Structural Integrity: Patching Up Group Homes and Transforming Lives
By Ken Budd
February 14, 2024
This past December, Building New Foundations brought more than holiday cheer to a group home for girls ages 7 to 17. They brought screwdrive...
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New USGBC Research Explores Green Building Industry’s Role in Improved Health
By USGBC
April 29, 2019
As part of its Living Standard initiative, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released a new U.S. public research report titled "Standa...
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San Francisco Works Toward 100% Renewable Electricity by 2030
By Joanna Masterson
April 22, 2019
San Francisco Mayor London N. Breed announced a plan to transition private commercial buildings of 500,000 square feet and larger to 100 per...
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NYC Announces ‘Green New Deal’
By Joanna Masterson
April 22, 2019
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio announced $14 billion in investments to ensure a nearly 30 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Green Buildings Go Beyond Environmental Conservation
By Lior Zitzman
April 13, 2019
Buildings use almost 40% of the total energy consumed in the United States and generate 30% of the nation’s greenhouse emissions. The high e...
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Elevators Take Sustainable Smart Cities to the Next Level
By Chris Smith
March 8, 2019
From electric cars to solar panels, technology has been at the forefront of innovation in sustainability efforts. As greenhouse gas emission...
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Building Benchmarks Address Resiliency
By Joanna Masterson
January 30, 2019
The International Code Council and the Alliance for National and Community Resilience released the first of a series of building benchmarks ...
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USGBC Announces all LEED Certified Green Buildings Eligible for LEED Recertification
By USGBC
January 23, 2019
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that it will begin offering LEED recertification for all LEED certified projects. To be el...
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D.C. Mandates 100 Percent Renewable Power by 2032
By Joanna Masterson
January 10, 2019
Local lawmakers voted unanimously to pass legislation mandating utilities power Washington, D.C., with 100 percent renewable electricity by ...
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How to Create a Healthier Building Environment
By Tryggvi Thorsteinsson and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir
December 18, 2018
Sustainable buildings and construction have a lot of benefits to the environment, as well as humans. Sustainable buildings minimize waste wi...
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Nearly half of the 2,000 architects, engineers, contractors, owners, consultants and investors participating in Dodge Data & Analytics’ World Green Building Trends 2018 SmartMarket Report report that more than 60 percent of their construction projects will be built “green” by 2021.