Tyson Living Learning Center steps up to the Living Building Challenge.
ECO-STRUCTURE is seeking green product input from architects, designers, and manufacturers for the upcoming Fall Product Spec Guide.
A look at the performance and sustainable advantages of using supplementary cementitious materials in concrete construction.
Exploring the importance of indoor air quality in sustainable building and design.
Lance Hosey surveyed 150 sustainability experts about the best green buildings of the past 30 years. What did he learn?
A new government report concludes that solar power will be cheaper than power from the electrical grid by 2030.
The Bay Area Green Building Policy Assessment includes maps illustrating Bay Area green building policies, as well as a matrix documenting local standards, levels, and thresholds.
Clark County, Wash., has created a pilot program for residential, commercial, and mixed-use projects pursuing the Living Building Challenge.
WRNS Studio's design for the University of California, Davis's Student Health and Wellness Center aims for well-being for students, pratitioners, and the environment.
Examining the prognosis of sustainability in healthcare through five projects.
Leo A Daly shows that bureaucracy can be beautiful as well as sustainable in Orlando, Fla.
Simple steps create an effective green building program.
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.
A study shows how new hospitals can reduce their energy use by 60 percent.
Genzyme Center's passive and sophisticated solutions remain a demonstration of green building practices.
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