Collaborating for Green and Healthy Development
Strong evidence indicates that where we live, work, learn, and play affects our health and well-being. Green building professionals are in a unique position to ensure that their projects minimize...
View ArticleLEED Project Spotlight: USCE Shopping Mall in Belgrade
After three years, the Ušće Shopping Mall, which straddles old and new Belgrade, became the first existing building in Serbia to receive LEED certification and is one of the first LEED EBOM shopping...
View ArticleState of California Buildings Focus on Water, Energy, Environment, Performance
Green building has long been part of California’s approach to a wide array of energy, water, environment, and development priorities. There are more than 3,500 LEED-certified green buildings in the...
View ArticleLEED and GBEL: Hand in Hand in Promoting Green Building in China
For the past four decades great things have been happening in China, spurred by rapid urbanization. One after another brave new buildings are being erected, dramatically changing the skyline,...
View ArticleThe Market Benefits of Green Condos in Toronto
LEED has been an effective tool both in terms of helping designers to create better performing buildings, and also in creating a market-awareness that, despite their outward appearance, not all...
View ArticleHow Can LEED Help the World Achieve the New Sustainable Development Goals?
This past Friday, world leaders convened at a United Nations summit meeting in New York to adopt a new platform for international development—the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs replace...
View ArticleIMT Report Finds Green Homes Sell for a Premium
Homebuyers are not only increasingly interested in high-performance homes, or homes incorporating green features, but they are also willing to pay more for them, according to a new study released today...
View ArticleNew Free Tool Helps Apply LEED v4 to Optimize Climate Resilience
In a world with a changing climate, building designers, developers, investors, and entire communities are increasingly exposed to risks that cannot be navigated by referencing historic conditions...
View ArticleWhy Did a Public Health Guy Go to a Green Charrette Meeting?
As a public health guy working towards health equity, my career has been a continuous journey of peeling back layers to identify the root causes of disparate health outcomes. I started at the cellular...
View ArticleGreen Buildings Critical to 1.5-Degree Future
Optimism for climate action ruled at two recent events – the American Climate Leadership Summit and Climate Week in NYC. These notable gatherings reflect the increased momentum supporting successful...
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