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LEED Pilot Credits: Creating Opportunities for Energy Efficiency & Savings

Energy Jumpstart and Demand Response move LEED’s attention to energy forward.

April 15, 2013

Buildings continue to be the largest consumers of energy, by sector, in the U.S. The USGBC is constantly looking for new and innovative ways to address this.

Collaborative Design Transforms The Commons

Vegetative Roof Tops Landmark Venue in Columbus, Indiana

April 11, 2013

CSO Architects leads the green reinvention of The Commons in Columbus, Indiana.

Rooftops: White or Black?

James R. Kirby AIA

April 10, 2013

Stephen Chu stated that all rooftops should be painted white. Is he right?

New Construction

Parking, Athletics and Water Conservation

A Tennessee college preparatory school parks a soccer field on a garage to aid in capturing stormwater.

Derrick Teal

March 25, 2013

Most, if not all, of us have experienced the woes of trying to find a parking space at an event.

Another Nashville Star Is Born

Massive Green Roof Tops Music City Center

January 8, 2013

One of the most innovative — and largest — sustainable roofing projects currently under construction is the Music City Center, a massive, 1.2 million-square-foot conference and convention center taking shape in the heart of downtown Nashville.

Life Cycle and LEED

LEED v4 is proposing a new approach to materials and resources.

Joel Ann Todd

January 2, 2013

Since its inception, the LEED Green Building Rating System has been based on one overriding goal: To reduce negative environmental and human health impacts of the built environment by promoting innovation and transforming the marketplace.

A Green Space for Patients at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital

Dave MacKenzie

December 5, 2012

The new Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital, which was dedicated on Nov. 13, 2012, includes three green roofs.

High-Tech Tech Center

Bridgestone Americas Technical Center Showcases Green Design

Chris King

November 21, 2012

When Bridgestone Americas, Inc., designed its new tech center in Akron, Ohio, the company had a lot to live up to. After all, the site has been a center of innovation for more than a century, ever since Harvey S. Firestone founded the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company there in 1900.

Unfolding Intelligence

3D modeling and BIM are put to work in Abu Dhabi to create one of the world’s most innovative and sustainable façades.

Michelle Lee Andrew Witt

November 20, 2012

The Al-Bahr Towers Investment Council new headquarters is a pair of remarkable new skyscrapers in the United Arab Emirates capital of Abu Dhabi using 3D simulation and BIM technology to redefine sustainable design in architecture.

Life Cycle Analysis

ERA Invests in LCA to Assess the Environmental Impact of EPDM

Louisa Hart

November 19, 2012

Choosing a sustainable roofing system presents architects, building owners and specifiers with increasingly complicated decisions — changing government regulations, a proliferation of “green” products, and variations in roof color must all be weighed against cost considerations and design requirements.