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Not only are energy-efficient buildings cheaper to run, but they also can be healthier -- and can even help companies attract employees and shareholders....
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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?...
In addition to hiring as many women construction workers as possible to build its new green headquarters, Avon has committed to getting green certification for all of its new facilities. Here's......
The iconic skyscaper, whose green retrofit and refurbishing have become almost as celebrated as the landmark, achieved the certification under Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design......
The concept may sound counterintuitive, but passive building is shaping up to be one of the more effective and aggressive ways to achieve ultra energy efficiency....
On the heels of Solyndra's collapse, the U.S. signals its ongoing commitment with a $145-million infusion for projects to develop low-cost solar power, China's jonesing for GM's Volt technology,......
Putting solar on new residential buildings is a win-win-win situation, but not an easy one to achieve: One development outside of Sacramento, Calif., shows how builders, utilities and cleantech......
Lighting can account for more than 30 percent of a building's energy use. In parking garages, the load can be even higher, making it a ripe opportunity for Adura Technologies and its......
Chemical regulations can force companies to make safer choices, but they also lay the groundwork for major shifts in thinking about product materials and life cycles....
The biggest toy store company in the U.S. outlined an ambitious agenda to open 21 new stores and renovate 23 others by the end of the year. Behind the ballyhooed expansion plans are a series of......
Although a fraud lawsuit against the U.S. Green Building Council was dismissed with prejudice this week, the larger issues of whether green buildings save enough energy and money to live up to......
GE unveils a new $48-million data center that serves its global appliances and lighting business.
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Green innovators and marketers can be guilty of hyping every green innovation as the best solution for every need. There are the problems with forcing niche products on the mass market, and......
Conventional wisdom holds that the best way to bring about sweeping culture change is to jettison old ways and jolt the existing culture into a new reality. Management experts offer a different......
The auto industry is in upheaval now trying to radically reinvent our products to meet tough new fuel efficiency standards. But some of the lessons the industry has learned can be applied to any......
Concrete is literally the backbone of our infrastructure, but it often takes a bad rap for the carbon intensity of its key ingredient: cement. Research from MIT could change they way we look at......
The world has come a long way from some of the hippie dreams of the 1970s, although the far-out ideas for creating sustainable spaces to live and work in are rapidly becoming reality....
Facebook is working very hard to make sure it has the first pick of the best up-and-coming talent on the job market. Part of that strategy is making its offices green, energy-efficient and very......
All the environmental, economic and operational benefits that you have heard about from green buildings only barely scratch the surface of what's possible with a high performance building. Here's......
Lend Lease, a low-profile property development firm that has cornered the market on military housing, is in the midst of building two of the largest solar-powered communities in the nation....
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