The green marketplace is rapidly evolving, and the U.S. Green Building Council wants to keep pace. The administrator of the LEED certification system, which measures how well a building or community ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — An eco-friendly building rating system that has powered a green arms race across the nation now faces a challenge from policymakers and an upstart rival. LEED, the longstanding king ...

This blog post was authored by Dennis Berlien, PE, LEED AP BD+C, DBIA, National MEP Lead, Kimley-Horn; and Al LaPera, LEED AP BD+C, LEED AP O+M, CxA, EMP, Energy Services Manager, Kimley-Horn. The US ...

U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were recently announced. Well-known ...

Green just ain’t what it used to be. A brand new certification system for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ratings was just released by the U.S. Green Building Council and the Green ...

Earning LEED Platinum for both the East and West buildings at Avalon Hayes Valley - AvalonBay's first Platinum certification - was no small achievement. The project, a podium-style structure with five ...

Sara Kingman, LEED AP, TRUE Advisor, is a sustainability engineer at Buro Happold. As a member of the sustainability team in Los Angeles, she has gained valuable experience through a wide range of ...

Get ready for changes to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, the country’s most popular green building rating system. The new certification, known as LEED 2009, goes live next month and ...

Originally published on Intercon, Ohioan and Africa-based architect Charles Newman, LEED AP discusses the pitfalls of LEED in rural Africa. Newman, who is currently working for the International ...

Located a few streets down from the U.S. Capitol, the historic Dunbar High School was founded in 1870 as the nation’s first public high school for African Americans. The school was partially ...