It’s 2016, and the staff of an Australian building and engineering consultancy relocates to a new, net-zero carbon office. Not long after settling in, something profound happens: Nearly three quarters ...

In the tradition of Building Construction Illustrated, Francis D.K. Ching and Ian M. Shapiro offer a fully illustrated guide to the theory and practice of sustainable design. This guide provides ...

The Green Building 101 series has taken us inside the house and out, looking at site selection, water efficiency, day lighting, eco-power, and environmentally friendly materials. The final segment in ...

There are a lot of ways to size up buildings, whether by measuring their height, comparing styles of architecture or dissecting their histories. But in the era of climate change, more and more ...

Pune leads India in sustainable construction with 1,481 green building projects covering 2.34 billion sq ft, reflecting a ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has hit the construction market hard across the board. However, for firms providing sustainable design and construction, the impact of the crisis may have more profound effects.

“Over 80 percent of the impact of buildings on the environment takes place in their operating phase, their use phase, -- that’s the time we’re living in them.” (Jennifer Senick, Rutgers Center for ...

On Thursday, the city’s planning and housing committee accepted zoning shifts that will allow solar panels to be installed in ...

The Green Building is a 10,175 square foot mixed-use commercial building that houses a gallery, event space, offices, tenant office spaces, a conference room, and a separate tenant restaurant space. A ...