Topic: U.S. Green Building Council

Building Design Leaders Collaborating on Carbon-Neutral Buildings by 2030

A recent press release from the The U.S. Green Building Council reports that: "The American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Architecture 2030, ...READ»

The Green Standard?

LEED buildings get lots of buzz, but the point is getting lost.READ»

We're going green

Here at Fast Company World Headquarters, we're looking ahead to . . . our brand new world headquarters. In March, we'll be moving downtown to 7 World Trade Center, the rebuilt version of a tower destroyed in the 9/11 attacks five ...READ»

What Does Green Mean?

Architect Rafael Pelli's approach to designing healthy buildings defies easy categorization--and that's a good thing.READ»

Going MiaGreen in Miami

Riding the green wave to MiamiREAD»

LEED Feedback

LEED by Example Your article on LEED ("The Green Standard?" October) asserts that the point of LEED is getting lost, but then misses the point itself. The U.S. Green Building Council's mission is market transformation. Your ...READ»

What's Even Greener Than LEED? The Omega Center

An educational center in New York might be the world's first building to earn a tough, ultra-green designation.READ»

A Different Shade of Green

Can a green building be green without LEED certification?READ»

Faultless Towers

Real-estate moguls know there's good money in green buildings. But the little guy can play too.READ»

Independence Station: The World's Greenest Building?

The world's greenest building might soon be located in the pioneer town of Independence, Oregon. Independence Station--a 57,000 square foot mixed use facility--is on track to receive the highest LEED rating ever awarded when it is ...READ»

Space Shot: Genzyme Center, Cambridge, MA

At the Genzyme Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the sunshine is everywhere.READ»

Sustainability: Greening the Greens

What the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED ratings did for sustainable building design, a consortium of organizations is now trying to accomplish for landscapes and other outdoor spaces. The Sustainable Sites Initiative was unveiled ...READ»

Fast Talk: Better by Design

It can be a catalyst, a transformative force. Five corporate leaders who "get" design talk about how it has influenced their companies' strategies.READ»

University Sprawl

My college, Columbia University, is planning a takeover in West Harlem. Within 25 years, University officials say, Columbia will expand with a new, $7 billion, 17-acre, Renzo Piano-designed satellite campus in "Manhattanville." ...READ»

Live From Greenbuild 2008: 30 Years, Now a Movement

30,000 architects, engineers, chemists, and designers gather in Boston for one purpose: how to solve environmental crisis through design. Will the movement survive the recession?READ»

How to Succeed in Green Business Without Really Trying

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and our back is hurting.  The down economy has strained a great number of small businesses, which while viewed as essential for the economy are not too big to fail.  Byron Kennard ...READ»

10 Trends that Will Keep the Green Economy Growing

There is no saying what the business world will do the in short term, but these long term trends are a good bet to keep growing the green business world in the years ahead: 1. Oil will cost more There’s only ...READ»

Making Green Simple: Collaborations and Partnerships

From a high-level perspective, partnerships become more sustainable for corporations when the very nature of collaboration is mutually beneficial. No one company has to re-invent the wheel and can also leverage dollars across multiple ...READ»

Proud to Be Green (With Envy)

We here at FastCompany pride ourselves on the fact that our offices are in 7 World Trade Center, a building with gold-level LEED certification. So when EcoGeek published a list of the world's Top Ten Green Skyscrapers, it came as a ...READ»

Fast Forward 2005: <span>1 - 6</span>

The future is something to get excited about again. Here's our look at the surprising people, ideas, and trends that will change how we work and live in 2005.READ»

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Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

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Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

Sustainability: $50 Million for Drywall?

That's what Serious Materials recently managed to raise for its EcoRock line of drywall set to come out next year. The reason investors are so excited about something seemingly so banal: Serious claims its drywall takes 90 percent ...READ»

Edward Norton's $9,000,000,000 Housing Project (that's $9 Billion)

The actor's "family business" has helped shelter tens of thousands of Americans. Now it is taking on the credit crunch with innovative financing and a green-building initiative.READ»

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Green Guru Gone Wrong: William McDonough

William McDonough, the godfather of green design, has been hailed by everyone from Hollywood to Silicon Valley to the Chinese government as the environmental savior. His radical "cradle to cradle" idea -- in which every product, building, and city is designed in an infinite loop with zero waste -- has earned him the Presidential Design Award for Sustainable Development. He was Time's "Hero for the Planet" and has been profiled in documentaries from Thomas Friedman's "Addicted to Oil" to Leonardo DiCaprio's "The Eleventh Hour." And yet, McDonough may in fact be paralyzing his own design revolution.READ»