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Accounting for about 40 percent of energy consumption in the United States and contributing more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than entire nations,...

In commercial and institutional buildings, cooling systems are not exactly top of mind when it comes to conservation and the use of technologies. Yet...

Former Vice President Al Gore spoke to an audience of more than 28,000 during the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC's) eighth annual Greenbuild International...

Engineers are under pressure like never before to generate mechanical designs that are energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. Of course, first...

Editor's note: The following article is based on the session Sustainable Design and Energy Retrofits: A Collaborative Digital Workflow, presented by the...

Across the United States, owners are looking to have their existing buildings certified under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System without bankrupting their operation-and-maintenance budgets. The only way for them reach that goal is to meet the requirements of LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (O&M) 2009. ...

Editor's note: The following article was adapted from the paper “Busting the Myth That Green Costs More Green,” presented during HPAC Engineering's sixth annual Engineering Green Buildings Conference and Expo, held Sept. 24 and 25 in Nashville, Tenn....