Engineering Green Buildings

Imagine a built environment where buildings are never demolished. Instead, at the end of their useful life, they are deconstructed and recycled. Michigan State researchers are trying to make that happen.

In a breakthrough for underdeveloped areas of the world, an international team of scientists has developed a thermogalvanic brick that generates electricity when the two exposed faces of the brick are maintained at different temperatures.

Has the Green Building movement already won? 'Hell, no!' says our erstwhile sustainability expert. Here's why, as he looks ahead.

With apologies to the creators of a beloved Christmas carol, our whimsical sustainability columnist updates a familiar tune with his trademark humor.

Chinese researchers at the Universities of Colorado and Wyoming have developed a new 'metamaterial' that has the ability to cool objects – even in direct sunlight – without consuming energy or water.

Campus-wide HVACR upgrades had been underway for years, but the final piece finally came online last spring.

Ideal for hotels, schools and hospitals, the practice reclaims the energy lost during heating and cooling from air or water applications via an enthalpy wheel or ventilator.

Our sustainability writer has been trying to do the right thing with the vehicle he drives, but recent research confirms that traction power batteries are still a problem.

Looking to raise the global Living Standard, USGBC gathered in Chicago to explore the connection of the built environment to climate change, health, human rights and equity.

New program complements LEED to verify the achievement of net zero goals and to signal market leadership among green buildings