Sustainability & Resilience: Page 33
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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 -
Swiss green-roof package snags FM Approval rating
Sika Sarnafil, a specialty chemical maker based in Baar, Switzerland, offers a package that includes waterproofing and vegetation for green roofs.
By Ron Gallagher • March 22, 2013 -
Bigger homes, more appliances eclipse efficiency improvements
Appliances are using less energy in each unit, but residential energy is rising because we are filling bigger houses with more devices and heating and lighting more space.
By Ron Gallagher • March 21, 2013 -
89% of schools say health is reason to build green
School officials said that having a healthy environment in which kids have a chance to learn is almost as important as costs in their decisions.
By Ron Gallagher • March 19, 2013 -
New LEED guide targets efficiency in historic buildings
A newly released guide from the U.S. Green Building Council looks at how energy and water efficiency can be brought to historic buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • March 19, 2013 -
U.S. Green Building Council: $271B needed to fix schools, $542B to modernize them
The U.S. Green Building Council figures it will take $271 billion just to cover deferred maintenance at U.S. schools sand a lot more to modernize them.
By Ron Gallagher • March 18, 2013 -
Floating Prototype School in Lagos
NLE's pilot project, Makoko Floating School, was completed in early March and combines sustainable strategies with the local tradition of building on water.
March 15, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: A green Walgreens and federal funds
Here's your weekly short and snappy briefing on our most popular news reads of the last few days.
By Brian Warmoth • March 14, 2013 -
Report: Green buildings can make more money for real estate investors
The World Green Building Council lays out reasons it believes sustainable, efficient buildings make for better real estate investments.
By Ron Gallagher • March 14, 2013 -
McGraw-Hill study: More evidence green building is mainstream
A new study adds evidence that green building is growing – and growing because it's good business, not just public relations.
By Ron Gallagher • March 11, 2013 -
Walgreens' to pilot new net-zero energy store in Ill.
A new store in Evanston, Ill., will use wind, solar, geothermal and other technologies in a bid to generate as much or even more power than it needs.
By Ron Gallagher • March 10, 2013 -
Brian Warmoth
Deep DiveMost Read Construction News of the Week: Sequestration and algae power
Construction news catch you sleeping this week? Take a minute and find out what everyone else was reading.
By Brian Warmoth • March 8, 2013 -
German building powered by algae farm
A demonstration building in Hamburg has slim glass tanks on its facade that uses algae to create a fuel for a biogas-powered energy generator.
By Ron Gallagher • March 6, 2013 -
$650M ski resort to encircle waste-to-energy incinerator
A very unusual design for a Copenhagen facility wraps a waste-to-energy plant in a "mountain" on which synthetic, granular snow will provide year-round skiing.
By Ron Gallagher • March 5, 2013 -
As buildings lose 42% of energy, DOE invests $9M in efficiency research
The energy used in buildings has been falling on a per-capita basis since 2007, but the U.S. Department of Energy is funding work to find ways to keep pushing it down.
By Ron Gallagher • March 1, 2013 -
Deep Dive
Most Read Construction News of the Week: Concrete tech and green building
Want to know what the next generation of concrete looks like? Check out our most popular reads of the past seven days.
By Brian Warmoth • Feb. 28, 2013 -
EPA seeks to avoid dissent on looming stormwater rules
The Environmental Protection Agency is due out in June with rules for incorporating stormwater control in low-impact development, and it's lobbying local governments to see the rules favorably.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2013 -
GSA wants feedback on which green-building rating system to use
A mandatory review is under way by the General Services Administration of whether LEED still works best for the government to build green or if its choice of Green Globes is right.
By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2013
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