Swiss Re Unveils New Greener Headquarters

Swiss Re has revealed the interior of its new London headquarters -- known to Londoners as the Gherkin building -- to the media. Read More

Bank of America Banks on ‘Green’ Tower in New York

Bank of America has signed an agreement with The Durst Organization to develop the first major midtown Manhattan office project of the new century, which it promises to be a green development. Read More

On Location: GreenBuild 2003

A dispatch from the GreenBuild 2003 conference in Pittsburgh, Pa. By Matt Lounsbury Read More

Green Gains: Where Sustainable Design Stands Now

What does it mean for a building to be green? Answers to questions that facility executives are still asking. By David Kozlowski Read More

New Wind Turbine Offers Cleaner, Quieter Ventilation

Designer Mike Rainbow and his colleagues at the Harare, Zimbabwe, office of engineering firm Ove Arup have developed a wind turbine able to rival electricity as a power source for ventilation. Read More

New Railway-Track Lubricant Made from Soybeans

Norfolk Southern Railway is using a new, environmentally preferable track lubricant made from soybeans. Read More

Ford, Alcan Launch Closed-Loop Aluminum-Recycling Program

Ford Motor Company and Alcan Inc. have launched the North American automotive industry's first "closed-loop" recycling program for aluminum sheet scrap. Read More

Eco-Intelligence: Nike Transforms the Textile Industry

How does a company with annual revenues in the billions and more than 700 contract factories worldwide profitably integrate ecology and social equity into the way it does business, every day and at every level of operation? Ask Nike. By William Mcdonough and Michael Braungart Read More

New Basel Treaty Guidelines to Improve Recycling of Old Batteries

In an effort to reduce the global risk of lead poisoning, the Basel Convention on hazardous wastes has finalized a set of guidelines promoting the environmentally sound recycling of spent lead-acid batteries - the number one source of secondary lead in the world. Read More

Environmentalism and Technology

Wait a minute, you might say: it’s environmentalism against technology? Positioning environmentalism against technology, however, has its problems. Read More