Passive solar design features have helped define what energy-efficient buildings look like. Have newer design practices left them behind?
Passive solar design features have helped define what energy-efficient buildings look like. Have newer design practices left them behind?
Furniture constantly touches our skin and can emit VOCs directly into our breathing zones. These five steps will help you make safer, greener choices.
Any sealant can perform well in the right application, but knowing which to pick for your job is another thing. Our guide to sealants and how to use them.
Blower-door testing of the nearly complete Brattleboro Food Co-op building shows it to be remarkably tight.
Chemical and plastics trade groups claim the federal government should stop using LEED. BuildingGreen separates the facts from the fabrications.
Recognizing that GDP has significant limitations, Vermont has become the first state to formally embrace a "genuine progress indicator" as a metric of well-being.
Although exterior paints have moved beyond lead and the most toxic solvents, new coatings contain biocides that may pose a different set of concerns.
Glazing and window manufacturers showed off some highly innovative products at the 2012 AIA Convention in Washington, DC
BuildingGreen goes to town! On our way to D.C. for this year's AIA Convention, we stopped in NYC for a tour of the Bank of America tower that took us from the subterranean depths to the highest heights.
As the small wind turbine market feels the pain of temporary holds on state incentive programs, turbine certification could bring the stability and improve the market’s reputation.
