Green Building

Alternative Energy

The Curious Case of Florida

Our perspective on climate change is like seeing your kitchen on fire and arguing about what caused the fire and the cost of using an extinguisher, while your house burns down.

December 5, 2018

Max Rohr

No Comments

Florida is an interesting place at an interesting time in history.

Green Calgary Earns CIPH National Water Wise Award

December 4, 2018

No Comments

CIPH selected Green Calgary for its Green Homes and Community program designed to help people incorporate simple and affordable green options into the way they live, work and play.

The Future is Now

Capturing Heat from Ice

Leading hockey arenas reduce emissions with heat reclamation.

December 3, 2018

BF Nagy

No Comments

What do the San Jose Sharks, Anaheim Ducks, St Louis Blues and Arizona Coyotes have in common? They’re National Hockey League teams and their arenas are getting greener. For St Louis it was their game rink; for the others, it was the practice sheets.

theMART Receives Gold Level LEED Certification

November 30, 2018

No Comments

theMART’s sustainability program began over 15 years ago with energy efficiency retrofits and sound energy management.

ASHRAE Calls for Papers for Energy Research and Development Conference

November 28, 2018

No Comments

The conference steering committee is seeking papers focused on the development of cost-effective, high-impact technologies and processes that reduce energy use and environmental consequences.

Johnson Controls: U.S. Organizations Planning to Increase Investments in Smart Buildings

November 26, 2018

No Comments

Building controls improvements were cited as the most popular investment for the next 12 months among U.S. organizations

ASHRAE Leadership Addresses Canada Legislative Committee on Energy Efficiency

November 26, 2018

No Comments

ASHRAE provided testimony focused on the technical tools, standards and guidelines it develops that can help government – and the private sector – deliver on energy efficiency and building performance.

Win-Win Solutions for People and Nature

November 19, 2018

Meg Findley and Lauren Stewart

No Comments

In many camps, the philosophy around infrastructure development has changed. How we conceive of the built environment is increasingly taking into consideration the natural environment for more holistic, sustainable, long-term solutions.

USGBC, BRE Team Up to Advance Green Buildings, Communities and Cities

November 14, 2018

No Comments

The organization’s LEED and BREEAM are the two most widely used green building programs in the world.

Green Business Certification Announces 2018 LEED Fellows

USGBC Finds Few States Have Laws for Testing Lead in School Water

November 12, 2018

No Comments

Thirty-five states lack specific legislation to ensure testing for lead in school drinking water, per a Center for Green Schools at the U.S. Green Building Council report.