GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — John Ball Zoo’s upcoming pygmy hippo habitat will feature the most rigorous sustainability standards in the building industry. The exhibit is scheduled to open this spring. John ...

[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the arid city of Bend, Oregon, where it rains up to 9 inches a year, is an aptly named house called Desert Rain. The owners of this home, Tom Elliott and Barbara Scott, sought to ...

Over the last decade, the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED program has established itself as the preeminent industry standard for rating green buildings. Despite LEED’s remarkable success, however, ...

The Hannaford Supermarket at 118 Cony St. in Augusta opened in 2009 as the first supermarket in North America to achieve Platinum LEED for Retail certification. If successful at the conclusion of a ...

The first three Living Buildings were completed under Version 1.3 and faced a daunting challenge: all seven petals had to be fulfilled. The current version, 2.0, still requires the full list to be ...