When Scott Hardin found a home four years ago for his real estate appraisal firm, The Appraiser Guy, at Woburn’s Trade Center 128, he was pleased to settle into the “green” building. Besides the ...

A little over a dozen years ago, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) established LEED in response to a perceived need that specific and determined standards and third-party verification be required ...

New buildings on the campus of the University of Nevada, Reno, are so tightly constructed these days that engineers need to make special provision to improve cell-phone coverage inside the buildings.

Could efforts to go green leave the construction industry with a black eye? That question is surfacing as researchers explore whether construction workers face a greater risk of injury on projects ...

March 21, 2016 The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently announced its Top 10 States for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) developments. The annual, per capita list ...

Green building is expected to become the standard rather than the exception. High-performance and “green” buildings are designed and built to minimize resource consumption, reduce life-cycle costs, ...

Plus, the app allows users to provide real-time updates to an unlimited number of team members and owners of LEED construction credits. Reports can be exported and backed up for LEED credit ...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its annual top 10 states for LEED. Illinois topped the list with 3.43 per-capita certified gross square footage per resident (GSF). The state has more ...

The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) announced its annual Top 10 States for LEED. The per capita list highlights states throughout the country that are making significant strides in ...