Project teams are considering additional dimensions of carbon emissions resulting from a building project, including carbon emissions from water consumption, waste generation, occupant transportation, and the embodied carbon of materials used to build the project.
With increasing evidence of a shifting climate, many building project teams are confronting the compounded threat of increasingly severe heat waves and the vulnerability of our country's electrical grid.
Green Ideas Building Science Consultants is excited to announce that its recent project, The Burwell Center for Career Achievement, has achieved LEED Platinum-level certification.
The U.S. Green Building Council and Green Business Certification Inc., the premier organization independently recognizing excellence in green business industry performance and practice globally, has announced the 2022 class of LEED Fellows.
Metal-Era and Hickman Edge Systems have expanded their Strategic Accounts to a nationwide territory-based team through their parent company, MTL Holdings.
The U.S. Green Building Council announced nearly 100 net zero certifications earned under the LEED Zero program, representing more than 23 million square feet of space.
The new 6-story, 215,000-square-foot, mixed-use facility promotes a “see and be seen” vibe with 30 percent of its façade clad with glass. Enhancing the transparency, operable windows deliver natural ventilation to 80 percent of the spaces in the building.
The annual awards recognize leadership and commitment to the green building industry and spotlights exemplary work that has been influential in the expansion of sustainable, higher-performing buildings.