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

Enter the new era of ‘disclosure and transparency’

Openlands, a Chicago-based metropolitan conservation organization, presented its 2012 Conservation Leadership Award to Philip Enquist, FAIA, Partner in Charge of Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP’s global City Design Practice.

LEED v4 drafts and the public comment tool are now available on the newly re-launched, re-envisioned USGBC.org website.

Getting to net-zero is not easy, but the promise of eliminating energy bills and using state-of-the-art technology as a learning lab can make a compelling case to reach for net-zero.

When educators and school administrators describe their vision for new K-12 school buildings as ‘21st-century learning spaces,’ they’re not exaggerating. Many new schools are truly different in concept from their counterparts of only a few years ago.

Seeking LEED Silver certification, the project will begin in August and is slated for completion in December 2014.

Project, with price tag of $2 million to $3 million, needs council approval.