Jason F. McLennan has left an “incredible legacy of brilliant ideas and visions for our future,” says Amanda Sturgeon, the new CEO of the International Living Future Institute, which administers the sustainable-building certification program called the Living Building Challenge.
A new study by Dodge Data and Analytics, published this February in the “World Green Building Trends 2016 SmartMarket Report,” confirms that green design and construction is accelerating as an important global trend.
Located in the heart of the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus, the Frost Music Studios project is part of a $61.5-million master plan that will nearly double the school’s space while preserving its historically significant architectural elements.
The $42-million modernization and renovation effort of the Robert Smith Vance Federal Courthouse—originally built in 1921—aimed to remediate and solve moisture-intrusion problems in the structure’s basement.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on April 18 finalized standards under the Clean Air Act to reduce air pollution associated with oil and natural gas production through hydraulic fracturing.
The U.S. Green Building Council announced recently that its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program now will recognize credits from the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, or BREEAM.