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By planitimpact / July 25, 2019
ATTN: Landscape Architects PlanIT Impact just released a major upgrade to the Stormwater module! Check out what’s new by logging into PlanIT Impact or requesting a free live demonstration. What to expect: Discover design strategies that improve stormwater and irrigation performance. Begin with the design rainfall event and desired maintenance cost goals. PlanIT Impact discovers [...]
By planitimpact / July 2, 2019
We are excited to announce... Wyeth Atchison, C.E.M. joins PlanIT Impact as President! Wyeth comes to us after nearly five years as a Program Manager for CLEAResult. His primary responsibilities included implementing custom, standard, and block bid incentive programs for the Kansas City Power and Light Commercial and Industrial Business Energy Savings portfolio. Through his [...]
By Dominique Davison / June 13, 2019
In this webinar, presenters from CleanFUND, PlanIT Impact, and Lark Consulting introduce financing options for efficient buildings AND new design technology solutions for finding design strategies that balance efficiency, cost, and ROI. Build more trust and collaboration with your clients. Leverage new ROI-based building performance tools during design AND learning about financing options for efficiency improvement [...]
By planitimpact / May 31, 2019
There is no doubt that cities across the United States are facing the consequences of aging stormwater infrastructure. As billions of dollars are spent managing stormwater, cites such as Kansas City and Philadelphia are taking a green infrastructure approach to address future needs and meet regulatory demands from the EPA. In both of these cases, [...]
By planitimpact / May 16, 2019
"We are going to ban the classic glass and steel skyscrapers, which are incredibly inefficient," proclaimed New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, in a press conference in April. "They have no place in our city or on our Earth anymore." While the Mayor's words are a stretch - no specific legislation has been drafted [...]
By Dominique Davison / April 25, 2019
With April nearly at an end, the 2018 reporting deadline for the AIA 2030 Commitment is behind us (whew!). Now that we’ve had a few weeks of breathing room, many firms are taking a good, hard look at how they stack up against the commitment and are asking themselves: How can we do better? Just [...]
By Dominique Davison / April 8, 2019
PlanIT Impact just released a major upgrade to the user interface and workflow of the energy module and Revit plugin. Check out what’s new by logging into PlanIT Impact and installing the new version of the Revit plugin. What to expect: Flip the script on energy performance modeling. Begin with the goal in mind by [...]
By Dominique Davison / April 1, 2019
PlanIT Impact is the first tech firm in the AEC industry to leverage AI to enable easy, fast, collaborative, and smart design of more efficient buildings. Our energy module, driven by our Discovery Assistant, employs a Machine Learning (ML) model, which is a type of AI, to suggest optimized design strategies that balance energy [...]
By Dominique Davison / March 11, 2019
I’m an architect, but I’m also the owner of a small firm. In my 20+ year career I have worked on projects of a wide variety of scales and typologies throughout the country. Trained at UC Berkeley and Yale School of Architecture, two of the top architecture schools, I’ve had the privilege of working with [...]