Garden Bridge is a planned stunning new public garden and pedestrian crossing over the River Thames in London, England. Designed by London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic cauldron designer, Thomas Heatherwick....
LEED VS. GREEN GLOBES
LEED and Green Globes - a Comparison
By Jiri Skopek AA DIP.,OAA, MCIP, RIBA
With the sudden re-emergence of Green Globes as a recognized green building rating system, practitioners may be wondering....
EPA – POSSIBLE SHILL GROUP VS. LEED CERTIFICATION?
This time around, below, we are reprinting an article courtesy of China-based Bisagni Environmental Enterprise (BEE), dealing with the subject of whether LEED leads to better energy performance.
We....
Tower of Power
Dutch architects hold out hope that skyscraper project utilizing wind power will come to fruition
With an eye trained directly on a sustainable future, Amsterdam-based NL Architects has come up with....
WORLD GREEN CENTER
Sustainable shakeup
The World Green Center in Chile improves quality of life for workers and provides business district makeover
By GREG McMILLAN
Decisions, decisions, decisions – cCe Architects of Santiago, Chile, had one....
superkul
CANADA'S FIRST ACTIVE HOUSE
Toronto based architects superkül designed Canada’s first Active House in Ontario’s Niagara region. Great
Gulf, one of Canada’s largest home builders, selected superkül, a firm with a....
AMPHIBIOUS HABITAT
Back to nature
Thai project Amphibious Habitat borrows from existing ecological systems to tackle delta flooding problems
Right now, it’s in the experimental design stage, but an ambitious concept put forth by....
TORONTO 2030 DISTRICT
Is Toronto Ready for a 2030 District?
Jeff Ranson – Executive Director, Toronto 2030 District
Continent-wide, an ambitious urban building conservation initiative is seeks to address the environmental impacts of buildings. “2030....
Delta-Rae Homes
Luxury and sustainability
Delta-Rae Homes maintains a delicate balance between industry standards, emerging ideas and green trends
Carmen Calabrese has been ahead of the curve for years – and the president and....
GREEN GLOBES
Green Globes – the little green building rating system that could…
Jiri Skopek AA Dip., OAA, MCIP, RIBA
Green certifications help to ensure that buildings are energy and resource efficient, achieve operational....
