Design Process
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Design Process
Deep Dives
Get up to speed on complex topics. You can also earn CEUs and download PDF Spotlight Reports.
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Why Post-Occupancy Review Is the Future of Design (And How It Can Serve You Now)
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A radical new paradigm is on the way for engaging with projects after they’re “completed”—and clients couldn’t be happier.
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Design Strategies for Occupant Engagement—and Why They Boost Performance
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Researchers reveal simple ways to empower occupants to reduce energy, water, and waste. It all starts with good design.
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Circular Economy at Scale: Six International Case Studies
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These teams are applying radical life-cycle thinking to entire projects—and redefining what building ownership means in the process.
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Climate Change: Building Industry, You’ve Got This!
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Global warming has legs. Do our commitments to stopping it have teeth?
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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Higher Occupancy, Higher Lease Rates for Green Buildings
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A new study from CoStar Group finds that buildings that carry LEED or Energy Star certifications have higher occupancy rates and lease for more money than their peers.
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AIA Requires Sustainability in Continuing Education
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A new continuing education requirement from AIA stresses environmentally friendly design in CEUs. Meanwhile, some feel that the topic is not present enough in architectural education and testing.
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Utility-Scale Solar Thermal Growing Fast
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New utility contracts confirm that concentrating solar power is one of the fastest growing utility-scale, renewable energy sources in the country.
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Cities Mandate LEED But Not Certification
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Cities that adopt policies requiring private buildings to meet LEED standards-without actual certification-must figure out how to ensure green requirements are being met.
Perspective
Thought-provoking opinions from the most trusted minds in sustainability.
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I’m at Stage Five of 1.5°C Grief
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The 1.5 target is out of reach. I’m convinced that accepting that is the best path forward.
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Field Notes from BuildingGreen’s Integrative Process Facilitators
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As integrative process consultants, we can help owners become better clients.
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“Happy” Earth Day? Here’s What Young People Think
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Three Millennials and ten members of Gen Z share scorching, optimistic, and skeptical thoughts about their future and the future of the planet.
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Want to Love the Future? First, Figure Out What It Looks Like
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Bringing forth a habitable planet will require energy, ambition, and purpose. What will fuel this work? Not data and doomsaying—instead, imagination.
Learning Resources
Syllabus supplements and CEU content, with automatic reporting for AIA and GBCI.
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Just For Fun
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