The EPA’s third annual Energy Star Program kicked off Wednesday. Nearly 3,300 commercial buildings will compete to improve energy efficiency, with the biggest loser taking home the prize.
As the U.S. General Services Administration continues to evaluate green-building systems for use in its projects, more than 1,200 businesses and organizations sign on to a letter asking the organization to continue using LEED.
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Under a new coalition, 27 industry groups raise issue with USGBC’s LEED development procedures and call for more consensus-based approaches and transparency in green-building standard development.
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Various industry groups and the USGBC weigh in on the recent decision to extend the development of LEED v4.
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USGBC delays ballot on LEED 2012 until 2013, renames the system upgrade to LEED v4, and adds a fifth public comment period.
Renewable energy reigns at House of Vestas, a new LEED Platinum office building for a global wind-turbine manufacturer in Aarhus, Denmark.
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Nearly $70 million in grants will go towards cleaning up polluted areas across the country and revitalizing financially distressed communities.
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AIA Releases Guide to International Green Construction Code.
Incorporating access to nature and other biophilic design strategies could save millions in healthcare costs and in employee wages across all industries, as well as add millions to profits, according to a new white paper from Terrapin Bright Green.
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Green Globes and the Living Building Challenge join LEED in passing the GSA’s review for use in federal projects, an increase from just LEED in 2007.
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Comments on proposed revisions to ASHRAE Standard 100-2006, Energy Conservation in Existing Buildings, are now being accepted.
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Office buildings and education facilities in the Pacific Northwest and the Southwest dominate the American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment’s 2012 Top Ten Green Projects.