In this climate-conscious world, builders and developers are expected to do their part by improving energy efficiency and reducing emissions from the structures they build. But how exactly to define ...

ATLANTA — ASHRAE is applauding the recent release from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) of the first part of a standardized, verifiable basis for defining a zero-emissions building. The “National ...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced a National Definition of a Zero Emissions Building to advance public and private sector efforts to decarbonize the buildings sector. The definition is ...

What makes a building green and who decides it? That question is unclear as courts and insurers alike struggle to wrap definitions around green construction. Aside from a LEED certification, the ...

The U.S. Green Building Council reports that LEED-certified buildings decrease their energy consumption by 25%, while simultaneously cutting carbon emissions by 34%, and lowering water consumption by ...