New and noteworthy

BuildingGreen Announces Top 10 Products for 2019

Our selection of innovative Top 10 product selections promote alternative energy use, reduce carbon emissions, and improve product life cycles. Read more »

International Green Construction Code Now Meshes with LEED

IgCC 2018 crafters hope to dispel confusion and increase uptake with rating system harmonization. Read more »

Guest Blog:

The Sustainable Spec Language You Should Be Using

By Anne Hicks Harney

Selecting the greenest products doesn’t do any good unless strong specifications support your choices. Here’s some language you can use. Read more »

Beautiful Maps of Dying Places

The Atlas for the End of the World illustrates the increasingly lethal interface between civilization and nature. Read more »

Resilient Design and the Standard of Care

Designing for climate change adaptation may be prudent for legal reasons. Read more »

LEED’s Resilient Design Pilot Credits Bounce Back

The resilient design pilot credits were taken down temporarily but have returned—with a few changes. Read more »

Health Is a Top Driver of Green Building

On par with cost savings, occupant health comes in first place globally in the latest Dodge green building survey. Read more »

Health Product Declaration Collaborative Teams Up with USGBC

A strategic partnership between HPDC and the U.S. Green Building Council aims to scale material transparency. Read more »

Materials Transparency & LEED WEBCAST

In this 50-minute webcast, BuildingGreen President Nadav Malin will show you which LEED v4 Materials & Resources (MR) credits your project can easily achieve, and what you need to know to get them. Read more »