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January 25,2011

InterContinental Hotels Group, the world's largest hotel group by number of rooms, announced that its in-house sustainability system Green...

January 19,2011

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced newly elected officers and new directors to its 2011 Board of Directors, including Elizabeth...

January 04,2011

According to a report by New York-based JWT Intelligence, there are six key green building trends to watch in 2011, including: 3D printing,...

January 04,2011

This year, for the first time, owners of 25,000 commercial properties in New York must report their buildings’ energy use to the city....

January 04,2011

The USGBC is beginning its review and planning for the next version of LEED—LEED 2012. The draft version of LEED 2012 is currently in the...

January 04,2011

New buildings in California must now be more sustainable under the state’s Green Building Standards Code, which took effect with the new year....

January 04,2011

BIFMA International recently announced formal American National Standards Institute (ANSI) approval and...

December 28,2010

The College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Ill., began work on the Homeland Security Education Center, which will prepare future emergency personnel to...

December 13,2010

Green building initiatives are a key influencer when tenants decide to sign a commercial real estate lease, according to a survey by GE Capital...

December 07,2010

Blue design creates places that are not just neutral, but actually add back to the world and is the future of sustainable design and architecture...

December 07,2010

Green building’s momentum hasn’t been stopped by the economic recession and will keep speeding through the recovery, while at the same...

December 07,2010

The proposed Forest Certification Benchmark to determine when wood-certification groups would have their certification qualify for points in the...

December 07,2010

Lord Norman Foster, reportedly has been selected to design Apple’s new campus in Cupertino, Calif. If the news is true, Foster is a good...

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November 23,2010

The George W. Bush Presidential Center, which will house the former president’s library and museum, plus the Bush Institute, is aiming for...

November 16,2010

Brazil's green building industry will expand in the coming years, spurred by construction of low-impact venues being built for the 2016...

November 16,2010

The U.S. green building market is up 50% from 2008 to 2010—from $42 billion to $55 billion-$71 billion, according to McGraw-Hill...

November 16,2010
123 Zero build is a free tool for calculating the performance of a market-ready carbon-neutral office building design. The app estimates the...
November 11,2010

This month, the total footprint of commercial projects certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Green Building Rating System...

November 09,2010
The College Sustainability Report Card 2011 evaluated colleges and universities in the U.S. and Canada with the 300 largest endowments—plus 22 others...
November 09,2010

Cool roofs, solar water heating, and advanced metering are among energy-efficiency elements that will have to be used in new permanent Army...