Massachusetts tops the ranking of last year's “top 10 states for green building,” followed by Illinois and New York, according to the U.S. Green Building Council, which developed the popular LEED ...

Multifamily owners and operators continued to invest in sustainability upgrades, and many made a strong effort to align to current LEED standards. Thanks to data from the U.S. Green Building Council, ...

“Build green. Everyone profits.” That's the message touted by the U.S. Green Building Council to promote its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, a ...

During the first half of 2023, the U.S. Green Building Council awarded some level of LEED certification to 231 multifamily projects nationally, but only 179 of these made their information public, ...

The US Green Building Council (USGBC) has unveiled Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v5, the most recent iteration of its LEED green building programme. This launch marks an update ...

Many of the new buildings on UW’s campus are not only functional and beautiful – they’re also green. The University of Wyoming has committed to building to LEED-Silver standards or better. The US ...

When the Bank of America Tower opened in 2010, the press praised it as one of the world’s “most environmentally responsible high-rise office building[s].” It wasn’t just the waterless urinals, ...

Henry Gifford has been a thorn in the side of the US Green Building Council for a couple of years, since hewrote an article claiming that LEED rated buildings used 29% more energy than conventional ...

The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association has introduced the Recycled Content and Regional Material Calculator for the Concrete Industry (LEED calculator), an Excel-based program which calculates ...

The U.S. Green Building Council is updating its standards to account for rising seas and other effects of higher temperatures. A sustainable building rating system promoted by state and federal ...

Michael Barry, Head of Sustainable Business Operations at Bloomberg, explains how and why we create workspaces that energize employees, promote innovation and are also eco-friendly. Design is a core ...