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September 21,2010
A new report from Pike Research forecasts that by 2020, nearly half the green building certifications will be for existing buildings—accounting for...
September 13,2010
The 162,000-sf living/learning complex includes a residence hall with 122 units for 459 students with a study center on the ground level and...
September 13,2010
A larger, more efficient, and supergreen border crossing facility is planned for the San Ysidro (Calif.) Port of Entry to better handle the more...
August 11,2010
BD+C Senior Editor Jay Schneider is currently taking a tour of Germany's most sustainable buildings. One of the projects he visited was the...
August 11,2010
The American Society of Heating Refrigeration and Air-conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has been awarded $1.5 million dollars in grant money from the...
August 11,2010
The Green Building Initiative (GBI) recently certified its 100th building in the U.S. through the Green Globes environmental assessment and rating...
August 11,2010
Minneapolis Public Housing Authority and Honeywell today announced a $33.6-million energy efficiency and facility renewal program that will help the...
August 11,2010
David Owen is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of 14 books, most recently Green Metropolis: Why Living Smaller, Living Closer, and...
August 11,2010
In the wake of an extended global economic slump, local communities are pushing ahead and expanding their green building programs. More than one in...
August 11,2010
4 Strategies for Integrating Buildings into Experiential Learning
August 11,2010
The city of Las Vegas announced it will begin a Green Building Rebate Program to stimulate new green building construction and provide energy...
August 11,2010
SPRI, the association representing sheet membrane and component suppliers to the commercial roofing industry, recently approved a bylaw revision...
August 11,2010
A ranking of the Top 50 Institutional Contractors based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300 rankings...
August 11,2010
A ranking of the Top 75 International Design Firms based on Building Design+Construction's 2009 Giants 300 survey. For more Giants 300...
August 11,2010
The award-winning design for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) new Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) replacement...
August 11,2010
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has cited FloorScore® certified flooring products as eligible for credits under the new LEED 2009 Version 3...
August 11,2010
Green building may be booming, especially in the Northwest, but the claims made for high-performance buildings have been slow to gain traction in the...
August 11,2010
After a slight decline in April, the Architecture Billings Index was up a tenth of a point to 42.9 in May. As a leading economic indicator of...
August 11,2010
The first cable-suspended free-span solar energy system was completed today over the REM Eyewear headquarters parking lot in Sun Valley, Calif. The...
August 11,2010
Construction employment declined in all but 19 communities nationwide this June as compared to June-2008, according to a new analysis of metropolitan...
