Featured Houston Fortunate to Have Juan Parras as an Environmental Leader (Texas Clean Air Matters, 9/25/2015) “Earlier this month, Juan Parras, founder and director of Texas Environmental Justice Advocacy Services (Tejas), was recognized as the 2015 recipient of the Robert Bullard Environmental Justice Award by the Sierra Club. Juan has worked for decades in Houston and along the Gulf Coast…
Featured Construction Begins on Two Stormwater Detention Basins in the Greens Bayou Watershed (The Tribune, 9/14/2015) “The Harris County Flood Control District has begun construction on two regional stormwater detention basins that will reduce flooding risks and damages in portions of the Greens Bayou watershed in north Harris County. The basins are part of a suite of new flood damage…
Feaured Guess who’s taking the LEED in Houston office tower design from downtown to the Galleria (Elizabeth Rhodes – Culture Map Houston, 9/11/2015) “Whether you know it or not, we live in one of the Top 5 U.S. cities for the highest percentage of green commercial space in its Central Business District, which is considered to be downtown in Houston….