Built Environment

Glass skyscrapers: An environmental boon to the built environment

July 2, 2019

By Henrik Schoenefeldt

The energy-inefficient building must be left behind by the sustainable architecture movement.

Yes, clean, electric buildings can reduce emissions and save money in new construction

June 27, 2019

By Sherri Billimoria and Mike Henchen

A new report publishes outdated research about emissions in the built environment — here are the facts about building electrification.

As mass timber takes off, how green is this new building material?

May 21, 2019

By Jim Robbins

Climate-positive mass timber construction is on the rise — but will producing the new material outweigh its benefits?

What it would take to end trickle-down equity in buildings and beyond

April 5, 2019

By Shawn Fisher Hesse

Architecture and design have radically changed for the sake of sustainability in recent decades. It's past time to consider the effects of the built environment for all communities.

Life-cycle assessments must better align with circularity

March 28, 2019

By Lise Laurin

How come we tend to look at the implications of one end-of-life action but not others?

Built to last: The business case for living buildings in 2019

February 12, 2019

By James Connelly

And four value propositions that have incentivized companies and organizations such as NRDC, Etsy and Google to complete them.

Building the built environment to mimic nature

February 4, 2019

By Joel Makower

The best of live interviews from GreenBiz events. This episode: Innovative author Janine Benyus on how biomimicry and “the genius of biome” can fight rising emissions.

The greenprint: designing buildings for both clients and the environment

December 21, 2018

By Cindy Wasser and Katie Ellman

A Q&A with architects specializing in energy efficiency to ask about what the future of the built environment looks like in the era of climate change.