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Interesting US Environmental Statistics for the Building Industry.

Here is an interesting tidbit of information I came across: In the United States, buildings are accountable for almost 40% of the energy used in the U.S., Over 70% of the electricity used and almost...

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Reducing Energy Use in Offices to Increase IT Sustainability.

Intel has released an interesting whitepaper entitled Reducing Energy Use in Offices to Increase IT Sustainability. As the white paper explains, Intel has performed some extensive research beginning...

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Are Green Buildings Affordable?

Oxfam Canada Building. Image Credit: Build Green Solutions. This week, the Tyee published an article called ‘Five Myths about Green Building.’ It’s a great article and well worth a read, but the first...

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“Green” is the Way of the Future for UBC

UBC Proposed Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability Building. Image Credit: Perkins and Will. Going green isn’t just good for the environment – it can also generate good publicity.  A...

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Recent Trends in Sustainable and Green Buildings

Green Building Fund Logo. Image Credit: Clean Business Australia initiative, by the Federal Government of Australia. 2011 was crucial for green construction, as it saw the highest rise in green...

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