is produced by solar; in the U.S., that figure is 66%, with California leading the way. “California solar continues to grow year over year, and on average, utilities in California are run on batteries roughly two hours a day,” he said.
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CRE investments

Emerging Trends in Private Equity for Commercial Real Estate

  • February 18, 2025
Private equity firms often consider commercial buildings a smart place to invest their money, and property may be perceived as a stable investment option. In recent years, there have been huge advances that have changed the how, where and why of commercial real estate investment, including PropTech, big data and rising interest in mixed-use developments.
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PFAS

New PFAS Regulations: Implications for Developers and Owners

  • August 13, 2024
In April, the federal government issued the first enforceable national PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) regulations, and rather than just a problem for manufacturers of products with PFAS, this is now an immediate issue for owners and developers of all types of commercial real estate, and anywhere where PFAS may have been created or used.
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Sustainable building

Department of Energy Defines “Zero-Emissions Buildings”

  • August 7, 2024
In June the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) released the National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building (ZEB). This definition is the result of DOE and White House listening sessions held over the past year to obtain stakeholder concerns and feedback. 
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