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Sustainability Building Certifications 101
This post expands on the last post in The Thead and goes into depth on some of the major sustainability certifications available today. Buildings, appliances, building materials and products can all achieve sustainability certifications from applicable authorities....
Why Should A Building Pursue Sustainability Certification?
For this post, the main questions to answer are, why should a building project pursue sustainability certification and what are the available certifications? If you are picturing a building with a gold star sticker or one holding a trophy, this post should clear up...
How Office Design Impacts Productivity: Part 2
Welcome to Part 2! Who knew there were so many small and big ways that office design can improve productivity in workers? There are so many, I needed two blog posts just to skim the surface! In the conclusion of Part 1, I asked you to consider some of the...
How Office Design Impacts Productivity: Part 1
Have you ever found yourself nodding off at your desk after lunch? Or maybe you wished you were anywhere else besides your stuffy office building. Most of us have been there, and it isn’t necessarily our faults. Office and building managers can take measures to...
Cold Climates & Sustainable Design
It’s winter, and we are all finding ways to stay safe and warm. For many of us, staying warm indoors requires adjusting the thermostat and fans in our homes then sitting back and enjoying the comfortable temperature. We often don’t think about what systems have to be...
Can Buildings Keep Us from Getting Sick?
To answer the title question, the answer is, yes, the buildings in which we spend at least 90% or our time can definitely contribute to our health. Buildings, their materials, and their systems can affect our health in positive and negative ways. Sickness is a...
A Day in the Life: Interior Design Version
Introduction So, what exactly is it that you do? This is a question that I get a lot even from people who have known me a long time. I love what I do and am grateful to do it everyday for a living. I have been evolving the explanation of my profession over time in a...
My Top Productivity Apps of 2021
Several things made last year easier for us, and a lot of them have been technology based. I would bet that a lot of us have been using technology more and more to connect with our loved ones as well as our colleagues. Technology has allowed us to track Covid-19...
How To Network Remotely & Safely
Our small business networking events have always been a source of good conversations and valuable professional connections. The social events and hand shaking days are evolving into safer, and often remote options to meet people and spark conversations about project...
Reducing Utility Costs This Winter
Finding Ways to Reduce Utility Costs Winters where I am, in northeastern Oklahoma, can be mild to severe and back again. Sometimes it seems unpredictable. In my lifetime, we have had white Christmas seasons and Christmas parties when everyone wore short sleeves. It’s...
Make Social Distancing Easy
Social distancing is changing our built environments and how we interact with them. Places we used to frequent like grocery stores, malls, and offices must consider how to implement social distancing requirements. It is true that our collective visits to these...
Setting Up the Best Home Office for You
Introduction A lot of us are working from home these days (up to 25-30% of us could be working from home a majority of the time by the end of next year). We all have components that we enjoy and some things that are tough regarding working from home. These are mostly...
Adding Personalization to Your Space – Why is It Important?
Since we are all spending more time indoors, how are these indoor environments serving us? In other words, do the interiors themselves encourage health, creativity and happiness in us? How do the objects and colors in the space reflect my goals and interests?
What Should You Do? Do What You Would Do For Free.
This is a time of life and career transition for a lot of people. I have had times in my adult life when I asked myself, what should I do? At times I felt as if I had no viable career options; other times I felt as if the job world was in the palm of my hand. This year especially, I have had ups and downs of feeling highly productive and focused to unsure and undirected.
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