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Wight & Company completes net zero recreation center in Plainfield

Chicago-based integrated design and delivery firm Wight & Company has completed the Prairie Activity and Recreation Center (PARC) for the Plainfield Park District. Designed as…

How to boost economic and environmental sustainability through technology

Once known for its vast stockyards and rail linkages, Chicago eventually grew more cosmopolitan and became an important corporate hub, as well as an exporter…

Passive house, massive scale

Building commercial properties with sustainability in mind has the capacity to drastically improve a city's carbon footprint and mitigate the effects of climate change. One…