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

Northglenn, Colo., a Denver suburb, has opened the new Northglenn City Hall—a net zero, fully electric building with a mass timber structure. The 32,600-sf, $33.7 million building houses 60 city staffers. Designed by Anderson Mason Dale Architects, Northglenn City Hall is set to become the first municipal building in Colorado, and one of the first in the country, to achieve the Core certification: a green building rating system overseen by the International Living Future Institute.

K-12 Schools

The importance of selecting healthy materials for K-12 projects

Clark Nexsen interior designers Anna Claire Beethoven and Brittney Just, CID, IIDA, LEED Green Associate, share why it is imperative to specify healthy building materials in K-12 schools.

Office Buildings

Fact sheet outlines benefits, challenges of thermal energy storage for commercial buildings

A U.S. Dept. of Energy document discusses the benefits and challenges of thermal energy storage for commercial buildings. The document explains how the various types of thermal energy storage technologies work, where their installation is most beneficial, and some practical considerations around installations.

Industrial Facilities

UK-based tire company plans to build the first carbon-neutral tire factory in the U.S.

ENSO, a U.K.-based company that makes tires for electric vehicles, has announced plans to build the first carbon-neutral tire factory in the U.S. The $500 million ENSO technology campus will be powered entirely by renewable energy. The first-of-its-kind tire factory aims to be carbon neutral without purchased offsets, using carbon-neutral raw materials and building materials.

Mixed-Use | Nov 16, 2015

Italian architect designs vertical forest with prefab units by BuroHappold

Cantilevered planters will host cedar trees and other plants hundreds of feet above ground.

Green | Nov 16, 2015

USGBC Working Group approves new guidance for LEED Materials & Resources Credit 4

Helps product manufacturers offer insight into material and supply chain sustainability

First WELL-certified city district to be built in Tampa

Green | Oct 30, 2015

First WELL-certified city district will be built in Tampa, Fla.

The plan calls for the construction of a $2 billion, 40-acre urban mixed-use development, where all buildings will pursue WELL Certification.

The biofilter provides the majority of the building's fresh air intake to substantially reduce energy usage.

Green | Oct 22, 2015

Six-story living wall improves building performance at University of Ottawa

Benefits of the living wall include dust control and sound abatement.

Green | Oct 21, 2015

GBCI announces 2015 class of LEED Fellows

The 35 winners have demonstrated leadership within the green building movement.

Multifamily Housing | Oct 15, 2015

Montreal apartment is world’s largest residential cross-laminated timber project

Its 434 condo, townhouse, and rental units in three eight-story buildings are made from sustainably harvested wood turned into panels by Canadian company Nordic Wood Structures together with the Cree Nation in Chibougamau.