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The "Rooftops to Rivers II" report looks at how cities use smart infrastructure to manage polluted stormwater runoff....
Just how well are LEED-certified buildings doing in making real-world environmental and energy improvements?...
The recent State of Green Business Forum in Washington, DC, featured interviews with key players in the campaign to green the U.S. government, from its purchases to its properties. This we have......
Planters plans to transform neglected urban plots in four U.S. cities into peanut-shaped community parks as part of an eco campaign that includes the rollout of a new Nutmobile, the company's......
Farmers are willing and able to grow more switchgrass and other crops that will be used solely to produce energy and biofuels....
In the third annual Green Building Market & Impact Report, Rob Watson looks at the current state of the world of green buildings, and projects how big the market for LEED buildings will be 10......
Do commercial green buildings live up to their name -- that is, are they really making demonstrable energy and environmental improvements?...
The company has surpassed a goal previously set for 2020, to have more than 100 certified wildlife habitat programs and 25,000 acres under its protection....
This hour-long webcast will discuss how architects, designers, engineers, contractors and building owners are using BIM solutions to improve predictability around building performance and costs...
The White House will have solar panels and a solar hot water heater on its roof by the end of next spring, Energy Secretary Steve Chu said in the latest of several recent announcements about......
In a green building tour de force, Johnson Controls' corporate campus in Glendale has earned four LEED-Platinum ratings -- the most awarded to a single site in the history of U.S. Green Building......
Like many cities around the world, Denver gets its drinking water from rivers and reservoirs, which in turn get their water from forests. Many of those forests, however, are in trouble, putting......
A green building is the result of many factors. Smart companies and their facilities managers pay close attention to the environment within their buildings as well as the environmental impacts of...
The Rainforest Alliance has launched a new certification aimed at helping cattle farms improve their environmental and social performance....
The state government of New South Wales (NSW) just released new planning guidelines that discourage development in some coastal zones due to sea level rise caused by climate change....
If we look at the fractal stupidity that passes for business as usual, we can make a strong case for institutionalization of those individuals and practices. And there’s no doubt that......
The U.S. Department of Energy has launched a cool roof initiative, and Energy Secretary Steven Chu is urging other government agencies to follow his department's lead....
Just as it's practically standard for companies to measure and report on their greenhouse gas emissions and understand the risks and opportunities they face from climate change, companies are......
The apparent conflict between commerce and nature is a false one, because in the long run everything we buy, sell, eat, and produce is derived from nature. If we destroy nature, we destroy......
Not long ago, it would have been unthinkable for a big utility company to encourage customers to put solar panels on their roofs. That’s changing, as evidenced by a deal announced this week......
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