Buildings are responsible for on average 43 per cent of anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions, a figure that can rise to 70 per cent in cities. Consequently, 'green' building design has been focused ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the construction market hard across the board. However, for firms providing sustainable design and construction, the impact of the crisis may have more profound effects.

Skanska USA is building the Kendeda Building at Georgia Tech, which is on track to be the first Living Building Challenge-certified facility of its size and function in the Southeast. Sustainable ...

With the growth of the United States Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification program, no longer is it viable to merely install recycled carpet and ...

There are a lot of ways to size up buildings, whether by measuring their height, comparing styles of architecture or dissecting their histories. But in the era of climate change, more and more ...

The business case for sustainable design keeps getting stronger. Consider these takeaways from the World Green Building Trends 2016 Smart Market Report: High-performing buildings can be sold at a ...

Green building, otherwise known as sustainable design and construction, is growing in popularity among master-planned communities. Green building practices use resources more efficiently to construct ...

The new library at the Catholic University of Eastern Africa in Nairobi incorporates a range of green design features. THOMSON REUTERS FOUNDATION/Justus Bahati Wanzala NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters ...

Eco-friendly practices apply to the full range of contemporary social policy, and naturally that includes housing policy. Buildings, after all., account for some 45% of all carbon emissions, so ...

February 16, 2009 When we think green house emissions, fume spewing factories and highways choked with gas guzzling vehicles are usually the first images that spring to mind, but it may surprise some ...