Case Studies: GreenSource’s project case studies provide in-depth, data-rich reports on sustainable design and green-building performance. With our new Green Building Project Search, find case studies from our archives using criteria from LEED score to products used in the project.
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Haute Écologie:
Every month, in our newest Web-exclusive feature, GreenSource selects a different home for an online tour that highlights its sustainable elements. This month, we visit a house perched on a 150-foot cliff overlooking the historic port of Athens, Greece, and designed by U.S.-based pldp architects.
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Function Follows Form: In Los Angeles, Marmol Radziner designs a conference center for an organization that plants trees and promotes water conservation. The project features a soaring roof that multitasks to green effect.
Illustration by Bryan Christie Design
Building Information Modeling: We examine how BIM software is changing the way architects, engineers, and contractors work together, increasing efficiency while opening the door to innovative green design solutions.
Photo © Dianna Snape
Holding Buildings Accountable: Passed in 2002, the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) holds great promise for increasing energy performance continent wide, but it has suffered from an uneven implementation and yielded an eyebrow-raising number of failing grades.
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Council House 2 / Photo © Dianna Snape
Case Studies: GreenSource goes abroad this month with our first-ever international issue. Among our sustainable world tour stops are a high-concept government building in Melbourne and the World Wildlife Fund headquarters in the Netherlands.
Project Search: With our new Green Building Project Search, find case studies from our archives using criteria from LEED score to products used in the project.
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Holding Buildings Accountable: Passed in 2002, the European Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPBD) holds great promise for increasing energy performance continent wide, but it has suffered from an uneven implementation and yielded an eyebrow-raising number of failing grades.
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This month GreenSource traces the evolution of the World Green Building Council and explores the frontiers of India’s sustainable-building breakthroughs. Plus, read our Web-exclusive Best Green Houses and Solution of the Month features, and browse our expanding video catalogue.
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Peoplewatch: Maude Barlow warns about the oft-overlooked dangers surrounding the world’s dwindling supply of fresh water. Rearview: Architect Ken Yeang pushes the sustainable envelope with the upcoming Solaris skyscraper in Singapore, featuring a spiraling, mile-long planted surface.
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Illustration by Bryan Christie Design Building Information Modeling:
We examine how BIM software is changing the way architects, engineers, and contractors work together, increasing efficiency while opening the door to innovative green design solutions.
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WES5 Tulipo Wind Turbine
International Products: GreenSource’s international issue looks abroad for several cutting-edge green products, including Canadian wind turbines, Danish refrigerators, and sun-tracking louvers from the U.K.
Do you have questions about what’s new in LEED 3.0? Scot Horst, senior VP of LEED at the U.S. Green Building Council, will answer your questions and respond to your comments in our LEED forum. |
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New in our video library: A conversation with Jason McLennan, the president of the Cascadia Green Building Council and creator of the Living Building Challenge, a sustainable building guideline that he says outpaces LEED standards.
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