Through LEED, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) helps leaders worldwide commit to a smarter, sustainable, and more prosperous future where eco-friendly buildings and communities are the standard ...

Green building rating systems have become a cornerstone in fostering sustainable construction practices worldwide. Among these, the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification, ...

Going green is all the rage, and not just because it’s Pantone’s Color of the Year. With more home and commercial property owners looking to create sustainable spaces, builders and interior designers ...

U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were recently announced. Well-known ...

Short for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, LEED certification means that a building has met certain standards for energy-efficient, environmentally friendly design. The LEED program was ...

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Twist Bioscience Corporation (NASDAQ: TWST), a company enabling customers to succeed through its offering of high-quality synthetic DNA using its silicon ...

Water efficiency sometimes falls into the background in conversations about the climate crisis. Massive topics like renewables, greenhouse gas emissions, deforestation and electric vehicles often take ...

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the global developer of the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards, opened certification to the LEED v5 rating system and announced new ...

UC Santa Cruz has taken another step in increasing its sustainability by obtaining its first LEED certification–the internationally recognized “green” standard for buildings. That accomplishment feels ...

Charlotte, North Carolina-based Nucor Corp. says it has registered to pursue Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Version 4 (LEED v4) certification for its steel plate mill being built in ...

now automates ASHRAE baseline comparisons of building designs to determine LEED certification requirements. These automated comparisons against a baseline building in the same geometric orientation ...