Green Building

Washington DC Requires Privately Owned Buildings to Measure Energy, Water Use

The District already requires it for publicly owned buildings, and the results will be released to the public.

The Flood Building is now 75% more efficient than comparable buildings.

A Minnesta couple's experiment has the goal of finding best practices for affordable, green communities.

And Virginia is the state that added the most LEED-certified buildings in 2012.

The goal of the Bullitt Center is to change the way buildings are designed, built and operated.

All Iowa University's building projects get LEED-certified, it's latest project is the State Gym.

Among the top 10 trends is an increasing focus on retrofits, water, net-zero, and avoiding red-list chemicals.

Bursting with vegetation, the wall improves air quality and conserves energy.

The city's zoning changes are the most comprehensive in the US, intended to remove obstacles to green buildings.

NYC's first-in-the-nation law that requires all buildings to disclose energy use, is coming up with interesting findings.