On a grassy hillside nestled into a live oak woodland ecosystem in the San Francisco Bay Area, a group of elementary students armed with clipboards huddle around a cluster of native vegetation, ...

Sustainability is a word we read and hear about on a daily basis and it is a word that is very misunderstood. Acceptance of the sustainability concept has not been very satisfactory because people ...

ELLENSBURG — Central Washington University is enhancing its campus infrastructure with the construction of the new North ...

Green building methods and sustainable architecture focus on environmentally responsible and energy-efficient construction practices. They aim to minimize negative environmental impacts not only ...

The company's Mountain View, California, offices feature curved roofs and textured solar panels that optimize the hours they can generate electricity. It's just one sustainability feature of the ...

The first Monday of October of every year marks World Architecture Day and World Habitat Day. Celebrated simultaneously, they both seek to shed light on the built environment and its challenges, ...

With growing concerns about the construction industry's contribution to climate change, sustainable design is more important than ever. As the year comes to a close, we toast the best, most ...

A mushroom farm near Nairobi is producing mycelium for building materials that end up as fungi-based panels, a more ...

In the tradition of Building Construction Illustrated, Francis D.K. Ching and Ian M. Shapiro offer a fully illustrated guide to the theory and practice of sustainable design. This guide provides ...

Sustainability goals and budget pressures don’t have to conflict. Integrated, worker-friendly construction technology helps ...

The International Code Council (ICC), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), and the Illuminating Engineering ...

The Argyle, a five-story building in Grand Forks on the corner of Fourth Street and DeMers Avenue, is going to be very, very pretty. It’s been under construction since late spring 2020, and after a ...