Header Photo: Two students checking the temperature and pressure settings for a rooftop HVAC unit in the Larson Laboratory. A major research center for sustainable building technology has been founded ...

Rochester Institute of Technology’s new College of Applied Science and Technology building has officially turned “green,” earning the U.S. Green Building Council’s Gold Leadership in Energy and ...

The National Green Building Standard, known as ICC-700, was approved on January 29 as an American National Standard. The new Standard provides guidance for safe and sustainable building practices for ...

If we’re going to expect new green construction projects in Buffalo, then we’re going to have to start concentrating on rolling out workforce development programs that focus on sustainability. As ...

TUCSON, Ariz. - The Mechanical Contractors Education and Research Foundation recently released a new study written by Jerry Yudelson, lead green building consultant with Yudelson Associates, with ...

"This project is a work-in-progress on HygroStructures (‘hygro’ from the root Greek word ‘hugros’, meaning ‘wet’), a new class of physical structures that conserve form, material and process.

Some four decades after the first Earth Day and more than thirty years since back-to-back oil shortages forced us to think about our energy consumption, it seems as though the idea of living for ...

Is green building technology all that it’s cracked up to be when it comes to operating performance and efficiency? Researchers from the U.S. Energy Department at the National Renewable Energy ...

Some have created tools that aid designers’ ability to more precisely compare the projected energy performance of various design concepts, materials, and equipment choices. Designers can kick the ...

Rising demand for housing in most major cities around the world is increasingly at odds with efforts to reduce greenhouse emissions, as the literal building blocks—concrete and cement—of the ...

BRATTLEBORO -- A unique building will soon be added to Brattleboro's skyline. The new owner of the former Hometown Auto Body on Flat Street plans to replace the building with an environmentally ...