Northglenn, a Denver suburb, opens a net zero, all-electric city hall with a mass timber structure

Renowned green building author, Jerry Yudelson, offers five valuable lessons for designers, contractors, and building owners, based on a study of 55 high-performance projects from around the world.

Worries about legal liability have long dogged the sustainable building movement, but insurance expert Karen Erger says sustainability lawsuits are caused by the same types of issues that have always prompted clients to sue AEC firms. 

Dubbed BIQ house, the building features a bright green façade consisting of hollow glass panels filled with algae and water.

Recent advancements in technology are allowing owners to connect with facilities as never before, leveraging existing automation systems to achieve cost-effective energy improvements. This BUILDINGChicago presentation will feature Procter & Gamble’s smart building management program. 

Building Design+Construction's rankings of the nation's largest green design and construction firms. 

A project by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), the FTSE Group, and the U.S. Green Building Council to jointly develop a Green Property Index could help REITs attract some of the growing pool of socially responsible investment money slated for green investments.

Architecture firm C. F. Møller has proposed building the tallest wooden building in the world in Stockholm, Sweden. 

Cradle to Cradle certification, a strict assessment of the environmental qualities of materials used in green buildings, is a controversial provision in LEED V4.