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

The international alliance of UK-based Building Research Establishment (BRE), the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA), the Singapore Green Building Council (SGBC), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Alliance HQE-GBC France developed the guide, Financing Transformation: A Guide to Green Building for Green Bonds and Green Loans, to strengthen global cooperation between the finance and real estate sectors.

Sustainability

5 ways ESG can influence design and create opportunities

Gensler sustainability leaders Stacey Olson, Anthony Brower, and Audrey Handelman share five ways they're rethinking designing for ESG, using a science-based approach that can impact the ESG value chain.

Sustainability

CBRE to use Climate X platform to help clients calculate climate-related risks

CBRE will use risk analysis platform Climate X to provide climate risk data to commercial renters and property owners. The agreement will help clients calculate climate-related risks and return on investments for retrofits or acquisitions that can boost resiliency.

Building Technology

Could ‘smart’ building facades heat and cool buildings?

A promising research project looks at the possibilities for thermoelectric systems to thermally condition buildings, writes Mahsa Farid Mohajer, Sustainable Building Analyst with Stantec.

Green Building Products | Apr 11, 2017

Plant walls are sprouting inside all kinds of buildings

One installer offers his thoughts on why, and what works.

Sustainable Design and Construction | Apr 5, 2017

A new app brings precision to designing a building for higher performance

PlanIt Impact's sustainability scoring is based on myriad government and research data.

Sustainability | Sep 7, 2016

New plans call for hundreds of thousands of British homes to be heated by factory machines

An expansion of ‘heat networks’ is viewed as a possible means for Britain to accomplish its goal of slashing carbon emissions by 2050.

Green | Jun 9, 2016

SmithGroupJJR’s Brock Environmental Center converts rain into drinkable water

The education building generated 83% more energy than it consumed over the last year en route to earning Living Building Challenge (LBC) certification.

Sustainable Design and Construction | Gresham Smith | May 10, 2016

Here comes the sun: A primer on sustainable building orientation

GS&P's Corie Baker shows how to design and orient a building to efficiently collect or dissipate solar radiation while enhancing natural daylight and visibility.

Sustainable Design and Construction | Perkins and Will | Apr 8, 2016

The sustainability culture shift: 8 steps for success

Perkins+Will's Jon Douglas has eight strategies that will start an organization on the path to embedding sustainability into its culture and begin the process of making deep carbon reductions.

Museums | Jan 22, 2016

Canadian Canoe Museum selects Heneghan Peng Architects’ design for new location

The single-story structure is designed for sustainability as well as function.

Sustainable Design and Construction | Jan 22, 2016

At Davos forum, a McDonough-designed meeting space showcases circular economy innovation

ICEHouse is a prototype for temporary, easy-to-assemble structures that deploy locally available materials.

Green | Jul 23, 2015

NASA: U.S. headed for worst droughts in a millennium

Data from NASA shows carbon emissions could be the driving force behind devastating water shortages and record droughts in the western U.S.

Green | Jun 24, 2015

6 steps toward better water management [AIA course]

When it comes to water conservation, Building Teams tend to concentrate on water-efficient plumbing fixtures, irrigation controls, graywater capture, and ways to recycle condensate from air-conditioning systems. Yet many of the best opportunities for saving water begin with big-picture thinking in a project’s earliest phases.