In honor of Climate Week and World Green Building Day, I thought I would highlight several internationally oriented articles. World Green Building Day comes at an auspicious time, coinciding with the United Nations General Assembly meeting in New York City, which is celebrating Climate Week ...read more
SANTA MONICA, CA — The United States could make its buildings more environmentally responsible and create more green jobs by taking a cue from programs in the European Union and Australia, according to new research by the Rand Corporation.
Successful strategies include inspection, rating and ...read more
Most of us in the design and construction industry share in a widespread belief that technology can ultimately rescue us from any challenge we face. This belief is born of some very solid historical evidence:
• In the past 150,000 years, human society has gone ...read more
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
The US Green Building Council has pronounced New Orleans home to the biggest green neighborhood in the world, thanks to the efforts of Brad Pitt and the group Make It Right who have built 13 LEED Platinum certified, storm-resistant homes and are planning another 150 more in the Lower 9th Ward ...read more
Five years ago a pregnant Sarah Beatty was busy feathering her nest when a shocking environmental health scare proved her home to be toxic. Angry but empowered, Beatty began her quest to find healthy, safe home products yet quickly realized that there was limited access to these sorts of things, especially on the east coast. ...read more
The Bluebell Garden at the Proximity Hotel in Greensboro, NC. (Photo: Proximity Hotel)
By Barbara Kessler
Green Right Now
It’s a rare hotel these days that doesn’t offer to not wash your sheets, in the interest of conserving water. A handful of hotels go further, touting their bamboo flooring, low-flow faucets and other flourishes.
But get ready traveler, you ...read more
SACRAMENTO, CA — California’s green building code, the first of its kind in the nation, will be used as a resource in the development of a proposed international green code for commercial buildings.
“California continues to lead the nation and the world in protecting the ...read more
WASHINGTON, DC — Corporate America’s embrace of sustainability has more than doubled in strength in the past three years with 76 percent of the largest U.S. firms reporting efforts and commitments that exceed those required by law, according to a new study from Siemens Building ...read more
SAN FRANCISCO, CA — The opportunities for sustainable design are everywhere, says Majora Carter, and they are limitless — from the simple act of pruning a tree or crafting a chair from discarded wooden pallets to transforming an urban wasteland into a park.
The key, she ...read more
MELBOURNE, Australia — The Melbourne Convention Center has earned a 6 Star rating under the Green Star certification system of Green Building Council Australia.
The building opened in June as an addition to the Melbourne Exhibition Centre, which is billing the new facility as the greenest ...read more
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