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Five green building trends for 2018
What notable trends do you see emerging in commercial green building? We asked eight experts and came up with five green building trends for 2018.
PAE’s David Mead on net zero, refrigerants and Project Drawdown
The International Living Future Institute’s Brad Liljequest gets some interesting answers on ILFI’s Trim Tab site from PAE Engineers’ Brad Mead in an interview about net zero building’s and Project Drawdown.
FMI’s Greg Powell: Wellness push is ‘disrupting’ sustainable building
Designers, builders, employers and property owners need to “go beyond simple LEED standards” in their commitment to healthy buildings, a leading construction industry management consultant argues in a recent paper.
Singapore’s Khoo Teck Paut Wins First Kellert Biophilic Award
A Singaporean hospital wins first the Stephen S. Kellert Award, and the International Living Future Institute unveils an online tool to showcase biophilic design.
STAR Communities to ‘integrate’ with LEED for Cities
Star Communities and Green Building Certification Inc. agree to a partnership between Star and LEED for Cities. Their aim: Eventually to integrate the two programs.
A guide to four leading platforms for sustainable districts
Suniva case already affecting U.S. solar sales
A mix of panic buying and cancelled projects has swept over the U.S. solar installation industry in response to a trade complaint by Georgia-based solar panel manufacturer Suniva.
Chicago, SF, Atlanta Lead in ‘Green Building Adoption”
Chicago, San Francisco and Atlanta — in that order — led the nation in “green building adoption” at the end of 2016, according to an analysis by real estate giant CBRE and Maastricht University.
Atlanta Better Buildings Challenge leads nation — again
More than a third of participating buildings already have reduced energy and water consumption by 20 percent.
R.W. Kern Center finally gets water treatment approval
Let this be a lesson to you: Hampshire College’s R.W. Kern Center project team is relieved now that the state has finally approved their UV method for turning rainwater into drinking water.