On August 3, the New York–based architecture writer John Hill posted a photo of the entrance to Seven Bryant Park on Twitter. In the image, a LEED Gold plaque and a C grade (60 on a 0 to 100 scale) ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The US Green Building Council (USGBC), the leading authority on green building and the global developer of the LEED green building program, has announced the opening of the first ...

As construction waste quickly fills our landfills, it also takes away a significant portion of the bottom line. There's a lot of factors in play, of course, but most common come are inaccurate ...

The U.S. Green Building Council will now recognize energy and water requirements from the Living Building Challenge green building system within the LEED green building program. “USGBC and the ...

Construction practices across the world, as well as the types and uses of building materials, have been identified as key factors that impact global warming. Studies have shown that the building ...

Environmentalists and the construction community typically spend their time fighting each other's every move, but the advent of green building has given them a cause to rally behind Environmental ...

Andrew Whelton, an assistant professor in Purdue's Lyles School of Civil Engineering and Division of Environmental and Ecological Engineering, is leading research into the effects plastic pipes have ...

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