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The next version of the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED rating system will expand water-savings targets to appliances, cooling towers,...
Six years after a tornado virtually wiped out the town, Greensburg, Kan., is the world's leading community in LEED-certified buildings per capita...
The Green Building Advisory Committee established by the General Services Administration, officially recommended to GSA that the LEED green...
DLR Group and the Institute for the Built Environment at Colorado State University have collaborated on a research project to evaluate the effect...
The AIA's Committee on the Environment selected its top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced that Dan Winters recently joined the organization as Senior Research Fellow for Business...
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...
A new book from leading sustainability, green building author and expert Jerry Yudelson challenges assumptions about the value of sustainable...
Researchers at Stanford University have developed a nanophotonic material that not only reflects sunlight, but actually beams the thermal energy...
A new guidance manual, LEED for Neighborhood Development and Historic Preservation, outlines strategies geared towards helping building...
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 announced plans last week to build one of the nation's first net-zero retail stores. The Evanston, Ill., location will utilize solar...
Construction giant Lend Lease recently put the finishing touches on Forté, a 10-story apartment complex in Melbourne, Australia's Victoria Harbour...
Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, LEED® AP BD+C, has accepted a two-year consulting position with the American Institute of Architects in Washington, DC....
Charlotte, Denver, and Milwaukee are among 10 U.S. cities ranked recently by the conservation organization American Forests for having quality...
An independent report on energy efficiency and sustainability standards used by the Pentagon for military construction affirms the value of LEED-...
Commercial buildings have seen a drop in their energy intensity of more than 40% since 1980, according to a recent report from Bloomberg New...
CoreNet Global, a major international association for corporate real estate and workplace executives, has released a public policy statement...
Boxman Studios has launched a new division aimed at sustainable solutions for the Built Environment. The Boxman Studios Buildings Division will...
A new urban development near Chengdu, China, will provide new housing for ~80,000 people, surrounded by green space.
