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Greening Phoenix

Greening Phoenix
After decades of rampant growth, sustainability is the new frontier.

Photo © Dan Sorensen

The Secret Life of Buildings

The Secret Life of Buildings
Gauge the cumulative impact of a building’s materials and its operations—and they could be the future of green-building

Illustration by Guy Billout

Eco-Curriculum

The New Green U
Design educators are choosing different paths for guiding tomorrow’s architects toward a carbon-free future.

Image © Darren Braun

Eco-Design Risks

Eco-Design Risks
The gray in green: as sustainable design and construction gains momentum, project teams are facing new risks and finding limited solutions.

Image © Denise Ajello

Greening India

Greening India
India’s architectural traditions have always reflected sustainable principles, even if its building codes haven’t. foreign architects are learning this quickly

Image © HOK

Product Certifications Chart

Searching for Clarity Amid Green Certifications
A single leader has failed to emerge among green certifications, but the federal government could change all that

Chart: Design by Shostak Studios

Related WestPac’s $1 billion development of a new base village in Snowmass, Colorado

Won’t You Be My Neighbor?
Even as leed for neighborhood development emerges from nascence, the program has already proven itself versatile and market-friendly

Photo © Related Westpac

The New American Home

Inside the House of the Future
Green technology, wireless connectivity, and less ostentation are just some of the newest home-building trends

Image courtesy National Association of Home Builders

The Genzyme Center

Boston’s Green Revolution
How an old city learns new sustainable tricks

Photo © Anton Grassl Photography

Masdar City, a 2.3-square-mile district of Abu Dhabi

Urban Harvest
Western designers are changing the face of Asia with city-scale green developments.

Image © Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture

Stuttgart central train station

 

Shedding Weight
Today’s public rail facilities acknowledge train depots’ passive-design past while further lessening their impact on the environment.


Photo © Holger Knauf/Ingenhoven Architects

World Birding Center Headquarters

COTE D’Azure
The AIA/COTE top ten was founded to provide much-needed case studies of excellence in sustainable design. Twelve years and widespread acceptance later, the sky’s the limit.

Chesapeake Boathouse

A River Runs Through It
Rivers are still the lifelines of American cities, but in a new age of urbanization, once crowded waterways boast a greener complexion.

Photo © John Jernigan

Attractive meeting room

Living In The Lab
When firms need firsthand evidence that green building strategies work, they turn to their own offices.

Photo © Michelle Litvin

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09/2008 Shedding Weight
Today’s public rail facilities acknowledge train depots’ passive-design past while further lessening their impact on the environment.
07/2008 COTE D’Azure
The AIA/COTE top ten was founded to provide much-needed case studies of excellence in sustainable design. Twelve years and widespread acceptance later, the sky’s the limit.
04/2008 A River Runs Through It
Rivers are still the lifelines of American cities, but in a new age of urbanization, once crowded waterways boast a greener complexion.
01/2008 Living In The Lab
When firms need firsthand evidence that green building strategies work, they turn to their own offices.
07/2007 Pacific University incorporates green building into new buildings [links to: northwest.construction.com]
07/2007 California's Green Building Quarterly Update[links to: california.construction.com]
07/2007 More Owners, A/E/S Professionals Realizing Value of Sustainability [links to: intermountain.construction.com]
07/2007 Chicago, My Kind of Green
The Windy City Presents a Snapshot of The Sustainability Movement's Strengths and Shortcomings.
07/2007 European Vocation
When it comes to sustainable design, Americans have often looked to Europe for expertise, but that’s changing.
06/19/07 USGBC Finds Research Underfunded
0420/07 California's Green Building Quarterly [links to: california.construction.com]
04/2007 The Hidden Life of Green
Sustainable features in buildings don't have to be front and center to have a meaningful impact on performance
03/23/07 Flame Retardant Exposure Linked to Household Dust
03/12/07 On the greenhouse gas trail, one engineer aims beyond "carbon neutral" [links to: architecturalrecord.com]
03/12/07 Following carbon footprints leads architects and consultants to their own doorsteps [links to: architecturalrecord.com]
02/2007 Mandating Green
New Laws Push Sustainable Design into Regulatory Mode [links to: newyork.construction.com]
11/2006 A Group Effort
Architects, designers, and clients embrace an integrated design process.
07/2005 The Pick of the Sustainable Crop.
Lessons learned from AIA Committee on the Environment award winners. [links to: architecturalrecord.com]
06/2005 How is LEED faring after five years of use?
The most successful rating system for green buildings is evolving. [links to: architecturalrecord.com]
03/2005 Giving old buildings a reason to live.
Recycling buildings is an important strategy for going green. Here's how to do it. [links to: architecturalrecord.com]
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