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Building the House That Ruth Built
Tue Sep 30 00:35:46 EDT 2008
Yankee Stadium is affectionately known as The House That Ruth Built, but in an era when construction relied largely on steam shovels, pile drivers and cranes augmented by muscle power, it was in fact White Construction Company Inc. ...read more
New Credentialing Organization Launched for Green Building Professionals
Mon Jan 07 18:54:07 EST 2008
Building Design & Construction
A newly incorporated entity, the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI), has been established with the support of the U.S. Green Building Council to administer credentialing programs related to green building practice and standards. GBCI was created to develop and administer credentialing programs, such as the LEED Accredited Professional program, aimed at improving green building practice. ...read more
Green Building Pioneer Daniel Tishman Becomes NRDC Board Chair
Mon Jan 07 18:54:07 EST 2008
Building Design & Construction
Green building pioneer Daniel R. Tishman has been selected as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Natural Resources Defense Council, one of the nation’s largest environmental organizations.Tishman has been a member of the NRDC board for ten years. NRDC has 350 lawyers, scientists and other experts and an annual budget of almost $80 million. ...read more
'Self-healing' House: Building-in Earthquake Resistance?
Tue Apr 03 17:00:00 EDT 2007
Science Daily:Construction News
A high-tech villa designed to resist earthquakes by "self-healing" cracks in its own walls and monitoring vibrations through an intelligent sensor network will be built on a Greek mountainside. ...read more
BD+C's Green Buildings Research White Paper
Sat Nov 10 18:38:29 EST 2007
Building Design & Construction
“Green Buildings Research White Paper,” the fifth in a series of annual reports on green building by Building Design+Construction, provides exclusive data on how building owners, operators, facilities directors, and real estate executives view green buildings—and what they are doing to implement green building. ...read more
Science Building Site
Mon Dec 24 03:10:05 EST 2007
Construction continues on the University of Toronto Science Building addition at the Scarborough, Ontario campus. ...read more
Fedrizzi wonders why AIA has no LEED love; says lowest certification level could be phased out
Sat Nov 10 18:38:29 EST 2007
Building Design & Construction
U.S. Green Building Council President and CEO Rick Fedrizzi asked why the American Institute of Architects will not recognize his organization’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building standard at a forum at the council’s Greenbuild conference Wednesday night. ...read more
USGBC launches website to promote green schools
Sat Nov 10 18:38:29 EST 2007
Building Design & Construction
To help educate and encourage construction firms, teachers, and administrators about the benefits of sustainable schools, the U.S. Green Building Council has launched a Build Green Schools website. ...read more
Archbishop Desmond Tutu to keynote Greenbuild conference
Tue Jan 08 13:54:09 EST 2008
Building Design & Construction
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) today announced Archbishop Desmond Tutu as the opening Keynote speaker for USGBC’s annual Greenbuild Conference & Expo. Greenbuild will be held November 17-19, 2008, in Boston. ...read more
Calgary gets first LEED Platinum multifamily residential development
Mon Jan 07 18:54:07 EST 2008
Building Design & Construction
The Vento Residences in downtown Calgary, Alb., illustrate perfectly that living green—deep green, in this case—is possible regardless of scale and budget. The 39,000-sf project, which earned LEED Platinum certification in October from the Canada Green Building Council, is the first multifamily residential project in North America to earn LEED's highest honor. ...read more
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