GREEN BUILDING

Washington State has in place a green building initiative called the Beyond Waste Plan, a 30-year plan for managing hazardous and solid waste throughout the state. The Green Building Group was established to help accomplish this goal.

The criteria for what constitutes green building materials is rather loosely defined. Here are some components of that criteria that will help to guide you in locating the greenest materials available.

Cellular lightweight concrete represents the ultimate green building material.

What do green building, Leo DiCaprio, Planet Green and the Greenest Town in America, Greensburg, Kansas, have in common? Find out here.

Though cars and factories are much more obvious culprits when it comes to pollution, buildings, from design to completion, have an enormous impact on the environment and its protection.

A study on green building in the state of Colorado today

A good building enclosure is one that is air tight and has a high resistivity to heat loss. Building with spray foam insulation results in tight building envelopes and energy efficient homes. This is the real green.

No other material insulates or creates a better envelope than spray foam insulation. Â Building with spray foam insulation results in tight building envelopes and energy efficient homes. Â This is the real green.

A look at some building companies and why they are going modular to achieve a high LEED rating. Pre-fab is the new green!

The Emerging Green Builders have come to Raleigh. Starting in 2004 the Triangle Chapter of USGBC began certifying buildings under the ANSI approved green code.

A general overview of green building must include consideration of the efficiency of the lighting systems, active solar power to generate electricity, passive solar power to heat water, the orientation of the building (direction it faces), and water conservation systems.