McGraw-Hill Construction's Websites and Engineering News-Record Magazine Win Four Neal Awards. American Business Media names Engineering News-Record 'Best News Coverage' winner, ArchitecturalRecord.com and GreenSourceMag.com are the 'Best Websites,' and ArchitecturalRecord.com wins 'Best Online Article or Series' award . Read on

GreenSource wins FOLIO: magazine’s 2007 Ozzie Awards for “Best Design, New Magazine,” and “Best Overall Design” in the business-to-business category. Read on

The planning and design of sustainable buildings demands the adoption of an extremely collaborative model work model. To get it right, the owner, architects, engineers, and consultants must gather around the table earlier and more often than they might ordinarily. Debate about decisions is typical. Maybe not everyone gets what they want every time. It’s a matter of trust and making the most of everyone’s talent.

A check of GreenSource’s masthead reveals something that might seem strange at first glance. Some of us are from BuildingGreen, Inc., others from Architectural Record, while others are from McGraw-Hill Construction, of which Record is a part. How does that work? And, what is Shostak Studios?

Well, GreenSource is made in a collaborative process that is similar to a well-designed sustainable building. We are separate companies that meet frequently to collaborate and create this wonderful magazine and its Web site. BuildingGreen has nearly two decades of experience publishing such vehicles as Environmental Building News and the GreenSpec Directory. The McGraw-Hill Construction team has the active participation of five of Architectural Record’s editors. Between us, we have decades of experience as practitioners in the fields of architecture and engineering, not to mention publishing. We’re all backed by Record’s art director and McGraw-Hill’s sales and production staff. The extremely talented people from New York-based Shostak Studios gives each issue its distinctive graphic look, laying out the articles and refining their original design concept. Although BuildingGreen is located in Vermont and Record is in New York, in 2007 we’ll meet face to face at least five times to evaluate projects, lay out articles, and debate where GreenSource is going next. That doesn’t sound like much, but we communicate frequently through dozens of phone calls, hundreds of emails, and many versions of each article fly back and forth among all of us each time we publish.

Like successful building-design teams, we trust and respect one another. We share a willingness to try new things, ambitions to improve what we make, and a desire to please our readers—our clients, if you will. It seems to work. Earlier this year Folio: magazine gave GreenSource awards for editorial content and design, and the magazine has won a Neal Gold Award from American Business Media for best startup magazine.

Thanks for getting to know us. And, as always, we welcome your ideas, comments, and suggestions. Feel free to send them to us at greensourcemag@mcgraw-hill.com.

The Editors

Case studies	Interior case study	Feature	Currents	Policy watch	People watch	Earth watch	Products	Opinion	News	Tech Feature
July/ August 2008
4 projects	One project	European expertise: is it transferable? What are the culture, climates and client regulations in Europe?	Olympics		Interview		Roundup (Neocon)			Water issues for buildings
Oct/Nov 2008
4 projects	One project	Financing green: how to do it and new accounting models	LEED	Candidate platforms	Interview		Roundup			Vegetated surfaces

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