When Minneapolis architect Doug Pierce first envisioned a few years ago a new building standard that could help measure the resiliency of a structure or community, he had imagined design that could ...

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 ...

As a part of the broader vision for LEED V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were announced today. Well-known and respected for their role in certifying ...

UC Santa Cruz has taken another step in increasing its sustainability by obtaining its first LEED certification–the internationally recognized “green” standard for buildings. That accomplishment feels ...

As a part of the broader vision for LEED V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were announced today. Well-known and respected for their role in certifying ...

Green building rating systems have become a cornerstone in fostering sustainable construction practices worldwide. Among these, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, ...

The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) announced that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released a new retail specific rating system for LEED building certification. The LEED for ...

Northeastern Junior College (NJC) announced Wednesday, Nov. 19, that it has been awarded LEED Gold on their new Applied Technology Campus building. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) ...

The Shirley Chisholm Recreation Center in Brooklyn is also the first to use the city’s design-build process, which officials credit with significantly speeding up the project.

Fiserv Forum has been awarded with the prestigious LEED® Gold Certification. LEED, developed by the U.S. Green Building Council, is the most widely used green building rating system in the world and ...

UC Santa Barbara's Marine Science Research Building has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The Marine ...

The controversy over LEED has spilled over into the federal buildings sector. In late 2010, the U.S. General Services Administration—which has more than 361 million sq ft of space in 9,600 federally ...