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Addressing Energy Efficiency Challenges in Data Center Design

Discover how energy-efficient design strategies are evolving to meet the growing power and cooling demands of AI-driven, high-density data centers.

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Planning for Resiliency: How the University of Chicago and AEI Are Supporting Disaster Response

Learn how the University of Chicago and AEI used resiliency modeling and utility master planning to strengthen campus infrastructure against natural disasters and ensure operational continuity.

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Leveraging Building Control System Data for Continuous Building Improvement

Discover how building owners can leverage control system data to optimize performance, cut costs, boost efficiency, and ensure long-term compliance.

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AEI’s Patrick Milnamow Shares Strategies for Upgrading Building Security

As security threats evolve, building owners must adopt a holistic security strategy that integrates technology, operations, and physical design. In Buildings magazine, Senior Security Consultant Patrick Milnamow highlights the importance of third-party risk assessments and emerging security technologies to identify gaps and strengthen building safety. A layered defense approach ensures better protection for both people and property.

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Addressing the Unique Needs of Children’s Hospitals with Purposeful MEP Engineering

Discover how MEP engineering addresses the unique needs of children’s hospitals, optimizing safety, comfort, and care through specialized design.

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AEI’s Sean Ahrens Highlights Best Practices for Integrating Security Systems

Discover how integrating security systems can enhance safety, reduce costs, and improve operational efficiency. In Buildings Magazine, AEI’s Sean Ahrens shares expert insights on overcoming siloed technology and implementing seamless, real-time security solutions tailored to your facility’s unique needs.

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ENR Highlights AEI’s Expanding Impact as its Southwest Design Firm of the Year

Discover why AEI was named ENR’s 2025 Southwest Design Firm of the Year. With 46% regional revenue growth and a bold focus on science, tech, healthcare, and clean energy, AEI is leading the way in sustainable infrastructure and advanced design. Learn how strategic innovation, tools like Power BI and XENDEE, and client-first thinking are driving AEI’s momentum across the Southwest and beyond.

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Using CPTED Principles to Design Safer College Campuses

Discover how colleges and universities can enhance campus safety using CPTED (Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design). In this Campus Safety article, AEI’s Sean Ahrens explores cost-effective strategies to reduce crime and create secure, welcoming environments through natural surveillance, access control, territorial reinforcement, and more.

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Achieving Net-Zero: How AEI Decarbonized CARB’s Southern California Headquarters

As one of the most advanced air quality research centers in the world, the California Air Resources Board’s (CARB) new…

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AEI’s Greg Smithmyer Delivers an Update on the IBC’s “New” Higher Ed Lab Requirements

Designing and operating safe and compliant higher education laboratories that support student learning and scientific exploration requires staying up…

Articles & Presentations | Innovation

Redefining Transit with Timber: Mountain Line’s Downtown Connection Center Becomes Northern Arizona’s First Mass Timber Facility

With its distinctive sustainable design, the Mountain Line Downtown Connection Center (DCC) in Flagstaff, Arizona, is making headlines—and for good…

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AEI Experts Reveal Strategies for Designing a LEED Platinum Data Science Building

LEED® Platinum certification is globally recognized as the pinnacle of excellence in green building. Achieving this means that a building…

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