SERA Architects makes a sustainable splash in Portland, Ore., with a LEED Platinum swim center.
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Principals from Siegel & Strain Architects and Goring & Straja Architects explore the process of convincing communities to go green.
Simple steps create an effective green building program.
Sophie Lambert, director, neighborhood development for USGBC, chats with Eco-Structure about the latest LEED rating system.
U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu announces initiatives to install cool roof technologies on DOE properties and other federal buildings.
ASHRAE is seeking papers addressing alternative technologies and net-zero buildings for its 2011 annual conference in Montreal, Quebec.
Public comment hearings will be held from Aug. 14-22, and advanced registration is required.
Designed by Anshen + Allen's Boston office, the new five-story South Pavilion at the Women and Infants Hospital in Providence, R.I., has received LEED Gold certification.
A canopy walk at the Morris Arboretum at the University of Pennsylvania puts visitors out on a limb.
Leo A Daly shows that bureaucracy can be beautiful as well as sustainable in Orlando, Fla.
Lucia Athens, former manager of the City of Seattle Green Building Program, explains how architects and designers can foster relationships with their local governments to promote sustainable building.
Discovery Green, a 12-acre park on a formerly forlorn parcel of land, cultivates new life in downtown Houston.
Two industry leaders examine the barriers to district-wide sustainability and how eco-districts are creating developments where the grass--and homes, buildings, and infrastructure--are greener.
Designing with the desert heat in mind, [merrz]project provides a versatile structure that accomodates a variety of functions while keeping operating costs low.
A winner in the Greenhouse category of the 2009 Evergreen Awards, LivingHomes prototype house aims for high-efficiency
A winner in the Greenhouse category of the 2009 Evergreen Awards, the EcoDEEP Haus doubles the size of a 1940s bungalow but cuts its energy use nearly in half
The neighborhood in the city’s lower Ninth Ward is recognized as the world’s largest and greenest community of single-family homes.
What once was on site is restored at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center.
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