The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its ranking of the top 10 countries for LEED outside of the United States, demonstrating the global reach of the movement that is transforming the ...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Washington-based global developer of the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) green building program, has opened the first public comment ...

The U.S. Green Building Council is updating its standards to account for rising seas and other effects of higher temperatures. A sustainable building rating system promoted by state and federal ...

Massachusetts tops the ranking of last year's “top 10 states for green building,” followed by Illinois and New York, according to the U.S. Green Building Council, which developed the popular LEED ...

The Center for Academic Success and Engagement (CASE), which opened in the heart of CU Boulder’s Main Campus last summer, has been awarded LEED Gold status by the United States Green Building Council.

Designing and constructing sustainable buildings has become a mainstream expectation of most building owners. Whether for reduced energy costs, higher returns on investment, or as an organizational ...

Very interesting article in the New York Times today about LEED buildings falling short of green goals. One of the problems with LEED (though Slate spells out a few more) is that it just relates to ...

San Francisco's iconic spire just turned green; the Transamerica Pyramid isn't changing colors - but changing the way it functions. "The Transamerica Pyramid now produces its own electricity with an ...

Certified buildings include the Highland Bridge Medical Office, a 60,000-square-foot multitenant medical office building (LEED v4 Building Design and Construction (BD+C) Silver) and The Collection, a ...

Judging by its energy usage, the School Without Walls in the District of Columbia may actually have no walls: It scores a 16 out of 100 on the EnergyStar scale, which ranks buildings by energy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ball State freshman Andrew Hopkins works on homework in the lobby of the David Letterman Communication and Media Building at Ball ...

Four buildings at Miami University have been recently certified as LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Gold or Silver rated. Miami’s LEED-certified buildings now total 29: four LEED ...