Tag Archives: Green Building
Study Finds Green Home Building Continues to Gain Traction

Green homes, including multifamily construction projects, are continuing to gain market share. According to “The Green Multifamily and Single Family Homes 2017 SmartMarket Brief,” the latest in a series of studies conducted by Dodge Data & Analytics in partnership with … Continue reading
USGBC Lists Top 10 States for LEED
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the Top 10 States for LEED, an annual ranking that highlights states throughout the U.S. that made significant strides in sustainable building design, construction and transformation over the past year. Topping the … Continue reading
Report: Energy-Efficiency Employment Surges

An analysis by the U.S. Department of Energy reveals that approximately 32 percent of the 6.5 million employees in the U.S. construction industry work on energy-efficiency projects, including contract glaziers and installers of fenestration products. The agency’s second annual U.S. … Continue reading
USGBC Ranks Top 10 Countries for LEED
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently announced the Top 10 Countries for LEED, which highlights countries outside of the United States that are making significant strides in sustainable building design, construction and market transformation. These countries represent the growing … Continue reading
The Paris Climate Agreement and Windows: What’s the Connection?

Last week, the Paris Agreement to fight climate change officially became international law, and it will have a major impact on the way residential and commercial buildings are constructed around the world, now and in the future. The goal of … Continue reading