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Green Building Outpaces Overall Construction Growth

September 16, 2015April 6, 2016 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The green building sector is outpacing overall construction growth in the US and will account for more than 2.3 million American jobs this year, according to a US Green Building Council study from Booz Allen Hamilton. The 2015 Green Building Economic Impact Study, released today by USGBC and prepared by ... Read more »

Building on Alaskan Campus Gets LEED Certification

September 2, 2015 by Carl Weinschenk

The first building on the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ Bristol Bay campus to receive a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification was once an auto parts store. The LEEDs acknowledgement was for energy efficiency and environmentally-friendly design, according to The Bristol Bay Times. The NAPA store was bought ... Read more »

Nike’s Logistics Center Is China’s First LEED Platinum Warehouse

August 24, 2015August 23, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Nike’s China Logistics Center — the country’s first LEED Platinum warehouse — is projected to reduce CO2 emissions by 4,200 tons annually, according to an article on the USGBC website. The company achieved LEED Platinum certification for the 200,000-square-meter facility in Taicang, China in 2011. It’s the company’s largest distribution ... Read more »

Road to Greenbuild: DC Boasts More Than 100M Sq. Ft. LEED Certified Space

August 21, 2015August 20, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Washington, DC is one of four cities globally with more than 100 million square feet of LEED certified square space.

Green Building Materials Market to Reach $69bn by 2019

August 13, 2015August 12, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

The US market for green building materials will reach nearly $69 billion by 2019, according to a report by BBC Research. The market for green building materials reached nearly $40 billion and $43.8 billion in 2013 and 2014, respectively, according to the report. It forecasts the market to grow at ... Read more »

BREEAM Approves SCS Indoor Air Quality Credits

August 6, 2015August 5, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

BREEAM, the internationally recognized environmental assessment method and rating system for buildings, has approved certification under the SCS Indoor Advantage Gold program as eligible for credits under BREEAM’s indoor air quality requirements. Indoor Advantage Gold certification is sought by manufacturers of office furniture and building materials, including paints and coatings, ... Read more »

Only 5% of Small Buildings are Green Buildings

August 3, 2015 by Linda Hardesty

While 62 percent of large buildings qualify as green, only less than 5 percent of small buildings qualify, according to a study by CBRE Group and Maastricht University. The 2015 Green Building Adoption Index found that 62.1 percent of office buildings in the US greater than 500,000 square feet hold ... Read more »

Chicago Archdiocese to Energy Benchmark 2,700 Buildings

July 31, 2015August 2, 2019 by Karen Henry

In a bid to answer Pope Francis’ Laudato Si encyclical to protect the environment, Archbishop Blasé Cupich says the church will perform energy efficiency benchmarking on all 2,700 buildings in the Archdiocese of Chicago, according to an article in the National Catholic Reporter. All of the buildings in the archdiocese ... Read more »

SolTerra Doubles LEED Platinum-Designed Apartments

July 29, 2015July 3, 2017 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

SolTerra is doubling the number of multifamily LEED Platinum-designed apartments in the US Pacific Northwest. The green building design and build company begins construction this week for its newest mixed use apartment building, Atlas, in the city of Newcastle, Washington. Anticipated energy use will be 30 percent less than typical ... Read more »

7 Parking Facilities Become First in US to Receive Green Garage Certification

July 20, 2015August 2, 2019 by Karen Henry

The Green Parking Council (GPC) has announced the first seven parking facilities in the United States to achieve Green Garage Certification: Bank of America Plaza (Office), Brookfield, Los Angeles, California BG Group Place (Office), BG Holdco/Och Ziff Capital Management Group, Houston, Texas Canopy Airport Parking (Airport), Parking Acquisition Ventures, Denver, ... Read more »

First Facilities Achieve Green Garage Certification

July 2, 2015July 1, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

A Los Angeles Bank of America, Canopy Airport Parking in Denver, Colorado and Charles Square Hotel Garage in Cambridge, Massachusetts are among the first seven parking facilities (see graphic) in the US to achieve Green Garage Certification, according to the Green Parking Council. The Green Garage Certification — a sustainability ... Read more »

Minneapolis Leads Green Building Markets

June 29, 2015June 29, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Owners of small buildings have an opportunity to differentiate themselves by implementing green-building practices, due to a significant gap between large and small office buildings in achieving sustainability certification, according to a study by CBRE Group and Maastricht University. The 2015 Green Building Adoption Index, a joint project of CBRE ... Read more »

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