PHILADELPHIA — The Center for Green Schools, an organization of the U.S. Green Building Council, has announced the 29 founding members of the Global Coalition for Green Schools (GCGS).
Announced at the 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Philadelphia, the founding members of the GCGS have committed to establishing national coalitions for green, healthy and sustainable schools in their respective countries.
PHILADELPHIA — The annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo will now travel outside the U.S. with the announcement of a Greenbuild conference in Verona, Italy.
DURHAM, N.C. — Through early decision-making and focused goals, the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center has become the first building on the Duke University medical center campus to receive LEED Gold certification.
SAN FRANCISCO — The leaders of the Pacific Northwest are banding together to take serious action on climate change and promote clean energy.
PHILADELPHIA — The Greenbuild International Conference and Expo kicked off today to bring together green building industry leaders from across the globe to discuss leading technologies and innovations.
The world’s largest international conference devoted to green building began with several education sessions and featured a LEED Certification Work Zone. Representatives from the world’s leading green building firms and organizations are set to present workshops focused on a wide variety of subjects from lighting to lifecycle safety.
PURCELLVILLE, Va. — North Gate Vineyard (NGV) has announced that it has achieved LEED Gold certification for its winery as well as its new tasting room and wine production facility. According to Mark and Vicki Fedor, owners of the vineyard, sustainability was a priority from the onset of the project.
SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) Northern California Chapter has launched the Building Health Initiative, a movement to promote green building as a health benefit.
IRVINE, Calif. — Sustainability is part of the culture and history of LPA Inc. With more than 100 LEED-designed projects, green buildings are an integral part of the firm. However, LEED is not the only marker of sustainable practices, said Dan Heinfeld, president of LPA.
WESTFORD, Mass. — A new study by the Building Science Corporation (BSC) analyzes the findings of the Thermal Metric Project, a multi-year collaborative research project. The project, also headed by the BSC, aimed at finding a new metric for the thermal performance of building enclosures that better accounts for known physical heat flow mechanisms and operating conditions.
