Energy Efficiency
The Urban Green Council addresses a concern that many "green" buildings in the U.S. have: poor in...
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Danish design firm C.F. Møller has developed a novel way to increase community space without comp...
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Kite Bricks proposes a more efficient way of building with its newly developed Smart Bricks syste...
Federal survey project shows that commercial-building floorspace has grown 22% since 2003; ener...
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Building Teams are employing a range of creative solutions—from evaporative cooling to novel hot/...
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The demand for sophisticated facility monitoring solutions has spurred a new market segment—data...
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The book, co-authored by Arup's Russell Fortmeyer, illustrates the various ways architects, consu...
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The Affordable Green Neighborhoods Grant Program will offer 14 grants to developers of affordable...
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From vertical farming to glowing trees (yes, glowing trees), Arup engineers imagine the future of...
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Building Teams must focus on a number of key decisions in order to arrive at the optimal solution...
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Avoided energy use attributable to energy-efficiency investments has resulted in a contribution o...
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Sustainable and wellness-related design strategies embody a strong return on investment, accordin...
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Hybrid ventilation, nighttime cooling, and fuel cell technology are among the dozens of sustainab...
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The $85 million, 10-story vertical campus takes the shape of a massive, shimmering aircraft hanga...
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The facility is intended to be "the most sustainable laboratory in the world," and incorporates n...
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This course, worth 1.0 AIA LU/HSW, explores how to increase project value through energy modeling...
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Vendor-neutral publication examines aspects of the popular power usage effectiveness (PUE) metric...
The bunker, which sat empty for over 60 years after WWII, now uses sustainable technology and wil...
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The 50-story tower features a unique, angled building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) exterior des...
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Despite misleading media reports, January 1 did not mark a ban on the manufacture or import of 60...
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When targeting net-zero energy performance, AEC professionals are advised to tackle energy demand...
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The Green Building Initiative announced today that it has named Jerry Yudelson as its president t...
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A new prerequisite in LEED v4 calls for each project to measure whole building energy use, and th...
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BD+C editors and our contributors posted hundreds of blogs in 2013. Here's a recap of th...
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Cloud-based building automation tools and product disclosure declarations are among the green bui...
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A new tool from the engineering firm Buro Happold takes into account both energy and economic per...
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The Lady Bird Johnson Middle School in Irving, Texas, was named a winner of USGBC's annual award,...
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From a crowd-funded smart shovel to a why-didn’t-someone-do-this-sooner scheme for managing traff...
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