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May 09,2013

Six years after a tornado virtually wiped out the town, Greensburg, Kan., is the world's leading community in LEED-certified buildings per capita...

May 03,2013

The Green Building Advisory Committee established by the General Services Administration, officially recommended to GSA that the LEED green...

April 25,2013

DLR Group and the Institute for the Built Environment at Colorado State University have collaborated on a research project to evaluate the effect...

Charles David Keeling Apartments, La Jolla, Calif., by KieranTimberlake. Photo:
April 22,2013

The AIA's Committee on the Environment selected its top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and...

April 12,2013

Seattle's Beacon Food Forest project is transforming a seven-acre lot in the city’s Beacon Hill neighborhood into a self-sustaining, edible public...

April 02,2013

A new book from leading sustainability, green building author and expert Jerry Yudelson challenges assumptions about the value of sustainable...

March 29,2013

Researchers at Stanford University have developed a nanophotonic material that not only reflects sunlight, but actually beams the thermal energy...

March 22,2013

The DOE'S Building Technologies Office this morning put out a call to the AEC industry for expert reviewers for its new energy-efficiency...

March 19,2013

A new guidance manual, LEED for Neighborhood Development and Historic Preservation, outlines strategies geared towards helping building...

March 14,2013

Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and Chicago top EPA's list of the U.S. cities with the greatest number of Energy Star certified buildings in 2012...

Walgreens to build first net-zero energy retail store
March 10,2013

Walgreens announced plans last week to build one of the nation's first net-zero retail stores. The Evanston, Ill., location will utilize solar...

Green roofs will be a hallmark of Samsung's Silicon Valley complex.
February 28,2013

Samsung Electronics' new 1.1 million sf San Jose campus will support at least 2,500 sales and R&D staff in the company's semiconductor and...

HOK sustainability expert Mary Ann Lazarus tapped by AIA for strategy consulting
February 25,2013

Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, LEED® AP BD+C, has accepted a two-year consulting position with the American Institute of Architects in Washington, DC....

This hospital at Virginia's Fort Belvoir recently achieved LEED Gold.
February 22,2013

An independent report on energy efficiency and sustainability standards used by the Pentagon for military construction affirms the value of LEED-...

Magali Delmas, UCLA
By Rob Cassidy January 25,2013

A new report from researchers at UCLA and France's University Paris–Dauphine claims that workers at environmentally conscious companies are more...

January 23,2013

The per-capita list is based on 2010 U.S. Census data and includes commercial and institutional buildings certified under LEED.

November 15,2012

Partnership will help further USGBC’s mission by advancing green building education

November 15,2012

Focus is on healthy building materials to promote indoor environmental quality and human health

November 15,2012

7,000 members of the green building industry convene for opening plenary headlined by "Morning Joe" co-hosts Mika Brzezinksi and Joe Scarborough...

November 13,2012

Respondents indicated a widespread commitment to sustainable practices