As buildings face tougher climate demands, green certifications are shifting from checklists to real performance. Here's how standards are changing—and why.

LEED certified buildings are proven to save money, improve efficiency, lower carbon emissions and create healthier environments for people. The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) ...

Modern society is highly dependent on the production and use of traditional building materials, which contribute to ...

Buildings are more than the sum of their parts. However, as the construction sector is responsible for approximately 40 percent of the world’s CO2 emissions, those individual parts can play a critical ...

Skilled and reliable plumbing contractors will always be highly-valued, after all, no building project can be completed without an appropriate plumbing system. However, as we’ve seen across all major ...

Months ago we heard news of the “nation’s first carbon-positive hotel”—a 13-floor, 130-000-sf cement tower with a triangular layout and eye-shaped windows. Populus, designed by Studio Gang and ...

The United States is leading the way in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green buildings, according to new research by Uswitch.com, the comparison and switching service. As the country that set ...

Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) researchers have created a new carbon-negative building material that could transform ...

Playing the long game requires teams with particular mindsets and capabilities. I've found that the most effective growth ...

The world is ostensibly concerned about ecological sustainability. In architecture, the issue of sustainability is perhaps more pressing, as buildings mature to “old age” within 50 years. From this ...

The United States Green Building Council and Green Business Certification Inc has certified the Afreximbank Abuja African ...

Over the years, community builder, Tropicana Corporation Berhad (“Tropicana” or “Group”), has developed 20 green building ...