Climate change degrades buildings slowly but steadily
While natural disasters such as hurricanes and wildfires can destroy buildings in minutes, other factors exacerbated by climate change degrade buildings more slowly but still cause costly damage.
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Sustainable Design and Construction
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.
Mass Timber
5 lessons in water mitigation for mass timber projects
Sustainability leaders from Skanska, RDH, and Polygon share five tips for successful water mitigation in mass timber construction.
Jan 23, 2013
USGBC Releases 2012 List of Top 10 States for LEED
The per-capita list is based on 2010 U.S. Census data and includes commercial and institutional buildings certified under LEED.
Rob Cassidy | Dec 3, 2012
Doing net-zero? You gotta get this book
We don't push books much in BD+C, but I just received one that I do want to recommend to any…
Nov 14, 2012
U.S. Green Building Council partners with Pearson
Partnership will help further USGBC’s mission by advancing green building education
Nov 14, 2012
U.S. Green Building Council announces grant from Google to catalyze transformation of building materials industry and indoor health
Focus is on healthy building materials to promote indoor environmental quality and human health
Nov 14, 2012
USGBC's Greenbuild International Conference and Expo kicks off in San Francisco
7,000 members of the green building industry convene for opening plenary headlined by "Morning Joe" co-hosts Mika Brzezinksi and Joe Scarborough
Nov 13, 2012
Turner Construction’s green building Market Barometer reveals new findings on green building and certification
Respondents indicated a widespread commitment to sustainable practices
Nov 12, 2012
Legrand Shares New Energy Savings Resources Aimed at Promoting Better Energy Management
Company Announces the First in a Set of Comprehensive Resources to Help Companies Take Steps to Improve Energy Performance
Nov 11, 2012
Greenbuild 2012 Report: Higher Education
More and more colleges and universities see sustainainably designed buildings as a given
Rob Cassidy | Nov 11, 2012
Has interest in LEED really fallen off or has it been ‘transformed’?
First, the good news: Nearly two-thirds of executives at real estate companies and corporations (64…
