U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were recently announced. Well-known ...

UC Santa Barbara's Marine Science Research Building has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The Marine ...

As the world continues to search for new ways to reduce the impact humans make on the environment, a spotlight has been placed on the construction industry. Buildings generate nearly 40% of the ...

When Minneapolis architect Doug Pierce first envisioned a few years ago a new building standard that could help measure the resiliency of a structure or community, he had imagined design that could ...

There’s been a lot written about green building – and with good reason. Sustainably-built office buildings are not only a good business decision for developers—making properties more valuable and ...

Corporate campus in Torrance, Calif., is the first Honda "Innovation Site" driving new approaches to reduce CO 2 emissions and other environmental impacts The American Honda Torrance campus spans 101 ...