"Global warming is a design issue. We have the ability, we have the brains, we have the technology," noted UK-based designer told attendees in global summit panel with Biden climate envoy John Kerry.

Reaching sustainable standards can sometimes be counterintuitive to the traditional design and construction process.

The nonprofit Build Health International overcomes myriad obstacles to enable health care for the world's neediest by providing high-quality, cost-effective hospitals.

Montgomery County, Md. is generating buzz by reducing building-related greenhouse gas emissions.

Designers and contractors are moving beyond a checklist of do’s and don’ts and are exploring new means of building green.

Sustainability rating group seeks ideas to progress its 20-year-old green building program.

Trash heaps. Ocean trips. Rocks for jocks. Nurture, nature—and even football—informed Joel Cesare’s pursuit of planetary sustainability.

Oprah fans may only know of Stacy Smedley as a sperm-donor baby who met her DNA half-brother in 2008, thanks to the talk show.