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The Combined Effectiveness of Prefab, Wood, and Passive House
By James Wilson
Recent large-scale projects highlight the beneficial intersections between modular prefabrication, wood construction, and Passive House design.
Let’s Talk: Mainstreaming Transparency Takes More than Letters OP-ED
It will take intensive collaboration across sectors to change an industry and get us safer, better products. Read more »
BREEAM for New Construction Is Coming to U.S.
The rating system, used abroad for decades, offers a flexible alternative to LEED that’s conducive to innovative approaches. Read more »
Manufacturers to Architects: Buy Greener Products or They May Go Away
Designers asked for transparency and got it. Now they need to follow through with specs, say producers. Read more »
New PVC-Free Resilient Flooring Options
Shaw is now offering biobased and recycled PET resilient flooring options for commercial and healthcare applications. Read more »
Sustainability Goals Really Do Lead to High Performance, Say Feds
Energy, water, waste, and operating costs were all lower in buildings targeting higher performance, according to a new study. Read more »
Top Ten Toolkit Helps All Projects Boost Performance
The criteria for the COTE Top Ten awards have been refashioned into a best-practice design guide for use on any project. 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 »
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