These days, it's almost necessary facilities have some sort of green strategy and practice. Naturally (no pun intended), new buildings strive to be LEED certified, incorporating awesome green ...
The National Green Building Standard, known as ICC-700, was approved on January 29 as an American National Standard. The new Standard provides guidance for safe and sustainable building practices for ...
Header Photo: Two students checking the temperature and pressure settings for a rooftop HVAC unit in the Larson Laboratory. A major research center for sustainable building technology has been founded ...
Rochester Institute of Technology’s new College of Applied Science and Technology building has officially turned “green,” earning the U.S. Green Building Council’s Gold Leadership in Energy and ...
Some four decades after the first Earth Day and more than thirty years since back-to-back oil shortages forced us to think about our energy consumption, it seems as though the idea of living for ...
"This project is a work-in-progress on HygroStructures (‘hygro’ from the root Greek word ‘hugros’, meaning ‘wet’), a new class of physical structures that conserve form, material and process.
If we’re going to expect new green construction projects in Buffalo, then we’re going to have to start concentrating on rolling out workforce development programs that focus on sustainability. As ...
The Europe Green Building Market is anticipated to expand to US$ 462.53 billion by 2033 from US$ 181.55 billion in 2024, growing at a CAGR of 10.95% during the forecast period 2025 to 2033. The market ...
The International Code Council is developing an Inspector of Green Building Technologies certification exam to demonstrate a code official's ability to understand the application of green building ...
Some have created tools that aid designers’ ability to more precisely compare the projected energy performance of various design concepts, materials, and equipment choices. Designers can kick the ...
Rising demand for housing in most major cities around the world is increasingly at odds with efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, as the literal building blocks—concrete and cement—of the ...