Designed to be tough, the Austin Resource Center for the Homeless highlights the importance of preparing for long-term maintenance and changing occupancy loads.
In the mid-2000s, the Central Library in Seattle drew critics' attention, but it's the nearby Ballard Branch Library that attracts environmentalists.
After more than 10 years in operation, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation's Philip Merrill Environmental Center provides a number of lessons.
Large-scale lessons from the Lloyd Crossing Sustainable Urban Design Plan and Catalyst Project.
A 2003 AIA COTE Top Ten project, the Chicago Center for Green Technology may have helped kick-start the city's green-building boom.
At PNC Firstside Center, the first LEED-certified building for PNC Bank and Astorino, green isn't just the color of money.
The adaptive reuse of the Thoreau Center for Sustainability transformed a military hospital into offices for environmentally conscious nonprofit organizations.
Ten years later, the Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at Oberlin College continues to evolve, which is exactly what its designers intended.
Through its design and modified operations and maintenance practices, the William J. Clinton Presidential Center & Park achieved LEED certification twice.
When a green roof fails to perform, a school starts over with a new, more appropriate, design.
Genzyme Center's passive and sophisticated solutions remain a demonstration of green building practices.
What once was on site is restored at the Anita B. Gorman Conservation Discovery Center.
The Gwinnett Environmental and Heritage Center Continues to Optimize its Performance While Drawing Crowds and Educating its Community.
At Seattle's Pier 56, Mithun set about instilling a sense of place while creating a sustainable future. Ten years after move-in day, the office continues to act as a living laboratory.
Energy technologies developed for the Solar Decathlon may take on a second life in mass-market production following the biannual competition.
Judson University, Elgin, Ill., underwent a post-occupancy review to determine whether the hybrid-ventilation-system design is effective.
2008 Evergreen Awards First Place Winner. The Iowa Association of Municipal Utilities Office and Training Facility demonstrates exemplary energy and water conservation.
The post-occupancy evaluation of a mixed-use residence hall in Portland, Ore., accounts for occupant experience and building performance.
For more than 25 years, NRG Systems, Hinesburg, Vt., has made equipment to help others throughout the world measure and understand the wind.
Franklin D. Roosevelt's Little White House Museum is commissioned two years after achieving LEED Silver certification.