Keeping Up with the Energy-Efficient Joneses

Feb 03, 2012
The tactic is old-fashioned peer pressure, a “keeping up with the Joneses” motivational ploy to encourage them to make small changes in behavior—installing compact fluorescent lights, turning off lights when they leave rooms, shutting down computers at night, adjusting thermostat settings, etc.

Northbrook school, park district officials tour new Greenbriar addition

Feb 02, 2012
Northbrook school and park district officials gaze at the new gym at Greenbriar School designed by Wight & Company.

Shedding New Light on Energy Savings

Feb 01, 2012
Wight & Company helps Triton College in River Grove, Ill., replace lighting fixtures with energy-efficient LED lights.

Chicago Architect: At Greenbuild

Jan 31, 2012
"Sustainability is integral to Wight's culture and company DNA"

DuPage County moving closer to construction on Nicarico center

Jan 19, 2012
DuPage County is moving forward with plans to build a center for children victimized by crime

At the center of it all - Grundy County 9-1-1 Center

Jan 12, 2012
Wight & Company, the architect and engineering firm for the center, received an energy efficiency award for the design of the geothermal system

VVSD Explores Costs of All-Day Kindergarten

Jan 10, 2012
Wight & Company presents plans to outfit each campus for the program.

TILEs for our “Digital Native” School Children

Dec 23, 2011
File this under the category, “Statistics That Make You Feel Old.”

Lois Vitt Sale interviewed at GreenBuild 2011

Dec 16, 2011
Wight & Company receives the first Green Firm Certification from SPI

Lewis Honors Its Top Donors

Dec 15, 2011
Lewis University presented Wight & Company with the Frank J. Lewis Corporate Philanthropist of the Year Award

MCC eyes options for dramatic growth

Dec 15, 2011
McHenry County College will need more land and more building space to accommodate enrollment growth projected in the next 20 years.

UNO in the news: Winning Design-Build Teams

Dec 11, 2011
UNO would like to announce the selected teams to build the newest UNO Schools. They are: FH Paschen/Urban Works for the Northside Elementary School in the Galewood Community and Wight & Coampany to build the New UNO High School on the Southwest side of Chicago.

Area Projects Earn Design Accolades

Dec 09, 2011
Kane County’s new branch court in St. Charles won a 2011 design award from the Northeast Illinois chapter of The American Institute of Architects.

Renovate, Rebuild, Restore: Mothers of Reinvention

Dec 01, 2011
Reinventing legacy schools to support modern approaches to education

Stormwater Management: Putting a LID on Stormwater Runoff

Nov 30, 2011
For years, Wight has been incorporating stormwater management best practices into all our projects.

Stormwater Runoff: Greengopost.com

Nov 28, 2011
The paradigm for managing stormwater has done a complete turnaround over the last decade.

Wight & Company Named a “National Standard Top Workplace” by the Chicago Tribune

Nov 14, 2011
Evaluation is based upon employee feedback.

McHenry County College hosts workshop to explore master plan

Nov 09, 2011
The workshop was held with Wight & Company, a Darien-based architecture firm hired by the college to put together the master plan.

Wight & Company Honored with an AIA Excellence in Design Architecture Award

Nov 04, 2011
Wight was recognized for its conversion of a former Montgomery Ward department store into a new Kane County Branch Court and Conference Center for the 16th Judicial Circuit in St. Charles.

College renovation 'going hot and heavy'

Nov 03, 2011
New labs, classrooms, windows, roof all part of the project