Built Environment

The skyscraper at the heart of the debate over America’s green building standard

One Bryant Park has become ground zero in the battle over Leed, with some critics claiming the tower highlights the green certification’s shortcomings

Bruce Watson

06, Nov, 2015 @2:12 PM

Coming to a mall near you: a green alternative to Home Depot

Three decades after he transformed home organization, Container Store co-founder Garrett Boone is putting his money behind TreeHouse, a green home improvement retailer. But is the market ready?

Bruce Watson

17, Nov, 2014 @3:04 PM

Bijoy Jain: building architecture that 'contains the life' of its environs

The founder of Studio Mumbai takes a collaborative approach to sustainable building within the limitations of an environment

Greg Harman

10, Sep, 2014 @1:15 PM

Are tiny houses and micro-apartments the future of urban homes?

Designers inject both efficiency and comfort into tiny living spaces for rising urban populations

Rachael Post

25, Aug, 2014 @6:27 PM

How riding elephants can help energy efficiency in the office

Solving energy problems in large buildings can be a case of finding the right balance between head and heart

Simon Brammer

05, Jun, 2014 @11:28 AM

India's second biggest IT company inspires Google eco-friendly building

Winner at the "green Oscars", Infosys has undergone energy efficiency transformation that has saved $80m in energy bills over the last six years, Terry Slavin reports

Terry Slavin

29, May, 2014 @3:09 PM

Healthy buildings: why workers are demanding sustainable offices

Companies that ignore the environmental and social impacts of their buildings could risk miserable workers and low productivity

Russ Blinch

29, May, 2014 @2:28 PM

Skanska improves UK HQ to demonstrate benefits of sustainability

Multinational builder's retrofit suggests greener buildings are also more productive

Jackie Wills

15, May, 2014 @9:45 AM

John Robertson Architects – the most sustainable building is an existing one

An office building – One Southampton Street – saved from the wrecking ball outperforms most newly built developments

Lorna Thorpe

15, May, 2014 @9:45 AM

Too big to save: why commercial buildings resist energy efficiency

Many commercial buildings still aren’t making
simple changes that could save big bucks, new research finds. Here’s why – and what must be done to fix the problem

Rachael Post

07, May, 2014 @5:45 PM

Archive Global: fighting disease with low-tech, low-cost home design

Equipped with funding from UBS, a New York non-profit aims to reduce tuberculosis and malaria with home improvements

Ucilia Wang

14, Apr, 2014 @4:56 PM

Construction industry needs circular economy for sustainable future

It's like Monopoly – but everyone is losing. The industry must shift its emphasis beyond recycling and towards reuse

Claudia Cahalane

19, Mar, 2014 @2:30 PM

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