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.

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Campus in Saudi Arabia is

Aug 1, 2014

GBCI joins up with Bureau Veritas to support LEED certification process in global hubs

Partnership intended to improve LEED certification process for projects in countries around the globe.

Energy-efficiency retrofits are on pace to grow more than 7% a year through 2023

Jul 28, 2014

Commercial energy-efficiency retrofits will represent nearly $960 billion investment in next decade

Payback periods remain a critical factor for decisionmakers on retrofit projects, report finds.

Whole Foods is among the grocery companies recently using Green Globes certifica

Jul 25, 2014

Grocery stores choosing Green Globes for building sustainability certification

The Green Building Initiative (GBI) has announced a wave of Green Globes certifications for new grocery stores, including New Seasons Markets, Whole Foods, Price Chopper, Aldi’s, Harris Teeter, Wegmans, and Publix.

Jul 21, 2014

Green building experts form regional partnership in Pennsylvania

Milton, PA – July 19, 2014 –Seven individuals from central Pennsylvania have formed Design…

Jul 21, 2014

Schindler Elevator Corp.'s new manufacturing facility receives LEED Green Excellence Award

Pennsylvania plant is the first LEED Gold certified elevator manufacturing facility in North America.

Jul 17, 2014

A harmful trade-off many U.S. green buildings make

The Urban Green Council addresses a concern that many "green" buildings in the U.S. have: poor insulation.

The complex is envisioned with public garden space. Renderings courtesy of April

Jul 16, 2014

Check out this tree-like skyscraper concept for vertical farming

Aprilli Design Studio has stepped forward with a new idea for a vertical farm, which is intended to resemble a giant tree. It uses lightweight decks as outdoor growing space, adding up to about 25 acres of space.

Jul 14, 2014

Meet the bamboo-tent hotel that can grow

Beijing-based design cooperative Penda designed a bamboo hotel that can easily expand vertically or horizontally.

All photos: Harunori Noda / courtesy CTBUH

Jul 10, 2014

BioSkin 'vertical sprinkler' named top technical innovation in high-rise design

BioSkin, a system of water-filled ceramic pipes that cools the exterior surface of buildings and their surrounding micro-climates, has won the 2014 Tall Building Innovation Award from the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat.