What's Happening

Energy Star Labels for LED Lighting

Energy Star ratings for LED light fixtures, to become effective in September 2008, provide assurance that products have been tested to meet a wide range of performance and durability specifications.
Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008

New Type of Waterless Urinal Cartridge Focus of Lawsuit

A new type of cartridge for waterless urinals uses an elastomeric membrane as a trap and potentially lasts much longer than conventional cartridges. But it has been at the center of a legal settlement in which its manufacturer agreed not to sell it for use with certain urinals.
Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008

Certifying Buildings En Masse

Property management giant CB Richard Ellis is following through on a major commitment to certify 100 buildings through LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance as a pilot participant in USGBC’s volume certification program.
Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008

Gut Rehab Home Goes Platinum

Architect Richard Renner designs the first gut rehab in the Northeast (and the second in the nation) to achieve a Platinum rating in the LEED for Homes rating system.
Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008

Study Links Biobased Products with Emissions

Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008

Federal 2009 Budget a Mixed Bag for Green Building

Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008

IIDA Headquarters Achieves LEED Interiors Certification

Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008

New Jersey Switches from Solar Rebates to Certificates

Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008

Sandy Mendler Joins Mithun to Open San Francisco Office

Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008

CDC Finds Elevated Formaldehyde Levels in FEMA Trailers

Environmental Building News—April 1, 2008
Member Comments

More Solar Gain, Not R-Value, Better for Heating Climates

Steven Konstantino says, “Thermotech has been manufacturing windows with very low U-Values for years and has always addressed solar orientation in selection of...” More...

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pat sapinsley says, “The real solution was discussed in a June 2006 EBN article. Dynamic glazing, which allows solar heat gain to enter...” More...


Boulder County Limits Energy Use for Homes

Kim Calomino says, “The BuildSmart code enacted by Boulder County, Colorado, is unreasonable, impracticable, over reaching, and is going to be very costly...” More...


Universities Gain New Sustainability Reporting Tool

Allyson Wendt says, “A draft of STARS is now available for public comment from AASHE. The public comment period goes through May 9...” More...


How the Sun's Path Can Inform Design

Mark Smith says, “Using the sun instead of roads as the primary organization principle, solar orientation can be applied to production SFD and...” More...


Revolutionary Vacuum Glass Coming from Guardian

Laura Catanzaro says, “What would the R-value be of the frame of such a window?” More...


Incorporate Passive Survivability into Building Codes

Claire Barnett says, “This is a particular strong issue for schools everywhere, since schools are large community facilities often used as shelters in...” More...


LEED Delivers on Predicted Energy Savings

Nadav Malin says, “The complete report based on the data mention in this article is now available for download from New Buildings Institute:...” More...