Existing Buildings

Resilient Buildings: Standing In The Face Of Disaster

October 12, 2023

Buildings and communities can look to codes, standards, and financing to achieve sustainability and resilience goals.

USGBC Launches Draft LEED v5 For Operations And Maintenance

September 28, 2023

LEED v5 O+M focuses on setting existing buildings on decarbonization path and addresses equity, health, ecosystems, and resilience

Building Performance Standards: A Key To Reducing Emissions

May 23, 2023

ACEEE looks at the expanding role of building performance standards as a key strategy to reduce emissions from existing buildings.

Building Retrofits Essential To Battle Energy Costs, Energy Crisis

November 10, 2022

Building retrofit rates need to triple to meet the goals in the Paris Agreement, asserts research from JLL.

NBI Releases Decarbonization Code For Existing Buildings

September 20, 2022

New Buildings Institute's Existing Building Decarbonization Code is a guide to reducing carbon emissions, as well as meeting climate action, public health, and equity goals.

American Concrete Institute Releases New Concrete Repair Guide

June 24, 2019

ACI 562-19 gives building officials increased confidence that concrete repairs are performed in a way that provides an acceptable level of protection for the public.

U.S. Steel Tower Achieves LEED Building Operations, Maintenance Certification

February 20, 2019

The 64-floor skyscraper in downtown Pittsburgh is now the second-largest LEED for Building Operations and Maintenance: Existing Buildings V4 office building in the world.

2018 Moving Forward Report Looks At Existing Buildings

January 10, 2019

National Institute of Building Sciences Consultative Council report addresses ways to improve the performance of the nation’s existing building stock and outlines efforts undertaken to date and the challenges that still remain.

Harvard Unveils First-Of-Its-Kind HouseZero Lab And Prototype

December 3, 2018

Through its advanced data-driven infrastructure, Harvard Center for Green Buildings and Cities' HouseZero aims to shift the design and operation of buildings.