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LONDON, Aug. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- This BCC Research report is on the the U.S. market for green building materials. Includes forecasts through 2019. Use this report to:- Receive information about types of green building technologies.- Analyze the - Receive information about types of green building technologies. - Analyze the potential U.S. markets for these technologies. - Gain insight into patents and patent applications in different green building technologies and uses. - Learn about profiles of There was no project like it when Rycon Construction Inc. built the nation's first certified “green” dormitory on Carnegie Mellon University's campus in 2003. Since then, John Sabatos has watched green building become mainstream. Rycon's president and When looking for information on natural green building, Inhabitat is an excellent source of ideas with slide shows of many unique sample buildings found in remote parts of the world. Be kind to the planet as well as avoid becoming a slave to high mortgage Designers in Little’s Charlotte, N.C., office test drive a project design using two virtual reality methods: the Unity gaming engine combined with the Oculus Rift headset, and stereo panoramic renderings viewed on a smartphone using Google Cardboard. Among the steps Pennswood has taken: It constructed a personal care (assisted living) building with LEED gold certification, the second highest level given by the U.S. Green Building Council; it installed a geothermal heating and cooling system for some .

I'm proud to be president of the organization that's leading the world's green building movement, the U.S. Green Building Council. Part of my responsibility is to distill our business case for green buildings into an easily understandable phrase. An Australian Trade Commissioner based in Shanghai points to the manifold export opportunities created by China’s ongoing green building boom. Efforts by China to alleviate the environmental degradation caused by the country’s multi-decade development Dr. Matt Trowbridge, a University of Virginia physician and professor, and research partner Chris Pyke, of the U.S. Green Building Council, aim to take the concept of building for health and apply it to the mainstream construction industry. The UVa School Conservation measures include turf conversions, low-flow fixtures in student housing and other buildings, and a switch to recycled water in four campus cooling towers that will save 61 million gallons of potable water a year. •Green buildings — UCD .