Most Read Construction News of the Week: Concrete tech and green building

Want to know what the next generation of concrete looks like? Check out our most popular reads of the past seven days.

By Brian Warmoth • Feb. 28, 2013

EPA seeks to avoid dissent on looming stormwater rules

The Environmental Protection Agency is due out in June with rules for incorporating stormwater control in low-impact development, and it's lobbying local governments to see the rules favorably.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2013

GSA wants feedback on which green-building rating system to use

A mandatory review is under way by the General Services Administration of whether LEED still works best for the government to build green or if its choice of Green Globes is right.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2013

Defense Dept. report: Green buildings save money

The National Research Council says the Defense Department is on the right track in requiring LEED Silver or better for new construction and large renovations.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 22, 2013

Boxman Studios reusing shipping containers in construction

The company that has been finding uses for shipping containers for five years has decided that the built environment is a business line whose time has come.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 14, 2013

Mandatory energy-reporting for large buildings reaches Minneapolis

Beginning in 2015, the city will require operators of buildings over 50,000 square feet to report energy and water use.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 14, 2013

Mixed-use project in Sydney goes green with vertical gardens

As part of the Australian city's sustainability campaign, developers of One Central Park are incorporating 21 gardens on the walls of the towers.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 13, 2013

Tilt-Up Concrete Assn. touts products' ability to help meet energy code

The trade group says it can be a resource for design professionals and others looking for ways to comply with the 2012 International Energy Conservation Code.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 12, 2013

Guide from ASHRAE explains measuring building efficiency in the long term

The book is a how-to for continuous monitoring and, if desired, steps to track energy and water use and environmental conditions over a building's life.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 12, 2013

Colleges and universities show the way for sustainable buildings.

Not surprisingly, it's institutions of higher education that are in the forefront of creating sustainable buildings and communities.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 12, 2013

GSA has a finger in the wind to gauge public's view on green-building standards

The federal government's construction company and landlord – the General Services Administration – is looking for public input on what system or systems it should recommend at the government's go-to system.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 12, 2013

Building owners, managers OK with energy monitoring – if it's uniform

Benchmarking energy usage benefits the people who pay the bills, but owners and operators are not happy about governments efforts to collect and release the data.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 6, 2013

What comes in a green $1.95M D.C. condo? Lots of velvet

Have a look at the listing. It's like nothing else we've seen.

By Brian Warmoth • Jan. 31, 2013

All it takes for corporations to build green is result on bottom line

Companies have learned rapidly that following eco-friendly policies and practices is likely to have a fast payback.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 29, 2013

Green architecure firm takes its own advice for Atlanta office rehab

Perkins+Will kept 91% of an original office building while turning it into an example of the sustainable design features they encourage their clients to consider.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 28, 2013

N.Y. governor: some coastal areas wrong for reconstruction

Andrew Cuomo suggests using some Sandy relief money to take residents out of potentially hazardous areas.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 27, 2013

Consultant says building green is fading as differentiator in the market

Jerry Udelson, head of a green-building consulting company, says net-zero buildings will become common because the market is coming to expect them.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 23, 2013

Green Building Council tallies the LEED leaders for 2012

The USGBC calculates how many square feet per capita were LEED certified in the states and the District of Columbia.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 23, 2013

Tall buildings, information systems will be topics at ASHRAE 2014 conference

The topics are among ones on which the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Engineers is inviting papers.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 22, 2013

Researchers see bio-tiles banishing ceramic in residential uses

A German lab has developed tiles made from renewable products that are lighter and quieter than ceramic and can be shaped and colored for designers.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 20, 2013

Building an Idaho house from materials nature put in the site

Using a rammed-earth technique called Earthwall, Ward + Blake Architects devised a 6,000-square-foot home that is literally part of its high-valley surroundings.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 16, 2013

Eco-friendly – and tax-abated – townhomes on Lake Erie get building loan

Clifton Pointe Luxury Ecohomes in Lakewood, Ohio, has construction financing for 22 townhomes that will have 100% tax abatements for 10 years.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 13, 2013

Most Read Construction News of the Week: N.Y. crane crash, jobs and Gen. Y

End the week informed. Here are the most popular Construction Dive news posts of the week in a nutshell.

By Brian Warmoth • Jan. 10, 2013

Four-fifths of corporate executives surveyed say the public expects them to be green

U.S. contractors will need to keep growing their green-building expertise as U.S. executives report that green building is what their constituencies expect.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 8, 2013

Modeling system has a bright idea: Illuminate daylight's effects before construction

Daylight is a complex design aspect, and a company that makes translucent building materials has created a website to help design-build professionals see its effects in advance.

By Ron Gallagher • Jan. 2, 2013