Green Building & Design

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 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 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. 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. Going green starts with people who urge businesses and local governments to make strides toward a better future. The notion of green building is growing in momentum, and for due reason. Buildings account for 39% of total energy use in the US and 12% of .

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 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that Canada has topped its international rankings of the Top 10 Countries for LEED. The list highlights countries outside of the U.S. that are making significant strides in sustainable .

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