Global green building alliance releases guide for $35 trillion investment to achieve net zero, meet global energy transition goals

A project by the National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts (NAREIT), the FTSE Group, and the U.S. Green Building Council to jointly develop a Green Property Index could help REITs attract some of the growing pool of socially responsible investment money slated for green investments.

Australia's first carbon neutral office building, featuring a distinctive pixelated façade, recently opened in Melbourne.

Architecture firm C. F. Møller has proposed building the tallest wooden building in the world in Stockholm, Sweden. 

Cradle to Cradle certification, a strict assessment of the environmental qualities of materials used in green buildings, is a controversial provision in LEED V4.

In a newly posted TED talk, wood skyscraper expert Michael Green makes the case for building the next-generation of mid- and high-rise buildings out of wood.

The U.S. Green Building Council membership has voted to adopt LEED v4, the next update to the world’s premier green building rating system.

A researcher at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory calls building enclosure commissioning “the single-most cost-effective strategy for reducing energy, costs, and greenhouse gas emissions in buildings today.”

A nationwide battle over forest certification standards continues to be played out nationally and in Florida with legislation passed this month.