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An English Major Finds a Career in Green-Building
Michael Favicchio tells Tony Brown’s story about how he transitioned a new university graduate with a degree in English to a green building project manager at Chapman Construction in Newton, MA. by...
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Green Demolition: Building Green from the Ground Up – A Vital Side of...
A look a why green demotion is an important part of the sustainability equation, how to go about it and how to keep your cost down. by Toni Renee “T.R.” Vierra LEED®-AP, CGBP, Vierra Environmental...
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Sustainable Facilities – The Standard of the Future
Much like the term “fast track” that was popular several years ago, the terms “sustainable” and “energy efficiency” should be part of every building design. You don’t hear the term “fast track”...
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Return on Investment for Green / LEED Projects
PNC Bank Headquarters in Washington, D.C.is currently aiming for LEED-NC Platinum rating. Copyright: Gensler and PNC Bank Green buildings provide long-term savings and solid returns on investments....
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How Sustainable is “Green Building”?
While the terms green and sustainable are often used interchangeably, not all green building techniques are sustainable. Green building encourages the reduction of harmful impacts that buildings have...
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Green Building Law – Is Your Lawyer Ready?
The wave of green litigation has arrived. This means more third party challenges, mushrooming building interest group litigation, and private litigation with a green tinge. These suits will involve...
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Green Building is for Conservatives: A Financial Case
Our buildings are central to our lives, and we put a tremendous amount of our wealth and skills into making them. The modern green building movement is a highly tuned, intensive, and measured approach...
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Did You Know You Can Challenge LEED Certification?
by Christopher Cheatham is the managing partner of Cheatham Consulting. Chris is also the publisher of the acclaimed Green Building Law Update. I am going to be honest with you, I have been sitting on...
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Green MBA Success: Meet Adam D. Granz, Energy Efficiency Program Manager at...
As part of our Green MBA Success Series, I am interviewing Green MBA graduates who have make a transition into a green career using their degrees to uncover what steps they took to achieve this...
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Green Building and The Coming Renaissance of Electrical Contracting
In the coming years, electrical contractors will transition into “energy contractors” to support the fast-growing green construction market. There has been a revival of interest in the electrical...
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Integrated Project Delivery Management Practices: A Growing Trend in the...
Developers and facilities owners nationwide are spearheading the Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) movement in the design and construction management industry. Due to long-term ownership and aggressive...
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Five “Green” Retrofits Electricians Should Be Pitching to Drive Business
A fast growing segment of the green construction market is building retrofits, or energy efficient renovations. Here we present five green retrofits electricians should pitch to drive business: energy...
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The REAL Reason that Engineers Resist Going Green
Many engineers are afraid to implement green strategies because of lack of familiarity and fear of the risks involved with doing so. by Bob Faulhaber, PE, LEED AP, Founder/Owner of Faulhaber...
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Green Roofs are Starting To Sprout in American Cities
Long a proven technology in Europe, green roofs are becoming increasingly common in U.S. cities, with major initiatives in Chicago, Portland, and Washington, D.C. While initially more expensive than...
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The Green Building Adoption Rate is Slow, Find Out The Practical Reasons Why
Despite all the headlines, and a bit of hype, in the world of commercial real estate, the number of green buildings is relatively very small and not growing at a significant rate. Only 2% of all new...
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3 HVAC Cleantech Startups Making Major Energy Efficient Moves
With heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems using more building energy use than lighting and IT combined, they can have a major impact when it comes to how sustainable a building is....
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The Top 20 Green Building Trends for 2011
A list of top green building trends for 2011 is provided by Green building consultant, Jerry Yudelson and Tom Breunig, director of marketing, of Earth Advantage Institute. The green building industry...
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Can’t Just Build Green. You Have to Sell Green Too
With LEED certified projects growing in popularity, green can be a major selling point to investors and tenants alike. These initiatives not only offer significant and measurable savings in terms of...
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The Extraordinary Growth of Green Building – A Rebuttal to The Green Building...
In this a rebuttal post to The Green Building Adoption Rate is Slow, Find Out The Practical Reasons Why, Richard argues that in fact the growth rate has been very high, citing for example that in late...
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In Defense of LEED
A pending lawsuit alleges that the USGBC and its LEED standards are false advertising. Bob Faulhaber, who is himself a LEED, AP defends this green building certification system pointing out how it has...
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