The University of Idaho had a vision to showcase what Idaho timber can do, stretching the typical boundaries of wooden buildings. That vision was recently celebrated at the ACEC National Engineering Excellence Awards where the University of Idaho ICCU Arena won a 2024 Grand Award, securing recognition as one of the top engineering projects of […]
Buildings are an essential part of our daily lives – we sleep in them, work in them, eat in them. But how do the buildings we live in impact the world around us? From unprocessed materials to initial construction to daily operations to eventual decommissioning, every phase of a building’s life produces environmental impacts. Life […]
KPFF’s Dave Rossi and Nicholas Miley were excited to attend last week’s ribbon cutting event at Sunnyvale City Hall. Designed by SmithGroup, PAE, and KPFF to be the first net-zero and LEED Platinum city hall, the new building raises the bar for sustainability in civic projects and demonstrates the City of Sunnyvale’s commitment to positive […]
As we move towards updating our Embodied Carbon Action Plan (ECAP) for 2023, we’d like to highlight some of the moves we have made and work we have done to push the SE 2050 initiative forward. 2023 ICM Conference on Translating Climate Ambition into Climate Action KPFF was honored to be invited to the 2023 […]