Programs like Phius, Energy Star, WELL, LEED, and NGBS promise verification and offer a guiding framework. But what do they ...

The recession apparently hit those builders experienced in green construction with less severity than other home builders according to a new study on energy-efficient and green home building which ...

LAS VEGAS, NV — Dodge Construction Network and the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) have unveiled the latest findings from the Building Sustainably: Green & Resilient Single-Family Homes ...

There was a fairly extensive article in Thursday’s Wall Street Journal about green buildings, with a specific emphasis on the various certifications that construction companies will be able to use for ...

Green homes comprised 17% of the overall residential construction market in 2011 and are expected to grow to between 29% and 38% of the market by 2016. By value, this equates to a five-fold increase, ...

The NGBS Green Certification provides home builders with a national standard to define and measure sustainable multifamily and single-family homes, developments and remodeling projects.

There’s no “new house” smell inside Bob Massaro’s construction project, but the builder says that’s a good thing. Massaro, CEO of Healthy Buildings Technology Group, has built two exceptionally green ...

“Over 80 percent of the impact of buildings on the environment takes place in their operating phase, their use phase, -- that’s the time we’re living in them.” (Jennifer Senick, Rutgers Center for ...