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Happy Holidays from us to you! Enjoy this video recapping what we are thankful for this season.

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Welcome to the Central College Workforce Sustainability Center. Our work on this project features a geothermal well, this unique feature provides extremely efficient heating or cooling all year long in virtually any climate without harming the environment.

At dbHMS, we are strong believers in continued education. We are proud to have a part in creating a comfortable environment for students here as they pursue pre-apprenticeships, entry-level training, and other opportunities.

Thank you to our partners Kemper Development Board

dbHMS takes over Jack's Pumpkin Pop-Up this Halloween! 👻

Everyone loves a field trip! to our adventure to Chicago Park District 's Ford Calumet Environmental Center in Big Marsh Park where team members saw our work come to life.

The architectural walking tour highlighted the Center’s interior exposed nail laminated timber, and bird-friendly glass selection, whereas the exterior tour focused on Chicago’s first wastewater wetland system and the building’s unique cladding.

Thank you to Illinois Green Alliance for hosting!!

Inspiration flowed this year at the International Conference & Expo in Washington, D.C! Here’s a behind the scenes look at how our team enjoyed the week of learning sessions, networking, and community engagement.

Looking forward to Greenbuild Philadelphia 2024!

The team soaking up the last bits of summer with our 2nd annual volleyball outing!

Labor Day weekend, on the bank of the Mississippi River in Memphis, the new Tom Lee Park welcomed its first guests. Just steps away from historic downtown, opening day guests enjoyed the sustainably designed shaded meadows, colorful playgrounds, and recreation fields that make up this 30-acre river front park.

With a focus on restoring native and adaptive plant communities, stabilizing the river’s edge, and reducing outdoor water use, our Databased+ team was honored to provide sustainability consulting services.

Thank you to all who helped bring this vision to life! River Parks

Here’s what we’ve been up to this summer! From lunch with our interns to visiting the bean to group site visits, we’ve been checking everything off our bucket list.

Recently we celebrated the Grand Opening for the new Chicago Park District Headquarters! The campus features 58,100 square feet of office space and a 20,000-square-foot field house with a gym, fitness center and multi-purpose rooms. Alongside the office building are two large turf fields, a playground and splash pad.

We are so thankful for all of our partners who worked with us to make this possible.

Join us in welcoming our 2023 Summer Interns! Today we celebrated with a welcome lunch where many staff shared stories of their time as dbHMS interns. We look forward to spending the summer helping our interns expanding their skills in Engineering.

Today, dbHMS team participated in a Lunch & Learn catered by . With the motto “Love Your Food Everyday,” LYFE is dedicated to serving locally sourced foods without artificial ingredients and with 100% biodegradable, compostable, recyclable packaging.

While enjoying lunch, our team made Seed Bombs full of nectar flower seeds that will create havens for wild pollinators such as butterflies, hummingbirds, and honeybees.

Did you know switching to a hybrid work model is good for the environment? Working from home rather than the office in summer alone saves around 400kg of carbon emissions, the equivalent of 5% of a typical commuter’s annual carbon footprint. Now imagine how much carbon emissions can be saved in a year!

Have you heard of 7 Van Buren? This is 6-story multifamily building, with affordable housing in Oak Park was designed to reach net-zero energy, producing as much energy on-site as it uses across an annual basis. This project, made possible by $2 million Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation grant, has been an honor to work on.

"I was taught that the way of progress was neither swift nor easy." - Marie Curie, 'female STEM superhero,' first woman to win a Nobel Prize

As comes to an end, join us in continuing to celebrate the women of dbHMS and dbHMS’s DataBased+Studio whose expertise in engineering and architecture inspires other women pursuing a career in STEM.

Take a peek! After working on numerous projects like 1201 Normandy and Schuylkill Yards One Drexel Plaza, we are excited to expand our presence in the East Coast by opening a new office for our Philadelphia Team. With a great group of skilled and eager engineers lead by Associate Principal, Arvinder Dang, we look forward to growing our footprint in the Philly market.

