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By integrating natural resource, human health, and community concerns into building design and construction, architects and designers can create buildings that are cleaner, healthier for occupants and the environment, and which deplete fewer resources. Moreover, a well-designed “green” building can be cheaper to build and operate over the building’s lifetime.
One of the world's largest design gatherings touted environmental concepts around every corner, but real green goods were few and far between....
This game-changing concept represents a radical shift in thinking, but smart companies are already applying this principle to satisfy needs of emerging markets in which sustainability issues are...
New research inspired by principles from nature aims to make buildings smarter and more efficient. A proposed new building membrane would monitor and use moisture and sunlight to control humidity...
The new Green Product Association is a non-profit focused on making sustainable building products more mainstream by connecting architects with green products and helping companies promote their...
What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to...
Launched last June, the Level sustainability standards program of the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturer’s Association has certified more than 200 products....
SustainableMinds offers up this year-in-review take on 2009, "taken from our perusals of some of the quirkier green stories we’ve seen this year." Go ahead: Test your green cred....
Cement and concrete companies are using a range of strategies to lower the impacts of their industry, which contributes 5 percent or more of CO2 emissions. Using a power plant byproduct, secret...
Architectural firm Perkins+Will has unveiled its Precautionary List, which includes 25 chemicals commonly used in buildings, explains why they are a threat to humans and the environment, and lists...
In this in-depth interview, Interface founder and CEO Ray Anderson explains what it takes to be a 'radical industrialist,' and how the very first green project his company undertook both paid for...
The latest book from Interface founder and chairman Ray Anderson offers tips and insights from what is arguably the world's most forward-thinking and sustainability-minded mainstream company....
The opportunities for sustainable design are everywhere, says environmental justice advocate Majora Carter, and they are limitless -- from the simple act of pruning a tree or crafting a chair from...
The new Plant Science Center at Chicago Botanic Garden, which opens later this month, employs the best in sustainable design while fulfilling an environmental mission that will impact generations...
Green building expert Jerry Yudelson examines Europe's influence on the evolution of sustainable design and construction....
Navigating the process of finding Recovery funds and bidding on projects can be a complex and time-consuming process for business owners. This interactive map, created by the GreenBiz.com...
Eco-friendly exterior wall coatings that incorporate heat reflective technology helped a Florida office building earn a LEED-Gold green rating and won the project recognition from an industry...
Pioneer in cradle-to-cradle benchmarking William McDonough, Rocky Mountain Institute Cofounder, Chairman and Chief Scientist Amory Lovins, U.S. President Barack Obama, global architectural firm...
Green building experts from the 7group consultancy and integrative design pioneer Bill G. Reed provide a clear, practical manual on the whole-building approach to sustainability....
Bad engineering design is simply wasteful, but a Rocky Mountain Institute initiative aims to create a set of teaching tools to help engineers designs things like buildings or vehicles that use...
Green building consultant Marian Keeler and Bill Burke, the architectural program coordinator at the Pacific Energy Center in San Francisco, provide an intelligent and in-depth introduction to...
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GreenBiz Innovation Forum 2010
GreenBiz.com is pleased to announce a landmark event, the GreenBiz Innovation Forum, the first event aimed at global companies seeking to understand and harness the opportunities that exist at the intersection of “green” and “innovation.”
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A lot has changed since GreenBiz.com first went online in June 2000. Join us as we look back at some of our best, and at what's to come. We'll showcase some of the best resources available to business professionals, and share insights from industry leaders at companies large and small.
Professional Services Directory
Find great professional service providers who specialize in green business. GreenBiz.com's Professional Services Directory lists great resources in sustainability strategies, energy efficiency, marketing, supply chain, recruiting and HR, and many more.
In the 2010 State of Green Business report, we take an extensive look at the data behind the move toward making mainstream businesses greener. Click here for in-depth coverage, and to download the report.
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In 2010, we're bringing our acclaimed State of Green Business Forum to San Francisco and Chicago, digging in to the research in the annual State of Green Business report to discover recent trends in green business and hear from industry experts about what the future will hold. Read all our coverage of the events here.
The Advantages of BIM-Enabled Sustainable Design for Improving Commercial Building Performance
Learn how purpose-built BIM solutions and integrated analysis toolscan help you to assess building performance, prioritize investments, and evaluate proposals to meet sustainability and energy-efficiency goals.
Learn how purpose-built BIM solutions and integrated analysis toolscan help you to assess building performance, prioritize investments, and evaluate proposals to meet sustainability and energy-efficiency goals.
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