Sustainable Building

Have we been bamboozled?

Sun, 25 Jan 2009 22:40:11 PST

I have to admit that I'm impressed. According to an article by MSNBC, bamboo is the "Vegetal Steel," the superhero of building materials. Admired by environmentalists and...

Green Building Materials: Sustainable Building

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:40:13 PST

The concept of sustainable building incorporates and integrates a variety of strategies during the design, construction and operation of building projects. The use of...

Green Building Basics

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:33:44 PST

A green building, also known as a sustainable building, is a structure that is designed, built, renovated, operated, or reused in an ecological and resource-efficient...

Recycled Construction Materials

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:15:41 PST

Recycled Construction Materials is one in a series of factsheets on issues related to energy and resource efficient construction of new homes and buildings. Other...

Greener buildings on the rise across U.S.

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 13:08:29 PST

When it opens next year, the 54-story Bank of America Tower in New York will be the most environmentally friendly office building in the United States. It will produce...