Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, or LEED, is a voluntary, national rating system that provides a framework for assessing economic and environmental building performance and meeting ...

The built environment is facing a defining challenge. As of 2021, buildings and construction activities accounted for ...

Core instruction for this major emphasizes urban and environmental design, sustainable development theory and practice, green building, local government planning and decision-making, community ...

Through her work, Radhna Saxena is contributing to redefine what sustainable development means in India—placing human health, ...

Building resilience incorporates many components — various energy and water sources, disaster fortitude design, emphasis on ...

“It can show where the largest environmental impacts reside within a design, and ways in which they compare across material options.” Buildings are composed of thousands of parts, each with their own ...

Editor’s note: LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It guides the planning and construction of a green building, and then evaluates its performance over time in six ...

CU Boulder will use the award to retrofit the windows of the Environmental Design (ENVD) building using INOVUES’ innovative energy-saving window technology. The upgrade is projected to reduce ENVD’s ...

So why do architects design buildings this way? Alex Wilson at Environmental Building News looks at the issue in Rethinking the All-Glass Building (subscription only). He writes: Some of the world ...

The North Campus Welcome Center earned the 2013 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Houston Design ... by the U.S. Green Building Council based on adherence to stringent environmental standards.

The Bechtel Environmental Classroom Supported by the S ... Reid Bertone-Johnson, field station manager, worked with many Smith students in the design of the building. “Helping students integrate ...

Our Program in Environmental Design prepares students to improve the way we design buildings and create environments, shaping the way we live, work and play. The program offers a four-year, ...