U.S. Bank Plaza in Minneapolis has received Gold certification under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) Rating System.
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The NY14 Passive House Conference and Expo on June 17th will benefit stakeholders working in architecture, construction, climate change mitigation, power supply...
They've saved over 30 million gallons of water, enough energy for 1.7 million Americans per year, and affected over 14 million square feet of property: After mo...
Veolia’s new North American headquarters, at Exchange Place in Boston's Financial District, has received LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors certification by the...
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International has issued its “Top 7 Strategies” for commercial real estate professionals to help make cities...
Believed to be the largest net-zero energy commercial office building in the United States, a 13-story office tower has just been completed in La Jolla, Califor...
An innovative developer of next generation alternative and renewable energy technologies hopes to soon be outfitting high-rise buildings with windows that gener...
Within just decades Dubai has evolved from not much more than a strip of desert and sleepy fishing village into a bustling metropolis with a skyline boasting so...
Due to their size, their density, and the number of tenants and occupants using energy and water every day, high-rises often present the greatest opportunity for sustainability improvements. There are certain green initiatives that are showing up more and more often in office, mixed-use, healthcare, and multifamily towers. Check out these water, environment, and energy conservation measures being deployed by high-rises across the country. Are you keeping up with your peers? As part of a 30-story renovation project, the E. M. Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago replaced 7,800 lighting fixtures...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has released its ranking of the Top 10 States for LEED, the world’s most widely used and recognized green building rating system. The list highlights the regions around the country that are at the forefront of sustainable building design and transformation. Utilizing less energy, LEED-certified spaces save money for families, businesses and taxpayers; reduce carbon emissions; and contribute to a healthier...
Capitol Tower is the first Houston development to be awarded LEED v4 Platinum precertification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and one of only thre...
A new 16-story condominium with 210 units located in Burlington, Ontario, Canada is equipped with geothermal technology for heating and cooling. LJM Development...
The Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM) has launched a sustainability program open to the industry at large to help property managers and other practitio...
The General Motors Renaissance Center – the six-tower office complex that dominates Detroit's skyline and has its own ZIP code – now recycles, reuses or convert...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched LEED v4, the newest version of the LEED green building program, at the annual Greenbuild International Conferen...
CBRE Group, Inc.’s new Global Corporate Headquarters in Downtown Los Angeles is the first commercial office space to be certified under the WELL Building Standa...
605 Third Avenue, a 1.1 million square-foot tower between 39th and 40th streets in Manhattan, has earned the LEED for Existing Buildings (EB) certification at the Gold level by the U.S. Green Building Council, and Park Avenue Plaza, a 1.2 million square-foot building at Park Avenue between 52nd and 53rd streets in Manhattan, has achieved LEED-EB certification at the Silver level. Both properties are owned by Fisher Brothers.
Located in the heart of Midtown, the Fisher Brothers’ buildings are desirable locations for high-profile tenants. In 2012, both buildings earned Energy Star Labels from the United States Environmental Protection Agency for energy efficiency, with 605 Third Avenue earning an Energy Star rating of 80 and Park Avenue Plaza earning a score of 75.
High levels of energy efficiency are all the more important when it comes to high-rise buildings. For the first time ever, a high-rise office tower, located in Vienna, Austria, has achieved the Passive House standard.
The Passive House concept represents today's highest energy standard with the promise of dramaticaly slashing heating energy consumption. A Passive House is a very well-insulated, virtually air-tight building that is primarily heated by passive solar gain and by internal gains from people, electrical equipment, etc. Energy losses are minimized.
The Green Parking Council (GPC) recently announced that it has awarded the 2013 Pioneer Award for Sustainability to Mark Muglich, President of ABM Parking Servi...
As part of New York City Mayor Bloomberg's initiative 'Recycle Everything', a successful organic food waste recycling program has been expanded to select buildi...
