The new legislation requires that any building 25,000 square feet or larger will need to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030 from a 2005 baseline, increasing to an 80 percent reduction requirement by 2050

Annual green schools conference co-locating with Midwest’s leading event for green building.

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Delta College recognized for innovative and advanced leadership practices in climate change mitigation and resilience.

A massive report on climate change, the Fourth National Climate Assessment, published in November, emphasizes the threats posed by climate change and the impacts U.S. residents will see if no action is taken

The issue of carbon was front and center at the recent Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco, which highlighted several initiatives aimed at carbon reduction

Statement from Mahesh Ramanujam, president & CEO, USGBC and GBCI.

Buildings can be considered green only if they are well insulated

Just in time for the ongoing UN Climate Change Conference in Bonn in May, a study by a special intelligence task force at REC Group shows how solar energy can make a significant contribution to limiting the global temperature rise. However, the required capacity ramp-up could be up to nine times higher in 2025 than predicted by any other current forecast.