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The unique bed and breakfast and green building showcase aims to redefine the limits of green urban design—everywhere.
New York City's triangular-shaped buildings are notorious for being problematic sites for solar...
Aug 13, 2012
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Natural gas proponents say a plan to zero out fossil-fuel use from a half a million federal buildings could harm its reputation as a cleaner fuel.
The natural gas industry and some allies are working behind the scenes in Washington to block a...
May 21, 2012
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Modifications to the city's century-old zoning law to promote energy efficient and solar-powered buildings will save residents $800 million a year.
The New York City Council this week adopted the country's most sweeping green building plan,...
May 4, 2012
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Long-delayed effort by EIA will quantify a decade of energy efficiency gains and focus decision-makers around higher standards.
The recent explosion of efficiency efforts across the country has slashed energy use in U.S....
Mar 7, 2012
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Report based on DOE's revised long-term projections of energy consumption in the building sector points to dramatic impact of energy efficiency.
Architecture 2030, a building sector research and advocacy group, issued a report last week...
Feb 1, 2012
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Under GOP attack for his Keystone XL delay, Obama goes with his base—and the clean economy. Cap and trade loses favor, and solar fights for a key subsidy.
Unions and oil companies painted President Obama as a jobs destroyer for his decision to delay the...
Dec 2, 2011
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Vaguely written legislation keeps local governments from putting federal funds to use and creating green jobs.
An energy conservation subsidy that was enacted during the Bush administration is sitting largely...
Dec 1, 2011
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Ramped-up manufacturing of 'dynamic' glass technologies could bring domestic jobs back to a long-suffering industry
Glassmaking in America has been in decline for at least a decade as manufacturers have moved...
Aug 15, 2011
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So far, only five agencies have shown significant progress toward making 15% of their buildings more sustainable by 2015
WASHINGTON—The federal government counts so many buildings in its inventory that each of the 482,...
Aug 1, 2011
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The city's real estate industry is spearheading a first-of-its-kind green building initiative to help boost property values and lure businesses
Seattle is greening its cityscape in a bid to boost its sluggish real estate market — all while...
Jul 22, 2011
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