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Walgreens to build first net-zero energy retail store
March 10, 2013 | BD+C Staff
Walgreens to build first net-zero energy retail store

Walgreens announced plans last week to build one of the nation's first net-zero retail stores. Th...

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HOK sustainability expert Mary Ann Lazarus tapped by AIA for strategy consulting
February 25, 2013 | HOK
HOK sustainability expert Mary Ann Lazarus tapped by AIA for strategy consulting position

Mary Ann Lazarus, FAIA, LEED® AP BD+C, has accepted a two-year consulting position with the Ameri...

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BD+C's 2011 White Paper: Zero and Net-Zero Energy Buildings + Homes
February 21, 2013 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's 2011 White Paper: Zero and Net-Zero Energy Buildings + Homes

We submit our eighth White Paper on Sustainability in the hope that it will inspire architects, e...

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In this White Paper, we provide concrete ways in which AEC professionals can hav
February 21, 2013 | BD+C Staff
BD+C's 2008 White Paper: Green Buildings + Climate Change

In this White Paper, we provide concrete ways in which AEC professionals can have a positive role...

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CoreNet encourages real estate execs to consider energy-efficient design.
February 20, 2013 | BD+C Staff
CoreNet Global to real estate execs: 'Move forward on net-zero'

CoreNet Global, a major international association for corporate real estate and workplace executi...

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Ningbo Historic Museum / Wang Shu, Amateur Architecture Studio Iwan Baan
February 13, 2013 | BD+C Staff
Fast Company selects 'most innovative' architecture firms

Business innovation magazine Fast Company has release...

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January 23, 2013 | Posted by Raissa Rocha, Associate Editor
USGBC Releases 2012 List of Top 10 States for LEED

The per-capita list is based on 2010 U.S. Census data and includes commercial and institutional b...

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The LEED Platinum, net-zero-ready campus police substation at Miramar College, a
November 29, 2012 | By Amy McIntosh, Associate Editor, Raissa Rocha, Associate Editor, and Rob Cassidy, Editorial Director
Greenbuild 2012 Report: Higher Education

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

Valencia College at Lake Nonas innovative new $21.7 million Academic Building d
November 20, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
SchenkelShultz-designed Valencia at Lake Nona certified 3 Green Globes

Featuring the latest technologies, the three-story, academic facility includes academic spaces an...

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November 15, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
U.S. Green Building Council partners with Pearson

Partnership will help further USGBC’s mission by advancing green building education

November 15, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
U.S. Green Building Council announces grant from Google to catalyze transformation of building materials industry and indoor health

Focus is on healthy building materials to promote indoor environmental quality and human health...

November 15, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
USGBC's Greenbuild International Conference and Expo kicks off in San Francisco

7,000 members of the green building industry convene for opening ple...

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November 13, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Turner Construction’s green building Market Barometer reveals new findings on green building and certification

Respondents indicated a widespread commitment to sustainable practices

A ceiling-high stone fireplace framed by rustic wooden logs was created by artis
November 11, 2012 | By Amy McIntosh, Associate Editor, Raissa Rocha, Associate Editor, and Rob Cassidy, Editorial Director
Greenbuild 2012 Report: Hospitality

Hotel boom signals good news for greener lodging facilities

The 15,000-sf 911 facility in Morris, Ill., designed and built by Wight & Co. fo
November 11, 2012 | By Amy McIntosh, Associate Editor, Raissa Rocha, Associate Editor, and Rob Cassidy, Editorial Director
Greenbuild 2012 Report: Government & Military

Public sector remains a bastion of sustainability

The Edwin and Nancy Van Brunt Central Energy Plant, which powers the entire 34-a
November 11, 2012 | By Amy McIntosh, Associate Editor, Raissa Rocha, Associate Editor, and Rob Cassidy, Editorial Director
Greenbuild 2012 Report: Healthcare

Green medical facilities extend beyond hospital walls

The LEED Platinum-rated Panama Commons, in Panama City, Fla., is a community of
November 11, 2012 | By Amy McIntosh, Associate Editor, Raissa Rocha, Associate Editor, and Rob Cassidy, Editorial Director
Greenbuild 2012 Report: Multifamily

Sustainably designed apartments are apples of developers’ eyes

College Park Elementary School, Virginia Beach, Va., has an integrated wetland g
November 11, 2012 | By Amy McIntosh, Associate Editor, Raissa Rocha, Associate Editor, and Rob Cassidy, Editorial Director
Greenbuild 2012 Report: K-12

High-performance schools put ‘sustainability’ in the lesson plan

Net-zero energy Health Professions & Student Services Building, North Shore Comm
November 11, 2012 | By Amy McIntosh, Associate Editor, Raissa Rocha, Associate Editor, and Rob Cassidy, Editorial Director
Greenbuild 2012 Report

Enter the new era of ‘disclosure and transparency’

October 25, 2012 |
City Design Leader Enquist honored for conservation leadership

Openlands, a Chicago-based metropolitan conservation organization, presented its 2012 Conservatio...

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October 03, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Fifth public comment period now open for update to USGBC's LEED Green Building Program

LEED v4 drafts and the public comment tool are now available on the newly re-launched, re-envisio...

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September 26, 2012 | By Robert Cassidy
EDITORIAL OPPORTUNITY – BD+C Greenbuild 2012 Issue

Your firm is invited to contribute to this special issue, which will be distributed at Greenbuild...

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Plans include a rich mix of proposed uses, including over 15,000 residential uni
September 24, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Chicago Lakeside shortlisted for the Sustainia Award

The “Lakeside Idea” is about bridging a brownfield industrial past to a green lifestyle future, f...

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Classroom at Ross (Calif.) School with balanced daylighting. School districts ar
September 18, 2012 | By Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The keys to success in the K-12 school market

When educators and school administrators describe their vision for new K-12 school buildings as ‘...

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The new outer envelope of the A.J. Celebrezze Federal Building serves as a therm
September 17, 2012 | By Charles Young
Building a Double Wall

An aged federal building gets wrapped in a new double wall glass skin.

The Colonel Smith Middle School in Fort Huachuca, Ariz., is about to open for th
September 07, 2012 | By Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Net-zero energy pioneers on the el-hi frontier

Getting to net-zero is not easy, but the promise of eliminating energy bills and using state-of-t...

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The 180,000-sf LEED Gold Genzyme Corporation Biologics Support Center in Framing
July 31, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Gensler, Stantec, Turner lead ‘green’ firms

The Top 10 AEC Firms in Green Buildings and LEED Accredited Staff.

The Gaillard Center project includes the addition of a 1,800 seat multi-purpose
July 25, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Contract awarded for Gaillard Municipal Auditorium renovations in Charleston, S.C.

Seeking LEED Silver certification, the project will begin in August and is slated for completion...

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Greg Kats
July 18, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Green expert Kats joins GreenWizard as an advisor

Kats' role is to help further expand GreenWizard’s impact in the sustainable construction industr...

The new Dr. Phillips Charities building received LEED Silver certification from
July 17, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Dr. Phillips Charities Headquarters Building receives LEED Silver

The building incorporates sustainable design features, environmentally-friendly building products...

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