"Green" building myth: Building "green" is more expensive. While it may be true that "green" products may initially cost more than their non-green counterparts, many green building designs, strategies ...

ESF and partner organizations will sponsor the 13th annual New York State Green Building Conference in Syracuse March 12 and 13. Each year, the professional conference draws hundreds of attendees to ...

The need for sustainable and healthy living has never been more urgent than it is today. With the rising threat of climate change and the growing concern for public health, we need to consider how we ...

Washington, D.C.--Applying for and winning LEED certification is one thing, but what happens during the long life of a building afterward? Washington, D.C.–Applying for and winning LEED certification ...

A few years ago, green building was considered by many as a niche field with limited practical application. Today, green-building features are often part of the standard conversation about new ...

The International Code Council is developing an Inspector of Green Building Technologies certification exam to demonstrate a code official's ability to understand the application of green building ...

The largest user of energy in the US isn’t transportation (27 percent) or industry (25 percent) but buildings, which are responsible for 48 percent of our consumption. Shouldn’t be too surprising, ...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the International Code Council (ICC) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding that forges a stronger relationship between the two organizations in order to ...

In a recent post to the DJC’s Green Building Blog, I covered some of the latest efforts at transparency showcased last fall at GreenBuild 2013, the annual international conference organized by the U.S ...

The picture on green building is getting clearer: Green building is growing around the world and quickly becoming an industry standard. A new research study conducted by McGraw-Hill Construction on ...