The administration postpones its decision on which green-building system to use, and announces it is taking comments for the next 60 days on how the federal government can best use LEED 2009, Green Globes, and the Living Building Challenge.
Net-zero-energy modular classrooms allow a variety of configurations, and encourage outdoor learning to allow users to take full advantage of their environments.
The program will support and expand workplace vehicle-charging availability.
Survey finds that 40 percent oppose development restrictions for water-short areas.
Washington, D.C., tops the annual ranking of LEED-certified projects.
From K-12 schools at the grass roots level to political leaders at the policy level, students and adults involved in the field of education are going to great lengths to go green.
Sourced from the Northwest and made in SoCal, a new collection of architectural wood finishes is a West Coast product, through and through.
These low-profile ceiling troffers use 40 less energy than a conventional three-lamp fluorescent troffer.
A fashion designer turns to tile, and the results include houndstooth- and corset-inspired patterns.
Soap. water, blown air now come in one unit for hand-washing.
Luxury vinyl tile gets the recycled-content, formaldehyde-free treatment.
New report shows U.S. multifamily housing stock has potential energy savings of $9 billion.
Monitoring the pulse of sustainable design, ECOHOME and ECO-STRUCTURE launch a must-read green-building email newsletter.
LMN Architects knits old and new together at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business.
Radiant floor heating can provide cost savings and comfort in those hard-to-condition commercial places.
Old shipping crates and pallets and gym bleachers get a new life as hardwood flooring.
Climate change and green building finally took the spotlight at the end of 2012, but how do we keep it in mainstream sights?
Control heat and glare using electrochromic technology.
David Benjamin of The Living and Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation talks about the intersection of biology, technology, and architecture.
Macalester College's Institute for Global Citizenship gets its Ph.D. in energy savings.