, is a time to celebrate all women who inspire those around them. At dbHMS, we want to celebrate the amazing women in STEM on our team and beyond.

Who are the women that inspire you the most?

Recently, dbHMS attended the ribbon cutting for PODER Headquarters in Gage Park. PODER serves Spanish-speaking adult through comprehensive, -free English education and job training programs.

It is an honor to work with organizations such as PODER who help under-served communities in . A big congratulations to all partners! Lori Lightfoot Anna Valencia Chuy.garcia Loftus

See you on tomorrow, January 11, 2023 from 2:00 – 7:00 pm! dbHMS will be in the Milwaukee School of Engineering (MSOE) Career Fair hosted in the Kern Center.

Can’t join us in Milwaukee? Click here to apply: https://zcu.io/YO50

! dbHMS recently held its inaugural company retreat. Team members from across the country gathered in Chicago to participate in strategy and planning sessions, team building exercises, and professional development trainings. In this new age of hybrid working, we were thankful for the opportunity to come together.

The cold weather isn’t getting us down! Last week, dbHMS hosted its annual at the The Godfrey Hotel . We stayed warm with food, drinks, and karaoke sessions.

From our team to yours, we wish you a wonderful . This year we have a lot to be thankful for, most especially our partners, our team, and our community who continue to build us up each day!

There’s still time to RSVP! dbHMS’ Databased + studio presents: Transforming Chaos into Action, a webinar covering everything you need to know about Chicago’s new energy code requirements, new funding opportunities coming from both federal and state sources, and more!

RSVP by emailing [email protected] by Nov 9th. We’ll see you there!

Yesterday, dbHMS Commissioning Group Leader, John Bergman presented alongside Susan King from HED and Frank Soldano from Related Midwest at Greenbuild International Conference and Expo 2022 on Julia C. Lathrop Homes.

With over 20 buildings and 400+ dwelling units, Lathrop Homes is a leading example in creating new mixed-income communities within historic buildings. dbHMS had the privilege working on the MEPFP Design and Master Plan Implementation.

to last months AIA Chicago's DESIGNIGHT hosted in Chicago’s .

We were honored to receive the Decarbonization Award for The University of Chicago Keller Center with Farr Associates and the Lerch Bates People’s Choice Award for 800 W Fulton with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill! A big congrats to all those who were awarded.

“Today, prospective tenants are asking about energy savings before they even look at a space… More and more developers are writing smart technology requirements into their plans from the start.” -dbHMS principal, Sachin Anand

Smart buildings with computer-embedded technology are on the rise, LITERALLY! Check out this recent article from Crain's Chicago Business featuring dbHMS and our work with like 800 W Fulton.

Check out the article here: https://zcu.io/8Kbn

In celebration of , we’re highlighting Chicago Public Schools Odgen Elementary School, whose sustainable features include rainwater harvesting which promotes both water and energy conservation! At dbHMS, we’re proud to be part of this project and to help in creating innovative solutions in the world.

Drop a comment for ideas on how you can save water!

Hybrid life was getting boring so we had to throw a party. The dbHMS team was all smiles at our recent summer outing.

Help us give a big shoutout to our interns! We recently celebrated them and their talents over pizza and are looking forward to continue guiding them as they become the engineers of tomorrow!

! Project manager, Tyler Hodges, attended The Chicago Jesuit Academy’s campus expansion kickoff. As part of this project, dbHMS modeled an energy efficient VRF system and a large rooftop solar array.

This and expansion will allow for the CJA to offer their tuition-free education program to many more students on Chicago’s Austin neighborhood.

Solomon Cordwell Buenz (SCB) Chicago Jesuit Academy City of Chicago Department of Planning & Development

The Academy for Global Citizenship; Lawson House; University of Chicago’s The Keller Center, Saieh Hall for Economics, and Campus North Residential Commons.

What do all these have in common? They were all showcased during the AIA Chicago 2022 Convention Tours and all feature work from dbHMS. Check out dbHMS founder, Sachin Anand in action at the on one of the tours.



Farr Associates Academy for Global Citizenship HPZS Annum Architects The University of Chicago