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Deep Dives
Get up to speed on complex topics. You can also earn CEUs and download PDF Spotlight Reports.
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Three Imperatives to Create the Future of Green Building
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The industry will be in a better place a decade from now if we master these skills.
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Green Design: What’s Love Got to Do with It?
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Beauty, place-making, and even love are motivating many green designers, who see these values complementing core sustainability tenets.
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How to Build Green At No Added Cost
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Avoiding cost premiums on green projects is not only possible: it's a good idea, focusing design teams on simple, effective designs that can deliver savings for years to come.
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Go with the Flows: The Promise and Peril of Hygrothermal Modeling
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Tools modeling heat and moisture flows in building envelopes, such as WUFI, offer vital information for architects and engineers-but their misuse can do harm.
Quick Takes
Jump straight to the essentials with these short explanations of green building concepts.
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Product Guidance
Unbiased information from our product experts helps you separate green from greenwash.
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In The News
We break news down to the essentials and provide expert analysis.
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High Perceived Cost of Green Persists, Says Survey
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Three recent surveys offer insight into the growing green building industry. One found that, despite evidence to the contrary, perceptions about the high cost of green remain unchanged.
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Healthcare May Take LEED in New Directions
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The draft of the LEED for Healthcare covers new ground for a LEED rating sytem, including requiring integrated design and offering a credit for avoiding certain chemicals. If approved by the members of the U.S. Green Building Council, these concepts may find their way into other LEED rating systems.
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BIM Companies Acquiring Energy Modeling Capabilities
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Major building information modeling (BIM) software companies Autodesk and Bentley Systems have announced acquisitions that will give them energy modeling and other sustainable design capabilities.
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NAHB Launches National Green Building Program
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The National Association of Homebuilders has unveiled its National Green Building Program, along with a Certified Green Professional program.
Perspective
Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.
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Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary
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Fifty years out, the increased awareness of the environment is heartwarming and the accomplishments significant, but our challenges are greater than ever.
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After the Pandemic, What’s Next for the Building Industry?
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How will the AEC industry—what we build and how we work—change post-pandemic? We asked leading lights in the green building world.
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Architecture Awards Reflect Changing Priorities
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This year’s Pritzker, Gold Medal, and AIA Firm Award all reveal a new day dawning in architecture.
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“Code Red” IPCC Report: What It Means for the Building Sector
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The IPCC has an emergency message: buildings need to change. Now.
Learning Resources
Syllabus supplements and CEU content, with automatic reporting for AIA and GBCI.
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