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on May 14,2013 in Feature

When it comes to durability, a 50-year building design ideally should include 50-year coatings. Many building products consume substantial amounts...

on May 09,2013 in Feature

From a "no sweat" toilet to a deep-well lavatory, here's a round up of the latest high-efficiency plumbing fixtures.

Due to open in August 2013, the West Branch library in Berkeley, Calif., replace
on March 27,2013 in Feature

The Building Team for Berkeley, Calif.’s new 9,500-sf West Branch library aims to achieve net-zero—and possibly net-positive—energy performance...

Enermodal staff at the firm’s annual employee conference (opposite) and Enermoda
on March 21,2013 in Feature

At Enermodal Engineering, there’s only one kind of building—a sustainable one.

BD+C's 2011 White Paper: Zero and Net-Zero Energy Buildings + Homes
on February 21,2013 in Feature

We submit our eighth White Paper on Sustainability in the hope that it will inspire architects, engineers, contractors, building owners,...

A ceiling-high stone fireplace framed by rustic wooden logs was created by artis
on November 11,2012 in Feature

Hotel boom signals good news for greener lodging facilities

The 15,000-sf 911 facility in Morris, Ill., designed and built by Wight & Co. fo
on November 11,2012 in Feature

Public sector remains a bastion of sustainability

The Edwin and Nancy Van Brunt Central Energy Plant, which powers the entire 34-a
on November 11,2012 in Feature

Green medical facilities extend beyond hospital walls

The LEED Platinum-rated Panama Commons, in Panama City, Fla., is a community of
on November 11,2012 in Feature

Sustainably designed apartments are apples of developers’ eyes

The LEED Platinum, net-zero-ready campus police substation at Miramar College, a
on November 11,2012 in Feature

More and more colleges and universities see sustainainably designed buildings as a given

College Park Elementary School, Virginia Beach, Va., has an integrated wetland g
on November 11,2012 in Feature

High-performance schools put ‘sustainability’ in the lesson plan

Net-zero energy Health Professions & Student Services Building, North Shore Comm
on November 11,2012 in Feature

Enter the new era of ‘disclosure and transparency’

Would architect Rick Joy’s Tucson studio be your choice for “iconic green buildi
on November 11,2012 in Column

What does a green building look like? How would you know one if you saw one? Maybe a trivial question to some, but of great interest to architects...

on November 11,2012 in Column

First, the good news: Nearly two-thirds of executives at real estate companies and corporations (64%) said it is “extremely likely” or “very...

on August 07,2012 in Column

There’s a nasty brouhaha going on in Washington over green building standards. On one side is the U.S. Green Building Council, promulgator of the...

The 180,000-sf LEED Gold Genzyme Corporation Biologics Support Center in Framing
on July 20,2012 in Feature

The Top 10 AEC Firms in Green Buildings and LEED Accredited Staff.

In the spring of 2009, Muhlenberg College embarked on an expansion and renovatio
on May 31,2012 in Feature

Seegers Student Union at Muhlenberg College has been reconstructed to serve as the core of social life on campus.

on October 12,2011 in Feature

The Louisiana State Sports Hall of Fame celebrates the sporting past, but it took innovative 3D planning and coordination of the future to deliver...

The new outer envelope of the A.J. Celebrezze Federal Building serves as a therm
on October 12,2011 in Feature

An aged federal building gets wrapped in a new double wall glass skin.

on September 12,2011 in Feature

Solar installations are helping K-12 schools around the country save money and teach students the intricacies of renewable energy sources.