September 21, 2018 | Market Data | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
JLL's latest report on office fit out costs provides breakdowns along several line items for 59 markets. Image: JLL
This year’s analysis draws from 2,800 projects.
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Sustainable Development
In her talk at Accelerate Live! 2018, micro-buildings design expert Aeron Hodges, AIA, Senior Designer/Manager Stantec Architecture, explored the key drivers of the micro-buildings movement, and how the trend is spreading into a wide variety of building typologies. Photo: BD+C
June 24, 2018 | BD+C Staff
BD+C’s second annual Accelerate Live! AEC innovation conference (May 10, 2018, Chicago)...
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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
May 30, 2018 |
In this 15-minute talk at BD+C’s Accelerate Live! conference (May 10, 2018, Chicago), architect and... read more
The research involved investigating the feasibility of adapting the design of a sustainable mixed-use high-rise building in the 2016 New York City market to Passivhaus requirements. Rendering: FXFOWLE
April 11, 2017 | BD+C Staff
A new study conducted by FXFOWLE shows that Building Teams can meet stringent Passivhaus performa...
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Image/ Visualization by Luxigon
January 22, 2016 | David Malone, Associate Editor
The single-story structure is designed for sustainability as well as function.
Aerial photo of the California Aqueduct at the Interstate 205 crossing, just east of Interstate 580 junction. Photo: Kluft via Wikimedia Commons
July 23, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Data from NASA shows carbon emissions could be the driving force behind devastating water shortag...
read more![6 steps toward better water management [AIA course]](https://bdcnetwork.s3.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/styles/content_feed_large/public/VanDusen513.026_grassfix_stairfix.jpg?itok=GOVR0Urd "6 steps toward better water management [AIA course]")
The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in Vancouver, B.C. Integrated MEP engineers at Integral Group and structural engineers at Fast + Epp worked with Perkins+Will’s Peter Busby, FRAIC, LEED Fellow, DSC (Hon.), to design this petal-shaped, LEED-NC Platinum building. Photo: Nic Lehoux, courtesy Perkins+Will
June 24, 2015 | C.C. Sullivan, Contributing Editor
When it comes to water conservation, Building Teams tend to concentrate on water-efficient plumbi...
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The new Apple headquarters designed by Norman Foster. Image: Apple, Inc.
April 07, 2015 | USGBC
The world’s top-performing companies are prioritizing sustainability as part of their corporate s...
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Navigant projects a curtailment in the growth of annual new installations through 2019. Image: Morgue File/AcrylicArtist
April 01, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
After a 20% falloff in 2013, the global wind power industry made a strong comeback in 2014, with...
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Miller's Court in Baltimore, Md. Photo: Billy Michels, courtesy Bruner Foundation Inc.
March 31, 2015 | BD+C Staff
As part of its new Urban Placemaking and Management degree, Pratt will offer courses on topics su...
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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...
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The campus’ lower floors will be open public space shared with the neighborhood, while the upper floors are used exclusively by the institute. Renderings courtesy Ronald Lu & Partners
March 23, 2015 | BD+C Staff
The project's twin-tower design opens the campus up to the neighboring public green space, while...
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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.
Photo: Cygnusloop99 via Wikimedia Commons
February 18, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
LEED administrators are concerned about a small group of developers or project owners who tout th...
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Sponsored | February 09, 2015 | Panasonic Eco Solutions
As part of its pledge to environmentally sound practices, real estate investment trust Macerich i...
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January 21, 2015 | John Caulfield
Tesla Motors’ “gigafactory,” a $5 billion project on 980 acres in Sparks, Nev., could annually pr...
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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...
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December 23, 2014 | Jeff Yoders, Contributing Editor
From energy modeling on the fly to prefabrication of building systems, these advancements are pot...
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November 25, 2014 | Behnisch Architekten
The multi-use building for Artists For Humanity that is slated to be the largest energy positive...
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November 21, 2014 | GBI
The STEP Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing technology industry benchmar...
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November 12, 2014 | SmithGroupJJR
More than a decade after opening its groundbreaking Philip Merrill Environmental Center, the grou...
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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...
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October 29, 2014 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The Appraisal Foundation is striving to improve appraisers’ understanding of green valuation.
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October 27, 2014 | USGBC
The "LEED In Motion: Retail" report includes USGBC’s conceptualization of the future of retail, e...
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October 27, 2014 | BD+C Staff
Among the breakthrough products to make BuildingGreen's annual Top-10 Green Building Products lis...
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October 21, 2014 | Robert Cassidy, Editorial Director
Much of the spirited discussion around LEED v4 has been centered on the Materials & Resourc...
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October 16, 2014 | Perkins+Will
The white paper includes a list of 193 flame retardants, including 29 discovered in building and...
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October 15, 2014 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The impetus behind Harvard's Center for Green Buildings and Cities is what the design school’s de...
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October 14, 2014 | USGBC
This year’s Leadership Award recipients include Christine Ervin, David Orr, Jim DeCesare, Lloyd...
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