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 ...

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 ...

"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.

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 ...

Building construction and operation accounts for 16% and 22%, respectively, of total carbon emissions in China. Those numbers are down, but still need significant work to achieve green building ...

If there's one topic that has been present over the last couple of decades, it’s sustainability. People are trying to act sustainably in the way they live, paying attention to recycling, consuming ...

A new exchange-traded fund from Global X seeks to invest in the green-building market, the company announced Wednesday. The need for lower-carbon dwellings is projected to ramp up in the coming years, ...

People often ask me what’s happening in the energy space—especially now, when the economy feels like it’s shifting beneath our feet. My answer is always the same: this is just a phase. Markets evolve, ...

A major research center for sustainable building technology has been founded at the University of Colorado Boulder. The Building Energy Smart Technologies (BEST) Center is a new, five-year ...