Green Building
A Living Museum in Golden Gate Park
24 September 2008 - 12:00pm
Bloomberg.com
Renzo Piano's new Academy of Sciences building in San Francisco is bursting with green technology and alive with plants.
'I Hate Green Architecture'
19 September 2008 - 11:00am
Newsweek
Cathleen McGuigan, Newsweek's architecture critic, is disdainful of the hype surrounding green architecture, particularly because it so often doesn't address the main problems with land use: proximity to jobs and services, and oversized development.
When Housing Market Rebounds, Green Building May Boom
9 August 2008 - 7:00am
Fast Company
The current downturn in the housing industry may be opening the door for a greener upswing.
Broad Green Building Law Passed in San Francisco
6 August 2008 - 6:00am
The San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco has passed some of the strictest green building requirements in the nation, for new construction and renovations.
SF's New Federal Building is Green and Safe, But Is It Good?
25 July 2008 - 5:00am
Slate.com
Witold Rybczynski visits Thom Mayne's new Federal Building in downtown San Francisco. He finds a number of energy conservation innovations at play, but concludes that precious little else is playful or human about the architecture.
How Much Is Green Worth?
27 June 2008 - 12:00pm
Austin Business Journal
A recent conference in Austin, Texas, of real estate appraisers explored how they should incorporate green-building techniques and features into their assessment of properties.
Is New Building Ever Green?
16 June 2008 - 2:00pm
New Orleans Business News
Chevron is moving its New Orleans offices from downtown to a brand new, "eco-friendly" campus- opening up the discussion of whether new construction is ever greener than staying put.
Tornado Clears Way for LEED Platinum Building
13 June 2008 - 10:00am
Kiowa County Singnal
The 5-4-7 Arts Center in Greensburg, Kansas gets a LEED platinum designation- evidence that the town, which was 95% destroyed by a tornado in May, 2006, is making good on its sustainable rebuilding plan.
Waco Debuts Nation's First 'Green' Chamber Building
9 June 2008 - 2:00pm
Waco Tribune-Herald
The Waco Chamber of Commerce is credited with inspiring a renaissance in downtown, developing their new headquarters on a former parking lot. They hope to receive LEED certification - the first U.S. chamber building to receive this designation.
Barn-Raising For the 21st Century
7 June 2008 - 11:00am
Fort Collins Now
An old-fashioned community barn-raising in Masonville, Texas could in fact be a glimpse of the future.
New State Laws Making It Easier To Build Green
12 May 2008 - 11:00am
USA Today
States are helping homeowners who want to have a more eco-friendly lifestyle by overturning homeowner association regulations that ban solar panels and wind turbines.
Inside the Plans for a Carbon-Neutral City in the Desert
12 May 2008 - 6:00am
NPR
This segment from NPR looks at plans for the carbon-neutral Masdar City in Abu Dhabi.
A Micro Approach to A Macro Problem
6 May 2008 - 8:00am
The Washington Post
This article from The Washington Post looks at what local municipalities are doing to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
A Sustainable City Rises From the Rubble
6 May 2008 - 6:00am
NPR
A year after a tornado destroyed the city of Greensburg, Kansas, the city and its residents are bounding back in an economically and environmentally sustainable way.
Green Affordable Housing Complex Opens In Harlem
3 May 2008 - 7:00am
Inhabitat
A new 85-unit apartment building in Harlem shows that affordable housing and green building practices can go hand in hand.
Green Incentives Don't Help Small Businesses
2 May 2008 - 6:00am
Globe St.
While cities are eager to encourage businesses to go green, many government incentive programs are not designed with small businesses in mind.
Green Buildings Need Green Cities
30 April 2008 - 12:00pm
BBC News
While cities are focused on promoting green 'buildings', planners and landscape architects need to advocate more green city planning.
Sustainable Cities Could Save The Planet
29 April 2008 - 9:00am
WorldChanging
A review of the 7th annual EcoCity World Summit reveals some of the ideas and innovations the planners, architects and builders are using to create greener and more sustainable cities.
Building Green in Los Angeles
29 April 2008 - 12:05am
Last Tuesday was a big day for me and an even bigger Earth Day for the City of Los Angeles. After 18 months of meetings, focus groups, workshops, conference calls, briefings, and a lot of collective putting together of heads the City Council unanimously passed a landmark green building ordinance. Three hours later it was signed into law by the Mayor.
Does LEED Have a Big City Bias?
26 April 2008 - 9:00am
CoStar Group
The vast majority of LEED-certified green buildings in the U.S. are located in major cities, leading some to wonder whether there might be an inherent bias in LEED's standards.
