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The Tilt-Up Concrete Association has released revised guidelines on Temporary Wind Bracing of Tilt-Up Concrete Panels During Construction...
The 13-floor, 415,000 sf La Jolla Commons II office tower in San Diego will be the largest building in the U.S. built to the net-zero standard...
One Angel Square in Manchester, England, is the highest scoring outstanding building for the Building Research Establishment Environmental...
The Pentagon has eliminated the stringent real estate leasing standards it put into place following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks,...
Google has contributed a $3 million grant to the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) to help transform the building materials industry and...
Nantes has a strong commitment to address challenges such as urban sprawl and carbon dioxide emissions.
A legally mandated report that tracks the energy use of New York City's largest buildings provides details about which buildings are achieving...
The New Jersey legislature is considering a bill that would require installation of green or blue roofs on state buildings that are at least 15,...
A 120-million sf urban development in China will be designed according to high green standards for about 180,000 residents.
The National Air Duct Cleaners Association (NADCA) urges professionals to avoid using chemicals as a method for cleaning and maintaining air duct...
The Lake Nona campus of Valencia College in Florida shifted its sustainability standard to Green Globes largely to be able to use a bipolar-...
On average, green schools use 33% less energy and 32% less water than their conventional counterparts, and save $100,000 per year on direct...
More than 150 industry professionals will discuss the development of regulatory and legislative activity on national and local levels at the...
In November, the construction industry shed 20,000 jobs and its unemployment rate reached 12.2%, according to an analysis by the Associated...
New York City lags behind other large cities in recycling with only 15% of residential trash being recycled. A new bill passed by the City Council...
Insurance Service Office, Inc. (ISO) recently analyzed building codes and enforcement and found that Pima County, Ariz., consistently outscored...
The District of Columbia has released a revised set of building codes to make it a leader in green construction.
The Georgia Court of Appeals ruled in 182 Tenth, LLC v. Manhattan Construction Company that lien claimants such as contractors,...
Ecologically-sustainable building practices, or “green labels,” will now be included on official land records maintained by San Francisco.
