How outcome-based energy and emissions mandates are reshaping retrofit strategies, lighting controls, and long-term compliance planning for electrical contractors ...

The US Green Building Council, which develops and administers the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, has certified nearly 5,000 green buildings since 2000 (ref. 5). US ...

SKOKIE, IL - As part of the Portland Cement Association's (PCA) effort to lead the way towards new standards in sustainability that promise safer, more secure and more energy-efficient buildings, the ...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) created the LEED green building program in 2000, which certifies structures built and maintained under specific environmental criteria. Today, there are more ...

Building performance standards are being successfully implemented in Boulder, Colorado; Tokyo; the United Kingdom; and the Netherlands. Building performance standards are being successfully ...

Requirements for certification of buildings according to the NZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Buildings) energy efficiency standard have come into force in Ukraine. The Ministry of Development of Communities ...