Displaying 1 - 19 of 19
1
Article
Gensler is pioneering best practices on how to institutionalize the new normal of sustainable building.
by James Ball
2
Article
New report says venture capital investment in low-carbon building startups hit a record $2.2 billion in 2022.
by Amber Rolt
3
Article
Buildings have an outsize impact on the environment. But there are solutions to make construction more efficient, resilient and safer.
by Micah Kotch
4
Article
Sponsored: Since the beginning of the modern architectural era, humankind has dreamed of self-sustaining buildings that generate their own power
5
Article
SolarCity, Vivint and the like say it keeps costs down, but it also makes pricing unclear.
6
Article
Recent winners of the VERGE 25 awards nail down what's driving change in sustainability and technology in 2013, 2014 and 2020.
by Elaine Hsieh
7
Article
We won't know for some time whether the 2012 Summer Games in London lived up to its claim of being the most sustainable in history. But organizers say they helped transform a polluted and economically hard-hit area of the British capital.
<br />
8
Article
While American media and pundits are bemoaning our inability to create any jobs or compete on green technologies, Asian countries are putting to work -- with great results -- the same ideas that have been killed in US political skirmishes.
9
Article
Japan's industrial firms offer cleantech solutions to step up recovery efforts from the earthquake and tsunami last spring, environmental groups slap the EPA with lawsuits over pollution standards, and more make green headlines today.
10
Article
In partnership with Siemens USA, the U.S. Chamber Business Civic Leadership Center honored the California city of San Jose, Raleigh, N.C., and Greensburg, Kansas, with Siemens Sustainable Community Awards, which recognize environmental efforts of American cities.
11
Article
If you start with the premise that many of the solutions to our global sustainability challenges start with design and systems thinking, this software company is emerging as a key player in a sustainable future.
by Joel Makower
12
Article
Green business deals to develop technology for eco-friendly cities, renewable energy projects, carbon capture programs and solutions to make coal plants cleaner make up more than two-thirds of the $45 billion in US-China export deals announced during the visit of China's President Hu Jintao.
13
Article
A Walgreens store in this Chicago suburb has installed a geothermal energy system, becoming the first retail location in any U.S. drugstore chain to tap that source of renewable energy.
14
Article
An international roster of leaders from city and state governments and business shared their best strategies for financing large-scale deployment of low carbon technologies in the built environment to create smarter grids, buildings, transportations systems and urban infrastructure.
by Molly Webb
15
Article
Portugal's plans to build the world's greenest city -- and a hopeful competitor to Silicon Valley -- from the ground up may be ambitious, but they are also surprisingly credible.
by James Murray
16
Article
A LEED-Platinum rated zero net energy live/work unit opens its doors to the public today before a deal closes to buy the unique property near the Oakland Estuary.<br />
17
Article
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 foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.
18
Article
"Green-Collar Jobs: Realizing the Promise," a new study from the Sightline Insitute, takes a close look at how stimulus funding and green collar jobs are already benefiting the Pacific Northwest -- and how those successes can be spread.
19
Article
AFS Trinity Power Corporation announced this week that it has upgraded its prototype for a high performance, high mileage green SUV with new technology to extend the vehicle's driving range.