Sustainability & Resilience: Page 40
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Revised Code Could Add $5K to Illinois New-Home Prices
The state sees more efficiency. Builders see more cost. They disagree about the payback period.
By Ron Gallagher • May 10, 2012 -
Alberici Construction Leads Its Own Way to LEED
Having dealt with constructing and refining its own headquarters, the St. Louis contractor has a special bond with clients for whom it builds LEED buildings.
By Ron Gallagher • May 9, 2012 -
Southeastern Building Codes Welcome Greater Efficiency for Greater Savings
Evolving building practice has proven we can build more efficient buildings if we have the right tools – and the Southeast is taking action.
By Ron Gallagher • May 9, 2012 -
Structural Rethinking: An Architect Calls for a New Design Approach
Michael Green, co-creator of a system of wood structures for tall buildings, argues that old ways of building come with built-in problems.
By Ron Gallagher • May 8, 2012 -
Is HERS Home Building's New Standard?
Builders are use their Home Energy Rating System (HERS) scores as tools to compete with new and existing homes.
By Ron Gallagher • May 4, 2012 -
Innovative Wastewater Handling Can Help Achieve LEED Rating
Community systems for handling wastewater are likely to be the way LEED projects go.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
Green-roof Requirement Now Includes Industrial Facilities in Toronto
The city is expanding a rule that covered residential and other commercial structures.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
NSF Publishes ANSI Standard for Single-Ply Roofing Membranes
The new standard creates an across-the=board standard for comparing products' impacts.
By Ron Gallagher • May 3, 2012 -
NAHB Honors Innovators in Green Home Building and Remodeling
Eleven were honored during the annual National Green Building Conference.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2012 -
New Rating System "Envisions" Sustainable Infrastructure
Envision is an infrastructure rating system that aims to cover the areas where LEED just doesn't apply.
By Ron Gallagher • May 1, 2012 -
Georgia Tech Builds Carbon-Neutral Lab to Study Carbon Neutrality
Unlike most laboratories, Georgia Tech’s is designed as both an energy miser and a prototype for net-zero energy-use research facilities.
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2012 -
GreenExpo365.com to Offer Webinars on EPA’s WaterSense Program
The free, four-session series goes on line May 9.
By Ron Gallagher • April 27, 2012 -
Top 10: How the Golden State Became the Green Building Leader
Years of work have led California to the front among states including green building in their policies and codes.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
Data Is the Key in Retrofitting for Energy Efficiency
Efficiency in the existing building stock is the nearest-term path to significantly reducing energy consumption.
By Ron Gallagher • April 26, 2012 -
Green Building Energy Savings Can't Offset Old Buildings' Usage
Energy savings in a green building cannot offset the energy being consumed by an existing building that has not been retrofitted.
By Ron Gallagher • April 24, 2012 -
Lots More 'Green' Paperwork Coming Soon, Warn Code Watchers
More paperwork will be necessary to document the carbon footprint of all building materials, say the experts.
By Ron Gallagher • April 24, 2012 -
1271 Ave. of the Americas LEEDs the Greening of Sixth Avenue
The Rockefeller Group's Blaise Cresciullo tells GlobeSt.com that the block is now the most energy efficient in the city.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2012 -
EPA Opens Contest for $20 Million in Diesel Clean-Up Grants
The agency will take proposals until June 4 for ways to reduce engine emissions, especially in areas with low air quality.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2012 -
Vertical Shaft Machine Makes U.S. Debut Near Seattle
Tunneling crews are using innovative technology to dig deeper shafts with greater accuracy in King County, Wash.
By Ron Gallagher • April 23, 2012 -
Building Green in Dixie: Progress in the Southeast (Part One)
Take a look at home-building in the South, where in at least one market, "Green is the new granite."
By Ron Gallagher • April 20, 2012 -
AIA Committee on the Environment Announces 2012 Award Winners
Work in Oregon got three of the top spots, and two more were in Arizona.
By Ron Gallagher • April 19, 2012 -
LEED 2012 to Include New Credit for Transit-Oriented Development
USGBC says it is "really after helping project teams select locations" with infrastructure benefits.
By Ron Gallagher • April 19, 2012 -
Innovative Plan for Storm Water in Philadelphia Gets EPA’s OK
More trees and porous pavement are among the steps the city plans to take.
By Ron Gallagher • April 19, 2012 -
Oklahoma City to Upgrade Water, Wastewater Networks
The city will spend $653 million on capital projects over the next five years.
By Ron Gallagher • April 18, 2012 -
Researchers: Zero-Energy Buildings Attainable Across Climates
The New Buildings Institute says net-zero-energy commercial buildings don’t need to cost more.
By Ron Gallagher • April 17, 2012
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