November 19, 2018 | Codes and Standards | Peter Fabris Contributing Editor
Courtesy Pixabay
CTBUH technical document analyzes how to approach tall urban habitat.
1
Green Specifications
June 11, 2018 |
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference (May 10, 2018, Chicago), HMC’s Eric Car... read more
Ductless air source heat pump index results for Boston (likely-adopter index). Credit: Meister Consultant Group, Inc. 2017.
December 22, 2017 | Adele Houghton, AIA, MPH, LEED AP BD+C, EBOM, ND
More and more, green project teams are relying on publicly available “external datasets” to prior...
read more
Photo: Pixabay
May 30, 2017 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The effort involves combining ASHRAE's Standard 189.1 with the International Green Construction C...
read more
Miami Beach, Fla. Photo: Marc Averette/Wikimedia Commons.
July 26, 2016 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
LEED Silver the prescribed standard on buildings larger than 50,000 sf.
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center's new green facility. Photo: NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center/Creative Commons.
July 08, 2016 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
All new buildings and major renovations to be net-zero by 2030.
TD Bank Tower and TD North Tower. Photo: John Vetterli/Wikimedia Commons
June 08, 2016 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The newly renovated 25,000-sf space achieved gold-level status.
Photo: Cygnusloop99 via Wikimedia Commons.
April 11, 2016 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
New requirements went into effect April 8.
Clemson University's Lee III Hall is a zero net-energy building. Photo: Nicobro1/Wikimedia Commons
September 18, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Provides guidelines for measurement and implementation
The LEED sign at the Crystals at the CityCenter development in Las Vegas. Photo: Cygnusloop99/Wikimedia Commons
September 04, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Goal is to ensure users are aware of factors that impact their ratings.
KWS Infra is piloting a program to make roads from plastic garbage, including bags and bottles extracted from the ocean. Renderings courtesy KWS Infra
July 27, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
KWS Infra is piloting a program to make roads from plastic garbage, including bags and bottles ex...
read more
University Center, The New School, New York City. Image: James Ewing
April 22, 2015 | BD+C Staff
Seattle's Bullitt Center and the University Center at The New School are among AIA's ...
read more
WELL complements green building rating programs such as LEED, Three Star, and BREEAM. Image courtesy Morgue File/kconnors
March 25, 2015 | Marisa Long, USGBC
The WELL Building Standard is a performance-based system for measuring, certifying and monitoring...
read more
Net zero office building prototype. Rendering courtesy HOK via Wikimedia Commons
March 12, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The organization is offering technical assistance along with financial benefits.
The groups say the effort should encourage the construction of more sustainable buildings. Photo: U.S. Department of Agriculture via Wikimedia Commons
March 05, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The USGBC, ASHRAE, ICC, IES, and AIA are collaborating on a single green code.
Sponsored | February 09, 2015 | Panasonic Eco Solutions
As part of its pledge to environmentally sound practices, real estate investment trust Macerich i...
read more
National Center for Civil and Human Rights, Atlanta, designed by The Freelon Group and HOK. Photo: @Albert Vecerka/Esto
February 04, 2015 | USGBC
Collectively, 1,662 commercial and institutional projects became LEED certified within the top 10...
read more
December 29, 2014 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
For the past six years, Leo A Daly has been designing sites for remote field stations with near-z...
read more
December 23, 2014 | Jeff Yoders, Contributing Editor
From energy modeling on the fly to prefabrication of building systems, these advancements are pot...
read more
December 19, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Zaha Hadid Architects released designs for the new headquarters of Emirati environmental manageme...
read more
December 18, 2014 | U.S. Green Building Council
The new collaboration recognizes importance of sustainable parking facility design and management...
read more
December 17, 2014 | U.S. Green Building Council
Houston's Monarch School was named the K-12 school of the year, and Western Michigan University w...
read more
December 12, 2014 | BD+C Staff
The company aims to build 100 new DD Green-certified restaurants by the end of 2016.
November 25, 2014 | Behnisch Architekten
The multi-use building for Artists For Humanity that is slated to be the largest energy positive...
read more
November 21, 2014 | GBI
The STEP Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing technology industry benchmar...
read more
November 12, 2014 | USGBC
The new additions, from India, Costa Rica, Trinidad and Tobago, Kazakhstan, Hungary and Mexico, b...
read more
November 02, 2014 | David Gibney, LEED AP, M+W Group
M+W Group's David Gibney offers his top lessons learned from coordinating dozens of large LEED pr...
read more
October 29, 2014 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The Appraisal Foundation is striving to improve appraisers’ understanding of green valuation.
...
October 27, 2014 | USGBC
The "LEED In Motion: Retail" report includes USGBC’s conceptualization of the future of retail, e...
read more