By Chris McEntee, AGU Executive Director and CEO This post was originally published on the Getting to Zero Forum blog. As AGU, a global community of 60,000 Earth and space scientists, celebrates
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In this case study, explore the design and sustainability strategies of the newly renovated AGU headquarters in Washington, D.C. AGU’s headquarters project is transforming what might be a typical renovation
When AGU decided to renovate our headquarters to meet net zero energy goals, we wanted to make sure sustainability was incorporated across the project. For us, this meant ensuring not
We discussed in a previous post how we chose a municipal sewer heat exchange as one of our energy reduction strategies for the AGU building renovation. Now, our partners from
AGU Friends and Neighbors, When we decided to renovate our headquarters with the goal of achieving net zero energy, we knew that we were signing on to a first-of-its-kind project
by Gail Young and Theresa Backhus, Sustainable Building Partners As an organization dedicated to advancing science and ensuring a sustainable future, AGU set lofty environmental goals for the renovation of
AGU plans to move back into the building in late spring/early summer of this year. As excitement builds, Caitlyn Camacho, Program Manager, Strategic Communications, interviewed AGU employees about which building
Considered to be cutting-edge in the United States, AGU’s sustainable building will feature a radiant cooling system that uses less energy than a traditional forced-air system. The system circulates
Beginning the week of October 2nd, installation of the wet well near the AGU plaza/prow will now require sidewalk closures on Florida Avenue and 20th Street. The wet well work
One of the most unique design features in the AGU building renovation’s contributing to the net zero energy goals will be a municipal sewer heat exchange that uses wastewater from