Recent evidence has revealed new and renovated commercial properties that have achieved green certifications such as Energy Star, LEED and Green-Star ratings typically command higher rent premiums. Statistics are showing the higher the green certification the higher the rent for commercial properties.1 With the plethora of green building benefits why aren’t all new commercial…
DetailsThis month brings us to the MIAPPA 2014 conference. NxtWall has decided to attend this year because it is being held at Mackinac Island. This motor-free historical setting will give us the opportunity to see how easily our eco-friendly school building products and displays for demountable walls can be transported by bicycle. It’s all part…
DetailsNxtWall – Demountable Walls Retrofit with Old School Construction Facility engineers, architects, and interior designers are all aware of how versatile demountable walls can be. Customers who are outside of the commercial construction industry often have reservations on how demountable walls work with their existing building structures. We pulled together this short video…
DetailsSo you love the idea of a floor to ceiling glass wall office with an unobstructed view of the river outside your corporate headquarters? Well, you may until the blaring sun comes around to your side of the building late in the afternoon and you can no longer read your computer screen. The transparency,…
DetailsNxtWall is a leading manufacturer of functional, sustainable and affordable architectural wall systems. Serving the continental United States our demountable wall products are chosen for sustainable, LEED projects, and commercial building projects desiring a high end aesthetic on a limited budget. The flexibility, sustainable and beauty or NxtWall’s architectural wall solutions are unmatched at our…
DetailsDo you have an employee wellness room in your office building or modern workspaces? Can you imagine being asked that question 20 years or even 10 years ago? MLive Hub downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan has one. AOL Headquarters and Yext Headquarters in New York, NY have nap rooms. So does The Huffington Post.…
DetailsThe value of greening our schools in this era of reduced school budgets has never been clearer. As more and more colleges are offering degrees in sustainability, more and more engineers and facility managers are recognizing the installation, cost, health and beautification benefits of selecting green construction products. Ironically reduced school budgets have encouraged innovation…
DetailsWalking into any school I always feel a reference for the space. In the primary schools, the innocence of fresh minds to mold, emotions that will flow unabashedly between BFF’s, favored teachers, and scary principals. Middle school classrooms filled with students caught between childhood learning and high school dreams. High schools spilling over with…
DetailsThe office space has been re-imagined. Gone are the days of rows upon rows of identical cubicles in unnaturally lit office spaces and warehousing buildings. Workers are no longer squirreled away in tight cramped spaces with solid core wood doors and four walls of beige painted drywall. Current open space planning is encouraging collaboration, glass…
DetailsDo you agree the term green building has been thoroughly degraded over the last decade? It seems most evident in the construction industry where sustainability is the new black – or builder beige as it were. Each claim of being the greenest option, the most sustainable resource, seems driven more by profit than true environmental…
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