The USGBC’s LEED system (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) is only one of several sustainability programs in construction, but it has become a very important one. Increasingly, some types ...

“Build green. Everyone profits.” That's the message touted by the U.S. Green Building Council to promote its LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Green Building Rating System, a ...

Northwest concrete and cement interests have been working hard during the last several years to both educate themselves on green building practices and to share with the construction community the ...

How "green" are the commercial and institutional buildings where you spend time? Is there a way to determine and measure their energy efficiency and environmental friendliness? Thanks to the U.S.

TOWAMENCIN — With the future of North Penn High School now being planned, the school’s current students are looking for ways the future school could take the LEED. Members of the high school’s EnAct ...

In 2003, the Dallas City Council mandated that all new facilities owned and operated by the city achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Silver certification as a fundamental ...