There was a time in which Hawaii’s geographical latitude placed its coral reefs outside the zone of the type of climate-change-induced reef degradation happening in other parts of the world.

Project team for 555 Greenwich St. reflects on the challenges and opportunities of setting a benchmark for sustainable building.

A pair of projects in Boston, one a skyline-topping tower, the other an affordable housing complex, are poised to put the Boston area on the map when it comes to environmentally sustainable design.

The net-energy positive education facility was constructed to meet the stringent criteria of the Living Building Challenge.

Salt Lake City-based design firm renews its focus on regenerative projects that offer biggest benefits to people and the environment.

The International Living Future Institute, steward of the world’s most demanding sustainable-building program, is no longer satisfied with its boutique status as a third-party certifier of super-green buildings.

As multiple nor’easters bore down on the East Coast in the last 10 weeks, architects and engineers worried about more than the physical impact to their projects. 

Owners, designers and contractors are divided over the market’s future and what set of standards will be used going forward