The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the construction market hard across the board. However, for firms providing sustainable design and construction, the impact of the crisis may have more profound effects.

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the construction market hard across the board. However, for firms providing sustainable design and construction, the impact of the crisis may have more profound effects.

French-Brazilian Triptyque Architecture designed a tropical building in Paris, France, bringing the Amazon rainforest to France. The designers say the sustainable building, called Villa M, “aims to ...

Our campus buildings are one of the clearest articulations of who we have been, who we are, and who we work toward being. Bowdoin's original Climate Action Plan, written in 2008, stipulated that all ...

Have you heard about Mississippi? It’s a construction project brought to life by Waechter Architecture after more than 10 years of planning and investigation. This building isn’t just your ordinary ...

It’s 2016, and the staff of an Australian building and engineering consultancy relocates to a new, net-zero carbon office. Not long after settling in, something profound happens: Nearly three quarters ...

The creation of quality affordable housing, long a concern in New York City, has taken on added urgency in recent years, particularly as Mayor Bill de Blasio has made it the centerpiece of his agenda.

That is often the case with green building — dismissed by some as an unnecessary complication to the norm. Yet the facts are undeniable: buildings consume over 40% of global energy, generate more than ...

World Environment Day: More than 10,000 green building projects covering over 12 billion square feet have been registered ...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – March 26, 2025 – The 23 rd annual New York State Green Building Conference, hosted by the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) brings together approximately 250 ...

The concepts of green buildings and sustainable cities emerged globally during the 1970s environmental movement, sparked by the 1973 oil crisis and ...

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 ...