While it’s easy to explain the benefits of energy efficiency to building owners, it’s much more difficult to ensure their facilities continue to perform at peak performance while you’re working to ...

Satisfying 225% of its energy needs from solar generation, capturing rainwater for drinking, and screening out common hazardous chemicals, award-winning project seeks to transform buildings in ...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the launch of the latest version of LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design). The last update to LEED, which ranks as the most widely used ...

Since the start of the Living Building Challenge in 2006, over 70 projects have registered for Living Building Certification. To achieve this rating, a Living Building must generate all of its own ...

The text of the Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification system reads more like a manifesto than a green building standard. The document asks project teams to “imagine a building designed and ...

The Living Building Challenge is one tough building standard, probably the toughest in the world. There have not been a lot of buildings completed that have made it through, and Desert Rain is the ...

LEED is one of the world’s most well-known green building rating systems. But, like any popular system, it has both its supporters as well as its detractors. High-profile architects have sparked ...

The University of Massachusetts’ John W. Olver Design Building has earned LEED Gold certification, adding to the already extensive list of accolades it has been awarded since opening in 2017. LEED ...

Green building organisations in Hong Kong have launched a global certification standard to promote sustainability, as practitioners seek opportunities overseas and look to strengthen the city’s ...

The 12-story, 212,000-square-foot office building at 1901 L Street NW, has recently undergone a major transformation. Through a redevelopment designed by FOX Architects, the building just made history ...