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ILFI to Study the Cost of Green Building
The International Living Future Institute (ILFI) has received funding to support a research project dedicated to developing a new financial model for advanced green building and infrastructure...
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Nearly 100 Building Projects Test the Next Version of LEED
Global projects represent a variety of building types, including schools, universities, healthcare facilities, office spaces and residential buildings Washington, D.C. (May 30, 2013) – The U.S. Green...
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Green Schools and Universities Lead to Higher Test Scores
Well-designed facilities should keep students and teachers comfortable, safe, and healthy, says California-based architect. A recent study found that students and teachers at sustainable schools and...
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Green Funding Fuels Renovations
Albert Berriz wouldn’t have invested just under $6 million to use green construction to rehabilitate an affordable property without an incentive. As part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban...
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Why You Should Green-Certify Your Apartments
Many certification programs are available that add value to multifamily communities. Almost everyone involved in building or rehabilitating apartment buildings is aware, at some level, of the various...
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Multifamily Construction is Good News for Green Building
The number of multifamily buildings with green certifications is expanding rapidly Recently, while doing research for a series of articles I am writing for Multifamily Executive Magazine, I ran across...
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A New Business Model for Sustainable Tall Building Design
Tall buildings are seen by many as an adaptation strategy in response to a growing population and urbanisation. Today, more than 50 per cent of the world’s population lives in cities and by 2050, the...
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The Bright Spot for the U.S. Solar Market in 2013: Home Roof Tops
The growing popularity of solar leases, falling prices of solar panels and efforts to reduce the costs of marketing, sales and permitting, have steadily boosted the growth of the solar market in recent...
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Three Developing Trends Will Help Boost Remodeling, JCHS’ Baker Predicts
Trends involving sustainably healthy homes, rental housing improvements, and aging in place all will help drive growth in spending for home improvement projects in coming years, one of the nation’s...
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Using Energy Modeling Now
Expanding on past Ecobuildingpulse.com coverage regarding the growing importance of energy modeling, Rand Ekman, AIA, LEED Fellow, vice president and director of sustainability for Cannon Design and...
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Water Everywhere, but Not a Drop to Drink in 2030?
With many water systems across the U.S. now more than 50 years old and some up to 100 years old, the nation’s drinking water infrastructure is in need of significant improvements to remain functioning...
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Learning from the Greenest Buildings in the World
A new book from green building expert Jerry Yudelson provides the first large-scale study comparing building performance data worldwide from the highest-rated large green buildings of the past 10...
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Energy Efficiency Should Yield 10 Percent-Plus Return, Study Says
A study published in June presents evidence in support of NAHB’s policy, which classifies a change in building codes as cost effective if it returns at least 10 percent in energy savings the first...
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Behind the 2013 AIA National Convention Legacy Project (video)
Each year, the AIA National Convention includes a legacy project designed to give back to the host community. This year, AIA Colorado and AIA Denver have designed and are building a home for Blue...
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A Sustainable City With Cars and Low-Density Homes? It’s Possible
The core problem of creating sustainable cities is as well-known as it is tricky. On the one hand, everyone who’s thoughtful about urban sustainability admits the environmental, economic, and social...
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There is No Such Thing as a National Building Energy Code
Does the federal government have the authority to mandate a national building code? This architect says no and explains why. This summer, the U.S. Senate will continue to advance the Energy Savings and...
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Making ‘Green’ More Affordable
Consumer demand for high-efficiency homes is rising. But the value of “green” isn’t always factored in by appraisers, and is typically ignored by mortgage lenders. A bipartisan Senate bill supported by...
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Welcoming Nature as a Design Partner
The philosopher Eric Hoffer once said, “Creativity is the ability to introduce order into the randomness of nature.” This outlook parallels historic attitudes toward the relationship of the made versus...
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LEED v4 Passes Ballot, Will Launch This Fall
After many months of debate over proposed revisions and an unprecedented number of public comment periods, the latest version of the USGBC’s LEED green building rating system, dubbed LEED v4, will go...
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Skanska USA Drops U.S. Chamber of Commerce Membership Over Anti-LEED Lobbying
Skanska USA announced that it has resigned as a member of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in protest of the organization’s backing of the American High-Performance Building Coalition (AHPBC), which is...
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