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A $1 million donation will support the Urban Land Institute's efforts to combat climate change by pushing cities and building owners to reduce their carbon emissions to zero.

USGBC LEED certification helps cities and counties accelerate progress on climate change, resilience, and social equity challenges.

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors founded this competition for young people around the world to create solutions to urban challenges including rapid urbanization, climate change, and resource scarcity.

Energize_MIT was developed in response to MIT's 2015 Plan for Action on Climate Change, which called for the creation of an open data platform for campus energy use.

The White House is hosting a Conference on Resilient Building Codes today to highlight the critical role of building codes in furthering community resilience and the importance of incorporating resilience and the future impacts of climate change in the codes and standards development process.

The challenge engages college and university students in reinventing the nation’s water infrastructure and developing green infrastructure systems to reduce stormwater pollution and build resilience to climate change.

Chu was viewed by many as a formidable foil on several controversial subjects—ranging from climate change to hydraulic fracturing to the viability of nuclear power in a post-Fukushima age. However, few of his critics could anticipate one aspect of Chu's character: his unflappable sense of humor.

America’s houses of worship can now earn the ENERGY STAR label, joining the nation’s schools, hospitals, hotels and other facilities in their efforts to fight climate change, save energy and reduce their carbon footprint.

UBS Arena, home of the NHL's New York Islanders,  has been awarded LEED Certified status by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).

In a sustainability checklist, buildings are at the top, and federal, state and local governments are taking action. Here's how to decode and achieve compliance with new policies.

A 2023 State of Corporate Sustainability Report finds a notable business shift toward integrating sustainability with digital transformation.

Evaluate what steps it takes to ensure plumbing systems are running efficiently and effectively.

Honeywell’s Healthy Building Services program establishes unbiased building health and air quality performance baselines through assessments by UL Solutions and SafeTraces, verifies improvements through IWBI’s WELL programs.

How innovative weather technology protects utility providers and supports better emergency response coordination during weather disasters

For most companies, reaching carbon neutrality with their building portfolios ranks high in importance among overall sustainability goals, new survey finds.

California's energy efficiency policies and efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions earn it the #1 spot on ACEEE's 2022 State Energy Efficiency Scorecard.

Facility managers can reflect on past trends and breakthroughs in sustainability to see how they will help shape the future of facilities.

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

Patient-centric buildings are increasingly important, and the human desire to be near nature plays a vital role in healthcare facility design.

The Safer Choice Awards honor achievements in the design, manufacture, selection, and use of products with safer chemicals.