Sustainability & Resilience: Page 31
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GSA approves LEED as its rating system of choice
A panel appointed to evaluate green building systems for the General Services Administration says the agency should stick with LEED.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2013 -
Morocco's Ambitious Renewable-Energy Program
By 2020, the country plans to generate over 40% of its energy from renewables.
May 3, 2013 -
Hotchkiss school goes green with new, money-saving heating plant
The Hotchkiss School in Lakeville, Conn. replaced oil-fired boilers with wood biomass units and put a green roof on the new building.
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2013 -
To sell green homes, emphasize savings
A University of Massachusetts professor says builders and renovators need to appeal to owners' pocketbooks.
By Ron Gallagher • May 2, 2013 -
Doing the most to use the least energy: Demarest Elementary School in N.J.
The winner of the Environmental Protection Agency's 2012 Energy Star National Building Competition trimmed consumption by 52.1%.
By Ron Gallagher • April 29, 2013 -
Army adds plants to green roof at Fort Bragg
A large vehicle facility at Fort Bragg was not about to be cool in North Carolina summers, so the Army gave it a green cover.
By Ron Gallagher • April 25, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: Green homes and DPR
Start your weekend off on the right foot and catch up on Construction Dive's most popular news posts.
By Brian Warmoth • April 25, 2013 -
Who won the EPA's Energy Star Battle of the Buildings?
The winner slashed its energy use by 52% in one year.
By Davide Savenije • April 24, 2013 -
Top 10 cities with the greenest homes
Redfin, an online real estate broker, analyzed U.S. cities based on their carbon emissions and green homes available.
By Davide Savenije • April 23, 2013 -
AIA names top 10 green design projects of 2013
The American Institute of Architects' Committee on the Environment selected winners based on their environmental and design aspects.
By Ron Gallagher • April 22, 2013 -
Net-zero home guru: Follow standards if you want success
The President of the Passive House Alliance US says there are known ways to do achieve net-zero housing.
By Ron Gallagher • April 18, 2013 -
New indoor air pollution research may change residential building codes
Scientists at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory say current ventilation standards miss the mark.
By Ron Gallagher • April 17, 2013 -
Seattle school wins world's fourth Living Building award
When the elementary Bertschi School built its science wing, it went all out and won the Living Building Challenge.
By Ron Gallagher • April 15, 2013 -
Colo. builder survived recession, now building green homes
Century Communities is back to building homes in Colorado, and solar-ready and energy efficient are both on the product list.
By Ron Gallagher • April 14, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: Apple's new mothership and a pit collapse in N.C.
Stay in the loop with last week's biggest headlines.
By Davide Savenije • April 12, 2013 -
Skyscraper aesthetic is about making form environmentally functional
Skyscrapers around the world are as much about function than flash these days, specifically green functions.
By Ron Gallagher • April 11, 2013 -
Floating building first of its kind to earn LEED Gold certification
Cottonwood Cove Resort and Marina's floating green building has set a new sustainability milestone.
By Roger Riddell • April 9, 2013 -
Pentagon to study green building data
The study may provide the green building movement with the data needed to justify its value.
By Roger Riddell • April 8, 2013 -
Green building is new theme of housing tour in Boston
In the not-exactly-hard-up towns of Carlisle and Concord west of Boston, a home tour that used to be about "wow" is now about "cool."
By Ron Gallagher • April 4, 2013 -
Solar demo homes will pilot microgrid project
The Missouri University of Science and Technology originally built the houses to show solar can work.
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2013 -
ANSI gives seal of approval for revised green-building standard
Backers say American National Standards Institute's approval of the 2012 ICC 700 National Green Building Standard gives it credibility.
By Ron Gallagher • April 2, 2013 -
Owner survey: 50% use 'smart' systems
The survey has a message for contractors as well as system designers, demonstrating that customers increasingly want buildings that can accommodate active energy management.
By Ron Gallagher • April 1, 2013 -
New discovery slashes energy load for cooling buildings
Researchers at Stanford University have discovered a material that can cut cooling energy by 35% even if it's present on only 10% of the building's surface.
By Ron Gallagher • March 29, 2013 -
Most Read Construction News of the Week: 3D printing and plywood
Catch up on the biggest construction news of the past week as you end into the weekend.
By Brian Warmoth • March 28, 2013 -
Fla. lawmakers don't want LEED to decide what is 'sustainable'
Florida's House of Representatives is considering a committee-approved bill to let state agencies decide what environmental construction standards they want to follow.
By Ron Gallagher • March 27, 2013
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