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May 03,2011

Demand for green building materials is projected to expand 13.0% annually to $71.1 billion in 2015, slightly outpacing the growth of building...

April 26,2011

The New York Chapter of the American Institute of Architects invited Mr. Mazria to present a keynote lecture to launch its 2030 training program....

April 22,2011

The GSA is testing and evaluating 16 emerging sustainable building technologies and practices in select federal facilities under its Green Proving...

April 19,2011

Migratory birds were flying into the windows and falling, dead or injured, to the foot of the LEED-Platinum FBI building in Chicago. The FBI...

April 19,2011

The 60,000-square-foot single-stream material recovery facility (MRF) in Philadelphia will process around 20,000 tons of newspaper, cardboard,...

April 19,2011

The American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment announced its Top 10 Green Projects for 2011. Among the winners: Cherokee...

April 19,2011

BMW North America will invest $60 million in two green dealerships in Manhattan. The new stores, which are being designed to cut energy use by 25...

April 19,2011

Our friends at Inhabitat have rounded up 15 incredible buildings—from underground cities to vertical farms to bio-fuel power plants and...

April 19,2011

The editors of Building Design+Construction want your input on the topic (or topics) we should tackle for our 2012 green building White...

April 14,2011
The U.S. is putting greater emphasis on greening its worldwide portfolio of embassies. The U.S. State Department-affiliated League of Green Embassies...
April 14,2011

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) introduces its latest green building rating system, LEED for Healthcare. The rating system guides the...

April 13,2011

Danfoss, a leading manufacturer of high-efficiency electronic and mechanical components and controls for air-conditioning, heating, refrigeration...

April 12,2011
AIA Guide for Sustainable Projects to provide design and construction industries with roadmap for working on sustainable projects.
March 30,2011

In 2005, the Chinese government announced its target to reduce energy consumption per GDP unit by 20% by the year 2010. After a multi-billion...

March 30,2011
In theory there’s a big pot of money that entrepreneurs with net-zero ambitions can draw from. Each year, more than $600 billion is spent on new...
March 29,2011
Phase IV of Amazon’s new headquarters in Seattle is nearly complete. The company has built 10 of the 11 buildings planned for its new campus in the...
March 22,2011

Earlier this month, the Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development published a circular on renewable energy...

March 22,2011
The United States Environmental Protection Agency released its annual list of the top 10 American cities with the most energy efficient buildings—in...
March 21,2011
Less than a month after the U.S. Green Building Council gave D.C. top honors for green building, the Environmental Protection Agency has named the...
March 18,2011

Environmental Systems Design, Inc., an international leader in the design of high performance building systems, announced senior management...