Say what you want about the ongoing arms race in LEED points, but there will always be a good and valid reason why these buildings and spaces are awarded with a Platinum rating, the highest credential given by USGBC. Take…
Green building, for the most part, has been confined to First World nations, and for a good reason. Highly industrialized countries are owning up to their intensive energy use and massive carbon footprint, and if there’s anyone who should be…
You’ve probably heard of the EPA warning that indoor air is worse than outdoors—sometimes as much as (exhale slowly) five times more toxic. They’re not kidding. Outdoors, the air is free to circulate, oxygen abounds, pollutants disperse, and nature generally takes it…
When we think of parking lots, we think of drab, boring, even ugly spaces permanently set in cement. The fate of parking lots is to act as an intermediary: a place where we temporarily leave our cars so we can…
Green building makes up a small proportion of China's construction industry, but government targets may give sustainable building a boost over the next five years. Green Building is on the rise in China as benefits of the Leadership in Energy…
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Singapore has been taking significant strides in the green building sector as they have realized the immense economic benefits that come from their green investments. They have been working on a number of projects, but some of their most notable projects…
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