Green building has been gaining momentum in the U.S. as a design protocol and measurement standard for building performance, quality and value. So why is green building lagging in the public sector? By David Gottfried
World-class speakers, a multitude of panels on every topic imaginable, awards ceremonies and product announcements: here's what to expect at next week's Greenbuild 2007, the country's biggest gathering of green buildings professionals in a city that's striving to be the greenest of them all.
With benchmarking and a long-term view on energy efficiency upgrades, USAA saves more than $1 million annually at its San Antonio headquarters. By Abigail May
What does it mean for a building to be green? Answers to questions that facility executives are still asking. By David Kozlowski
Xcel Energy, Colorado's largest utility company, has mapped out an ambitious energy efficiency plan for 2009 that the firm says would save an amount of power equivalent to that generated by a new unit at a coal-fired plant.
Environmental and energy groups, including the association that represents almost 70 percent of the country's utilities, made their pitch to Congress before year's end as talks accelerated about the stimulus package being crafted by the incoming administration.
Ball Memorial Hospital will plant a 30,000-square-foot green roof on its new $87 million extension called South Tower.