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Green building revenue jumped in 2022 with more projects seeking third-party sustainability certifications. Federal spending and new carbon-cutting standards helped advance climate-friendly design, but Top 100 Green Design and Contracting firms say greater isn’t always greener when it comes to environmental impact.

Veteran structural engineer Don Davies has donned an owner-developer's hat to demonstrate how to drastically reduce embodied carbon in buildings.

Five projects awarded for Excellence in Safety and Excellence in Sustainability

The agency picked 273 projects to share in the grants, which are not generally greater than $50 million.

Regulation 28 applies to about 8,000 buildings, but some already meet the energy use requirements.

U.S. General Services Administration announces Custom House project as a "showcase" for sustainable retrofits.

The Green Cement Technology Tracker currently includes only cement producers' carbon-capture projects.

Firms' global revenue hits new peak of $138.9 billion with elevated environmental priorities, more funding and continued sector consolidation, but key risks still hover.

There was a time in which Hawaii’s geographical latitude placed its coral reefs outside the zone of the type of climate-change-induced reef degradation happening in other parts of the world.

Project team for 555 Greenwich St. reflects on the challenges and opportunities of setting a benchmark for sustainable building.