sustainability
STV Launches Sustainability Action Plan
The built environment “creates about 40% of the world’s carbon emissions. Unless we change how we design and build right now, climate change will become irreversible.” The urgency of these words from the American Institute of Architects (AIA) resonates deeply ...
Key Takeaways and Insights from Infraday East
For the last six years, Infraday East has been an essential industry event that drives the dialogue about the future of infrastructure in the Northeast Corridor at every level of our industry. The event – one of several regionally-focused events ...
Building a Circular Economy: Industry Insights and Sustainable Practices
A circular economy, geared towards minimizing waste and maximizing natural resources, hinges on reusing, repairing, remanufacturing, and recycling products and materials. It establishes a closed loop that conserves natural resources and facilitates the regeneration of natural systems. In sharp contrast ...
STV Team Champions Sustainability at ASCE Infrastructure 2050 Workshop
As efforts to reduce and eliminate embodied carbon in our nation’s infrastructure continue to intensify, three STV thought leaders recently participated in a workshop to map out strategies and best practices for expediting decarbonization initiatives in infrastructure design and construction. ...
Lessons from COP28: The Opportunity for Infrastructure
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) recently launched the Buildings Breakthrough at COP28, the United Nations’ annual climate summit. Aiming for near-zero emissions and climate resilient buildings by 2030, this initiative marked a pivotal moment in the global commitment to ...
Newark Airport’s New Terminal A Receives LEED Gold Certification
Newark Liberty International Airport’s (EWR) new Terminal A received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), far surpassing the project’s original target of Silver. The achievement was recently announced by the ...
STV Director of Sustainable Design Honored by Industry Organization
STV’s Director of Sustainable Design Lauren Alger, P.E., ENV SP, was named an outstanding woman in construction by the Professional Women in Construction New York Chapter (PWC NY). The organization recognized Alger’s leadership in sustainable design as part of its ...
Celebrating STV’s Generation of Women Legacies
The Women Builders’ Council (WBC) recently honored a select group of STV women legacies at its 18th Annual Champion Awards Gala held in New York. Our team members were honored in the Next Generation and Outstanding women categories for their ...
STV Launches Embodied Carbon Action Plan
The built environment’s impact on global CO2 emissions is undeniable, with building operations accounting for 27 percent and embodied carbon – CO2 that is released during the extraction, transportation, manufacturing, construction, and disposal of building materials – contributing an additional ...
Staying on Top of the National Environmental Policy Act and its Impacts on Our Communities
There’s been a lot of change in the environmental planning sphere over the past 2+ years, which means there’s a significant amount of policy evolution that our clients and other key stakeholders need to keep up with, especially as it ...
Sustainable Design Leader Selected to Attend Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2023 Symposium
STV Director of Sustainable Design Lauren Alger, P.E., ENV SP, has been selected as a participant in the prestigious Grainger Foundation Frontiers of Engineering 2023 Symposium, organized by the National Academy of Engineering (NAE). The U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium ...
Sustainability and Resilience Experts Present at Transportation Research Board Workshop
Three of STV’s environmental, sustainability and resilience experts recently presented at the Transportation Research Board (TRB) Resource Conversation and Recovery Committee’s 2023 Summer Workshop. Hosted by the Stevens Institute of Technology, the two-day workshop centered around a theme of “making ...
Battery Park Resilience Project Wins Award from ASCE
The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Metropolitan Section selected the Battery Park City Ball Fields & Community Center Resiliency Project as the recipient for the 2022-23 Sustainability Project of the Year Award. On behalf of the Battery Park City ...
STV Staff Joins Salvadori Center Career Day for PS 386 Elementary School Students
Members of STV’s New York team recently participated in a career day at PS 368 The William Lynch School, a community-based K-5 public school in the Hamilton Heights neighborhood in Manhattan. The event was organized by the prestigious Salvadori Center, ...
Future Focused: Creating a Roadmap for Embodied Carbon Reduction
With more government agencies pledging to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050, those of us serving the infrastructure sector are being challenged to develop holistic, data-driven solutions that aim to eliminate carbon emissions across various stages of a project’s lifecycle. As ...
From Source to Plug: STV’s Thought Leaders Look Ahead to Transportation Decarbonization
The need to create an affordable and equitable clean transportation system has emerged as one of the Biden-Harris Administration’s key priorities. This initiative was further advanced earlier this year when the U.S. departments of Energy, Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, ...
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STV Celebrates Launch of Major Sustainability Project at Baltimore Airport
STV’s Baltimore team is supporting a unique collaboration between Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) and…
Roundtables
Nature-Based Solutions for Stormwater Runoff
In its efforts to address the effects of climate change on infrastructure, the Biden administration recently…
Employee News
“Resilience Crusader” Honored by Major Industry Magazine
Since joining STV in 2019, Breanna Gribble, CHMM, ENV SP, WEDG, WELL AP, Fitwel Ambassador, has…
Industry Trends
10 Years After Superstorm Sandy: STV’s Thought Leadership on Resilient Design Continues to Guide Infrastructure Improvements
As we reach the 10th anniversary of Superstorm Sandy – one of the most costly and…
Social Responsibility
STV Hosts Salvadori Center Career Development Event for High School Students
Members of STV’s New York team recently hosted a group of students from the Williamsburg High…
Social Responsibility
Steel Away: STV’s Paperless Initiative Benefits Boy Scouts Charity Drive
As part of a broader effort throughout STV to be a more paperless company, the Boy…
Project News
LaGuardia Airport Terminal Wins Inaugural Award from the National Academy of Construction
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s (PANYNJ) Terminal B redevelopment project at LaGuardia…
Employee News
Senior Resilience Manager Selected for U.S. Frontiers of Engineering Symposium
Resilience and climate adaptation expert Breanna Gribble, CHMM, ENV SP, WEGD, WELL AP, STV senior resilience…
Industry Trends, Roundtables
Growing a Team to Meet the Challenges of the Water Industry
Last year’s passage of the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act marked a watershed moment for…
Project News
STV Designs Get the “Green” Light for New MBTA Electric Bus Facility
As part of a larger effort by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) to transition to…
Employee News
Green Thinking: STV Environmental Experts Present at Annual Conference
Two of STV’s environmental and sustainability experts recently spoke at the National Association of Environmental Professionals…
Project News
Costa Mesa Community Center Honored by ASCE Branch
The Norma Hertzog Community Center (NHCC), a new facility that has had a transformative impact on…
Featured, Industry Trends
STV Paves the Road for Zero Emissions Bus Fleets
As part of the global mission to address climate change, the transportation sector has emerged as…
Employee News
STV Resilience Experts Address Climate Adaptation and Resiliency in our Nation’s Infrastructure
In a recently published position paper from the International Coalition of Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI), STV, along…
Project News
“Phoenix of Recycling” Wins Industry Award
As part of a community center and library construction program in Costa Mesa, CA, STV’s construction…
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