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The rising popularity of mass timber products in Canada and the United States has led to a rediscovery of fundamentals among architects. Not least Indigenous architects, for whom engineered wood offers a pathway to recover and advance the building traditions of their ancestors. Because timber is both a natural, renewable resource and a source of forestry jobs, it aligns with Indigenous values of stewardship and community long obscured by the 20th century’s dominant construction practices.
For Brian Porter, principal of Two Row Architect in Ohsweken, Ontario, mass timber compels architects to relearn the art of making the most out of natural materials. “Where I come from, Six Nations of the Grand River, where we were longhouse people,” Porter said, “most of the longhouses are made out of, maximum, four- or six-inch-diameter wood poles that were bent to form structural arches.” By post-tensioning the poles, these erstwhile builders were modifying the material to take m
Con Edison s Smart Ideas Earn Recognition From Consumer Research Group
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NEW YORK, April 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/
A consumer research group today bestowed an award on Con Edison for using its new smart meters to improve programs that pay residential customers for reducing their usage at times of high demand.
The Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative named Con Edison winner of its Best Practices Award in the Smart Energy Innovation category. The organization cited Con Edison s technology that helps aggregators enroll residential customers in demand response programs, which are also called Smart Usage Programs. Con Edison is honored to accept this award and excited about the new opportunities our investments in smart meters and smart grid technology are creating for our customers to earn payments in our innovative demand response programs, said Greg Elcock, Con Edison s director of Energy Efficiency and Demand Management. We are pleased that
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Three years after Hyderabad got machines to end manual scavenging, sickness and degradation endure
While machines reduced the death rate among sanitation workers, fewer than 3% of them became entrepreneurs. 2 hours ago Two workers of the Hyderabad Metropolitan Water Supply and Sewerage Board cleaning a manhole during the lockdown in 2020. | Almaas Masood/ Article-14
As he stood hunched over an open manhole, Venkatesh manoeuvered a high-power water hose connected to a little truck that was too small to enter the dank, narrow lane, as many work areas for sewer workers tend to be in Hyderabad.
A nervous man in his 30s, Venkatesh directed the jet of water downwards to clear a choked sewer. Four years ago, he would have to descend its dark, grimy depths and clear the block with a stick and hand, risking injury and possible death.
Seguin, TX, USA / Seguin Today
Apr 12, 2021 8:56 AM
San Marcos Police Chief Stan Standbridge presents a special award to the Seguin Police Department. Chief Stanbridge also serves as the past-president of the Texas Police Chiefs Association. The association is recognizing the Seguin PD as one of the top law enforcement agencies in the state through its Best Practices program.
Seguin) The Seguin Police Department is again being recognized as one of the top law enforcement agencies in the state. The recognition is based on the police department’s participation in the Best Practices program sponsored by the Texas Police Chiefs Association. The department first met the program’s stringent standards in 2013. It again recently completed the process, and has received the Best Practices Re-Recognition Award.