Sustainable design doesn’t have to mean expensive design. Here are just a few ways your project can be kind to the planet, your users, and your budget.

Rain gardens are a fantastic way to make your site more sustainable. These gardens are designed to capture, store, and filter rainwater naturally, which reduces stormwater runoff, pollution, and pressure on your community’s stormwater infrastructure. If you’re considering adding a rain garden outside of your school, municipal building, or manufacturing plant, read on.

C2AE is pleased to announce that the Village of Fair Haven, New York, has received another award from the American Public Works Association (APWA)—this time at the state level!

2023 is finally here! To celebrate, C2AE’s designers shared a few of the trends in K12 learning environments that they believe will carry into the new year and beyond.

At a relatively low cost to residents, your community can improve the overall appeal of neighborhoods, shopping districts, or more populous areas by transforming alleys and vacant lots into tiny oases. Here are four ways that pocket parks can enhance placemaking in your community and boost your economy.

Cosma’s automotive manufacturing plant in Battle Creek, Michigan, was originally a solar panel plant. C2AE worked with Cosma to assess the site and eventually prepare it for Cosma’s automotive manufacturing operation. As part of this work, C2AE designed a plant addition, which our team infused with efficiency.

Project manager Steve Jurczuk, AIA, LEED AP, has served educators for the length of his 28-year career. He’s seen the ebb and flow of construction costs over the decades, and he’s helped school districts weather the tough times. And, according to Steve, 2023 is one of the hard years. We sat down with Steve to understand why construction costs are on the rise and what school districts can do about it.

Increasing trends of extreme weather patterns across the country—from sweltering heat and droughts to deep freezes to hurricanes and flooding—will continue to have a major impact on our built infrastructure unless we make fundamental changes now.