Rafael Vi oly Architects was recently selected as the designer of the United States Senate's Edward M. Kennedy Institute. The new institute will be located adjacent to the existing John F. Kennedy Library and will be designed as a compliment to the... [more]

Responding to the need for community venues for the arts, the nonprofit Place is building green artist residences and community developments throughout the country. Their newly completed Working Artist Ventura (or WAV) LEED building is a bold plan th... [more]

So many of the green houses we see are either single family dwellings or larger projects by developers chasing LEED. But there are some lovely little projects being built around the world that both push all the green buttons and look gorgeous, like T... [more]

This post was written by Rob Reed. He is the founder of MomentFeed, a location-based marketing, strategy, and technology firm. Location technologies are transforming how we experience, navigate, and ultimately better our world. From the global to ... [more]

By John Addison (7/26/10)Solar energy growth continues its strong growth. For the 30 years from 1979 to 2009, solar energy has grown 33 % CAGR (compound average growth rate). For this decade, over 40 percent is forecast. Although 2009 was hurt by a s... [more]

We've come to learn over the years that the most potent opportunities and solutions in the world of sustainable business involve design, in its broadest sense: design of products, processes, organizations, business models, systems of commerce, and mo... [more]

Village expected to be one of the first student housing projects in the U.S. to earn LEED Gold or Platinum Certification... [more]

Today, the veil of secrecy is being lifted on a project in which my colleagues and I have been engaged for several years: the creation of a global sustainability standard for business.The standard is being developed in partnership with UL Environment... [more]

Guest blogger, Dan Grifen, has written the following:The world is in a constant state of flux and the environment is no different. Lately, it seems as though flash flooding, earthquakes, and hurricanes are occurring all too often. The severity of th... [more]

Software Advice has released the first in a series of state of the industry reports to share their observations on construction software trends over the last year. One of the major trends they reported was the increased demand for software to tr... [more]