Our homes, schools, offices and factories emit 40% of the world’s greenhouse gases by consuming voracious amounts of electricity to heat, cool, light and power appliances, says Katie McGinty, vice president and chief sustainability and...
BASF is a pilot partner for the Embodied Carbon in Construction Calculator (EC3), a free, open-source online tool designed to easily calculate the carbon emissions of building materials. The EC3 tool launched...
During the annual Greenbuild conference in November, the U.S. Green Building Council launched Insight, a new data-driven tool that highlights building project design features that can lead to better performance. Insight is...
DuPont announces a set of DuPont™ Tedlar™ Wallcovering designs for the healthcare segment. DuPont™ Tedlar® films have been used as wallcovering for healthcare facilities for over 35 years, but now there are...
On Jan. 22, the U.S. Green Building Council announced that its newest version of the LEED green building program, LEED v4.1, is open for registration for both new construction projects as well as interior...
Armstrong Ceiling Solutions has added its Dune™ and Mesa™ lines of acoustical ceiling panels to its portfolio of Sustain® Ceiling Systems. The new additions bring to 1,025 the number of Armstrong high-performance ceiling and...
CarpetCycle is closing the loop on carpet recycling with the creation of Quiet-Tech, an acoustic carpet insulation made from 85–90% post-consumer recycled materials. With nearly 4 billion pounds of carpet entering the waste stream each...
The ICC/ASHRAE 700-2015 National Green Building Standard has been approved by the American National Standards Institute and is available for public use. This third edition preserves the standard’s tradition as the industry benchmark for residential...
During the prolonged housing downturn, green homes provided support to the ailing residential market and now promise to be an important element of the recovering market as well, according to a new study conducted by...
Find Articles & Insights, Details & Drawings, Photos, and Specifications.
