Construction Executive logo link to homepage
The Business of Construction
Generic selectors
Exact matches only
Search in title
Search in content
Post Type Selectors
Subscribe
BUSINESS AND CULTURE

Business

  • Accounting
  • Business Development
  • Business Risk
  • Economy
  • Finance
  • Productivity
  • Project Delivery
  • Taxes

Workforce

  • Award Winners
  • Careers
  • Education
  • Executive Profiles
  • Human Resources
  • Leadership
  • Recruitment
  • Retention
  • Training
  • Young Professionals

Culture

  • CSR
  • Community
  • Diversity
  • Organization Culture
  • People
LEGAL

Safety

  • OSHA
  • PPE
  • Total Human Health
  • Wellness

Risk

  • Insurance
  • Risk Management
  • Surety Bonding

Legal & Regulatory

  • Contracts
  • Dispute Resolution
  • Law
  • Legislation
  • Policy
  • Regulations
TOOLS

Markets

  • Commercial
  • Industrial
  • Institutional
  • Manufacturing
  • Multifamily
  • Public
  • Residential

Technology

  • AI
  • BIM
  • Cybersecurity
  • Data Analytics
  • Drones / UAV's
  • ERP
  • Robotics
  • Wearables
  • Workforce Management
  • Jobsite Monitoring
  • Project Management

Equipment

  • Fleet Management
  • Fuel Tracking
  • Heavy Equipment
  • Tools
  • Vehicles

SECTIONS

  • Features
  • Events
  • Sponsored Content
  • ABCs
  • Nuts + Bolts

TOP LISTS

  • Construction Law Firms™
  • Construction Accounting Firms™
  • Construction Technology™
  • ABC Top Performers

MAGAZINE

  • Latest Issue
  • Magazine Archive

RESOURCES

  • Webinars

CONSTRUCTION EXECUTIVE

  • About
  • Newsletter
  • Subscribe
  • Editorial Submission
  • ABC
  • Contact and Support
  • Advertising
  • Media Kit

NEWSLETTERS

Stay in the know with the latest industry news, technology and our weekly features. Get early access to any CE events and webinars.

  • Business
  • Culture
  • Equipment
  • Legal and Regulatory
  • Markets
  • Risk
  • Safety
  • Technology
  • Workforce
  • Top Lists
  • Media Kit

Residential

  • All Topics
  • All Markets
  • Commercial
  • Industrial
  • Infrastructure
  • Institutional
  • Manufacturing
  • Multifamily
  • Public
  • Residential
Home » Topic » Markets » Residential

How Retro-Commissioning Can Extend the Life of a Building—and the Planet

by Matthew Zweibruck | May 23, 2023
Institutional | Markets | Residential

Sustainability certifications are just the beginning. Preserve history and save the planet with these actions from the everyday to the industrial.

What’s Old Is New

by Christopher Durso | Apr 7, 2023
Departments | Markets | Multifamily | Residential

A sustainability retrofit is extending the useful life of a 50-year-old rental complex by slashing its energy consumption and boosting its energy resiliency.

Tile and Trouble

by Christopher Durso | Oct 1, 2022
Departments | Markets | Residential

How David Allen Company has seen a pandemic, a winter freeze and a war snarl its supply chain—and never stopped laying it down for clients.

Everything Is Rent

by Rachel E. Pelovitz | Sep 29, 2022
Markets | Multifamily | Residential

Today’s rental market is just as hot as the housing market was in summer 2020.

Scaling Up: Megaprojects Are a Big Deal

by Christopher Durso | Sep 27, 2022
Commercial | Features | Industrial | Manufacturing | Markets | Public | Residential

CE thinks big by profiling a chemical plant, a public-transit system and a mixed-use development.

How to Pitch Metal Roofing to Appeal to Your Customers’ Green Sensibilities

by Brian Haraf | Jul 20, 2022
Markets | Residential

Selling your customers on metal roofing can be easy if it's shown via a sustainability lens.

Leveraging Residential Multi-Zone Inverter Technology in Light Commercial Applications

by David Rames | Jul 6, 2022
Markets | Residential

Huge strides have been made in heat pump technology, making models attractive for commercial contractors.

Resolve Rising Post-Pandemic Traffic Noise to Boost Project Value

by Randall R. Brown | Mar 22, 2022
Commercial | Markets | Residential

Selectively soundproofing the most problematic windows and sliding glass doors can improve external noise issues.
← Previous
Next →

Related Content

A person in a blue sweater sits at a laptop with an open palm held out, where a glowing outline of a house floats above a rising bar chart and an upward arrow, with small glowing sparks scattered around.

Complexities of Office-to-Residential Conversion Projects in a Growing Construction Market

Lumber Holds Steady, Plywood Climbs

Build a Court, Give a Court: Dallas Business Founder’s Philanthropy and Construction Efforts Culminate in World Cup Spotlight

Recommended For You

Energy Star vs. LEED: Which Certification Is Best for Your Construction Project?

Compact Living: The New Frontier in Urban Development

Closeout: Secret Hideout

Office Spending Has Taken a Huge Hit

What’s Old Is New: Adaptive Reuse Across America

Ethically Blending Design Concepts During the Multifamily Boom

← Previous
Next →

Sections

  • Features
  • ABCs
  • Nuts + Bolts

Top Lists

  • Construction Law Firms™
  • Construction Accounting Firms™
  • Construction Technology™
  • ABC Top Performers

Magazine

  • Latest Issue
  • Magazine Archive

Resources

  • Webinars

Construction Executive

  • About
  • Newsletter
  • Subscribe
  • Editorial Submission
  • Privacy
  • ABC
  • Contact and Support
  • Media Kit
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow
  • Follow

© Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. 2026 | All Rights Reserved

Subscribe to CE This Week

Stay in the know with
CE This Week

Construction Executive’s premier weekly newsletter, CE This Week, brings you topical, relevant content on business, technology, safety, risk and other areas of importance for construction professionals.
Subscribe Today