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Integrated design strategies among architects and roofing contractors generate success in green building. By Michelle Clark Hucal Read More

The Big PictureBuildings produce roughly a third of carbon dioxide emissions and other emissions that harm air quality. Additionally, buildings generate waste during construction and operation; can have poor indoor air quality, affecting worker health; and often don't consider the impact made on the community through increased transportation, sprawl, and cultural and historical impact. Read More

The Big PictureEnergy prices and atmospheric temperatures are rising—putting energy efficiency on everyone’s front burner as a smart environmental and business practice. Reducing energy consumption—particularly from nonrenewable sources—will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and operating, manufacturing, and consumption costs. Read More

As energy prices and atmospheric temperatures continue to rise, energy efficiency techniques and green building practices such as daylighting can help reduce operating and consumption costs -- and slash greenhouse gas emissions as well. Read More

What are the best materials and products to use? To address this question one has to consider the overall life cycle of the materials and of the facility and building site as a whole. Read More

2003 report offers long-range approaches to water conservation in the business sector. Read More

Shows that the pattern of commuting to work in the U.S. did not change dramatically from 1990 to 2000. Read More

Businesses will play a key role in these efforts simply because businesses and industry account for such a large percentage of carbon dioxide emissions. Read More

Agricultural practices, such as tilling soil and managing animal wastes, determine the amount of greenhouse gases that are released into the atmosphere or are sequestered in the biosphere. Read More

Online tool features step-by-step instructions for each phase of the building life cycle. Read More