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on June 17,2013

The Energy Department today launched a new Buildings Performance Database, the largest free, publicly available database of residential and commercial building energy performance information.

on June 05,2013

In an effort to accelerate sustainable development around the world, the U.S. Green Building Council is offering free LEED certification to the first projects to certify in the 112 countries where LEED has yet to take root.

on June 03,2013

The U.S. Census Bureau of the Department of Commerce announced today that construction spending during April 2013 was estimated at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of $860.8 billion, 0.4 percent above the revised March estimate of $857.7 billion.

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Georgia Tech’s Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions Laboratory was built on a compact
on June 11,2013 in Feature

Building Team cooperation and expertise help Georgia Tech create a LEED Platinum building for energy science.

on June 11,2013 in Feature

This course provides step-by-step prescriptive advice to architects, engineers, and contractors on when it makes sense to repair or rehabilitate...

on May 08,2013 in Feature

When embarking upon a roofing renovation project, one of the first decisions for the Building Team is whether to tear off and replace the existing...

on April 30,2013 in Feature

Kate Steel of Steel Consulting Services offers tips and advice for choosing the correct code-compliant glazing product for every fire-rated...

on April 02,2013 in Feature

If you do hotels, schools, student unions, office buildings, performing arts centers, transportation facilities, or any structure with a lobby,...

on March 13,2013 in Feature

From folding façades to colorful LED displays, these fantastical projects show off the architectural possibilities of wire mesh and perforated...

The Yale School of Medicine West Campus, WB-24 Laboratory, New Haven, Conn., a r
on December 09,2012 in Feature

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The LEED Platinum, net-zero-ready campus police substation at Miramar College, a
on November 11,2012 in Feature

More and more colleges and universities see sustainainably designed buildings as a given

The Building Team preserved more than 65,000 glass blocks, which, if laid end to
on October 04,2012 in Feature

Reconstruction centered on Building 91.1, a historic (1937) five-story former machine shop, with its distinctive façade of glass blocks, many of...

During the construction of Mountaineer Hall, 129 modules were set and sealed in
on September 19,2012 in Feature

By using modular construction, the university was able to open a dorm a full year earlier than a similar dorm built at the same time with...