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BuildingGreen champions the changemakers in sustainable design and building.

BuildingGreen is the essential source where trusted insight resides, knowledge is shared, unparalleled education takes place, and thought leaders interact in transforming the sustainable building movement. As champions of the leaders driving meaningful change within and across the movement, we advance the progressive edge between a healthy & resilient built environment and a thriving, equitable world. That makes us your most effective partner in building excellence, furthering your career and offering supportive, encouraging communities.

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Recent Content

News Analysis

Carbon Now or Later: The Arguments for Delaying Emissions

Whether they intend to or not, project teams often make design decisions informed by an assumed time value of carbon, like when calculating a carbon payback period, the Arup report emphasizes. (Image: Arup)

A new Arup report demystifies the time value of carbon, why it matters, and why we need to be careful with it.


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News Brief

ECHO Publications Aim to Standardize Whole-Building LCA

 

Through unprecedented collaboration, building industry NGOs publish two reports to drive widespread project-level embodied carbon reporting at the project level.


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News Brief

Job Growth Follows First Full Year of IRA

 

Clean energy projects sparked job growth in 2023, growing the sector to nearly 3.5 million workers.


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Product Review

Spray-Applied Hempcrete

 

The Ereasy system transforms hempcrete from a labor-intensive niche product into one that can be used in a number of applications.


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Spotlight Report

The Promise of Biobased Materials—and How to Use Them Now

MASS selects natural and biobased materials, merging contemporary and traditional design while reducing environmental impacts and supporting local communities. (Photo: MASS Design Group and Iwan Baan)

There is a lot of hype over carbon storage and other benefits of natural materials, but their potential is real. Here are some that are ready for prime time—and the ones we hope will take off next.


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BuildingGreen Editorial

Bring the Noise! It Can Help You Listen.

Noise-canceling headphones and tightly sealed buildings have more in common than you might think.

Technology that separates us from our surroundings can have far-reaching consequences for our fellow humans.


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