If there are bright spots amidst the recent gloomy energy forecasts the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) and McGraw-Hill Construction may have found it. Their recent joint release ...

Thanks to growing social awareness of how much trouble the planet is in, more and more people are building green and demanding enviromentally-friendly options in their housing. An entire industry had ...

Contractors remain dedicated to saving water and addressing looming water scarcities, but rating systems? Not so much. When can we expect to see major contractor organizations take the lead? Green ...

George Bandy, Jr. serves as vice president of sustainability for Mohawk Group, a leading commercial flooring company known for cutting-edge and innovative flooring solutions. George is responsible for ...

The findings from the preeminent study on green buildings have been released, and the results are both surprising and encouraging. Forty-seven percent of those participating in the World Green ...

Green buildings yield significant operational cost savings compared with traditional buildings and produce higher asset values, according to the World Green Building Trends 2016 Smart Market Report, ...

DENVER — Some homeowners recovering from Colorado’s most destructive wildfire in history, which decimated entire neighborhoods near Denver late last year, say they could end up paying tens of ...

Eco-friendly practices apply to the full range of contemporary social policy, and naturally that includes housing policy. Buildings, after all., account for some 45% of all carbon emissions, so ...

Sausalito is updating its green building codes to exceed minimum statewide requirements. The City Council gave preliminary approval in a 3-1 vote on Tuesday to ensure its code matches the latest state ...

The surge in the number of green buildings has been driven by government policies that offer incentives, such as additional ...

The Palazzo Las Vegas has earned LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification, making it the biggest green building in the world. According to the U.S Green Building Council, the ...

Denny Park Apartments boasts a multitude of features designed to reduce the toll the new building takes on the environment — and save its residents money. The apartment house, constructed by the ...