The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is on track to release an updated set of Green Guides that are used by the agency to enforce environmental marketing laws ...

A bigger tax deduction for energy-efficiency improvements would benefit the troubled commercial real estate (CRE) sector and help prevent climate change, according ...

You've heard about it for years now—everyone’s interested in being green. But do you really know how your personal choices are adding up? What ...

For its August issue, Vanity Fair surveyed 90 leading architects, critics, and deans to identify the "greatest buildings of the last 30 years." Based on 52 ...

We expect much from buildings and often take them for granted, particularly regarding the role that buildings play in our overall energy consumption. A ...

The New York Times' Thomas Friedman has written repeatedly about the economic challenges facing our country as we struggle to make the transition to an ...

On March 4, 2010, Senators Jeff Merkley of Oregon and Mark Pryor of Arkansas introduced legislation to create the Building Star program, which would ...

OAKLAND, CA — Despite rapidly developing technology to support and manage facilities, office buildings in the U.S. are falling behind the curve when it ...

While more Maryland builders and businesses are embracing environmentally friendly practices, executives at The Tower Cos. know most have a ways to go to reach their ...

We have all seen the numbers. Buildings account for 40 percent of energy usage, nearly 40 percent of total CO2 output and 12 percent of ...