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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...

March 17,2011

Skipping Stone, Schneider Electric and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory announced today the formation of a committee tasked with enhancing...

March 16,2011

Foster + Partners has been selected by the board of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority to design a massive 56-acre urban park on a...

March 16,2011

The California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen), the country’s first statewide green building code, seeks to establish minimum green...

March 09,2011

Facebook is moving from its tony Palo Alto, Calif., locale to blue-collar Belle Haven, and the social network want to woo residents with community...

March 09,2011

Starbucks, Arby’s, and McDonald’s are among the top when it comes to fast food franchises implementing sustainability practices. This...

March 08,2011

The Institute for Market Transformation and the Natural Resources Defense Council announced the launch of BuildingRating.org, the world’s...

March 08,2011

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee announced its certification as a LEED Gold campus, established by the U.S. Green Building Council and verified...

March 02,2011

Legal claims over sustainability promises vs. performance of certified green buildings are beginning to mount—and so are warnings to A/E/P...

March 02,2011

According to the U.S. Green Building Council's 2010 list of top 10 states for LEED-certified commercial and institutional green buildings per...

March 02,2011

In this rebuttal to The Green Building Adoption Rate is Slow, Find Out The Practical Reasons Why, the author argues that in fact the...

March 01,2011

The Global Green Cities of the 21st Century conference in San Francisco is filled with mayors, architects, academics, consultants, and financial...