March/April Products: Ffeaturing Green Roofs and Walls

GreenSource, a magazine devoted to sustainable design, looks at what's new in the marketplace.

By Ron Gallagher • March 6, 2012

New Credits Introduced for LEED Pilot Library

The Library is meant to provide a proving ground for LEED users and to help improve the rating system.

By Ron Gallagher • March 5, 2012

Gilbane Building Co. Wins Top Honors in ASA Houston Awards

Gilbane took awards in five of the American Subcontractors Association chapter's seven categories.

By Ron Gallagher • March 5, 2012

EPA Awards BOMA Energy Star Award

The Building Owners and Manager's Association is receiving the award in recognition of its energy efficiency programs and initiatives.

By Ryan Willumson • March 5, 2012

GREEN LEAD | Green Building News

Tops in the biweekly report from Costar is a comment period on new LEED standards.

By Ron Gallagher • March 2, 2012

Tranwestern Receives Seventh Consecutive EPA Award

The Sustained Excellence Award recognizes efforts toward sustainability and reduced energy consumption.

By Ron Gallagher • March 2, 2012

FEMA Administrator Applauds Green Building as Cornerstone of the Resiliency Agenda

Craig Fulgate keynoted the National Leadership Speaker Series on Resiliency and Security in the 21st Century

By Ron Gallagher • March 1, 2012

EPA Approves Hydrocarbon Refrigerants for Home Appliances

It is also legal to use isobutane, propane and R-441A in stand-alone commercial units.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 28, 2012

On Leadership: An Ode to Maverick, Goose and You

The green building movement feels the need to lead the way.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 27, 2012

Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin’s Chen Is LEED-Certified

Her status gives the law firm an unusual capability to offer industrial clients.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 26, 2012

Project Haiti IV

The design team, new to Haiti, opts to meet the ICC 2009 Building Code.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 23, 2012

GREEN LEAD | Green Building News from CoStar

GREEN LEAD is a Costar.com column on a range of subjects related to green building and LEED.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 17, 2012

How To: Add Solar Energy to a Project and Get it Approved

Alvarez-Glasman & Colvin lawyers talk about entitlements and zoning.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 17, 2012

Primera Terra, a Post-Recession Redesign Success

Its big-unit design outmoded by the down market, the 52-unit condo complex rolled with the punches.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 16, 2012

Congressional Members Introduce Building Efficiency Measure

Bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House would push energy efficiency in federal buildings to save money.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 16, 2012

Chandler City Hall

The Arizona city wanted its seat of government to be an icon of good design and sustainability.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 15, 2012

Green Products for Home Building

GreenSource magazine offers its monthly compilation of environmentally friendly products.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 15, 2012

USGBC Sees Obama Budget Charting Bold Course for Green Building

The organization that certified LEED praises a school retrofit proposal in the spending plan.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 14, 2012

USGBC Preps for 2012 LEED Update

The third public comment period will open March 1, marking the start of the delivery process.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 14, 2012

Sustainability: Coming Development Wave to Include Sophisticated Shading Devices

American building designers are likely to find that energy efficiency can be made in the shade.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 10, 2012

Dynamic or Static?

Exterior sun-shading devices are just starting to attract a following in the United States.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012

Green Building: Self-Reliance Becomes a Movement

Green building is about protecting people and enhancing life, not anything as narrow as "efficiency."

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 9, 2012

New Green Homes in SLC

The newest housing development in Salt Lake City, Utah, is solar-powered, eco-friendly, and geothermal.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 8, 2012

Environmental Service Company to Pay for Lead-Law Violations

Poor training for contractors who took its courses is part of the complaint.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012

Making Benchmarking Mainstream

A campaign for benchmarking is aimed at bringing energy-efficiency thinking to spaces that are not considered now.

By Ron Gallagher • Feb. 7, 2012