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Canada, China, India top countries with LEED-certified Green Buildings

Residential projects will drive growth in the next few years, says USGBC

Added: Feb 17, 2019 | By CCME Content Team

ASHRAE and partners release 2018 International Green Construction Code

Model for building codes helps municipalities save money, protect resources and increase the resilience, safety and standards of living for communities across the globe, body says

Added: Nov 11, 2018 | By CCME Content Team

LEED rating system soon becoming an international standard

LEED v4.1 is an incremental update, which enhances the rating system’s inclusivity and transparency, VP, Communications, USGBC, says

Added: Sep 19, 2018 | By Ranjana Konatt

LEED v4.1 supports good IAQ

LEED 4.1 continues to be a cost-effective solution and a standard to adhere to, says USGBC

Added: Sep 18, 2018 | By Ranjana Konatt

University of Dubai highlights features that led to LEED Gold certification

Investment in HVAC technologies have paved the way for LEED Gold certification, says representative

Added: Aug 12, 2018 | By Hannah Jo Uy

Mahesh Ramanujam, President and CEO of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC), speaks exclusively with Hannah Jo Uy of Climate Control Middle East on the Council’s mission to cultivate a well-balanced built-environment worldwide and the importance of engaging stakeholders to develop a more holistic design approach and optimise building performance. Excerpts from the interview…

Added: Jun 27, 2018 | By Hannah Jo Uy

Belimo’s North American headquarters receives LEED Gold Certification

The facility has HVAC control valve design and testing laboratories, training facility, among other things.

Added: Apr 3, 2017 | By CCME Content Team

Empower’s third plant gets LEED Gold Certification from US Green Building Council

Company had previously also received certification for its second District Cooling plant

Added: Mar 15, 2017 | By CCME Content Team

Gaia Awards 2016 to honour the most sustainable construction products in the MENA region

According to the event organiser of The Big 5, the US Green Building Council (USGBC) had named the United Arab Emirates as one of the top 10 markets for Green Building space in 2015.

Added: Aug 28, 2016 | By CCME Content Team

Empower warehouses in Al Quoz achieve LEED Gold Certification from US Green Building Council

“Certification demonstrates our efforts to enhance green building initiatives in Dubai,” says H.E. Ahmad Bin Shafar, CEO of Empower.

Added: Aug 11, 2016 | By CCME Content Team

USGBC launches LEED Lab in India

New course integrates sustainability and LEED for Existing Buildings into higher education to shape future leaders of the Green Building industry, says the Council.

Added: Aug 3, 2016 | By CCME Content Team

‘Sustainability as an operational strategy is a tremendous way to save money’

Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and Founding Chair of USGBC, and author of Green Think, in this in-depth conversation with B Surendar, explodes a few long-standing myths about sustainability, and explains the evolution of LEED certification as a dynamic tool to measure ongoing operating performance of buildings.

Added: Jul 21, 2016 | By B Surendar

From greenbacks to a Green planet

Standing on its head the long-held notion that the private sector and sustainability are, in principle, two binaries which can never meet, CEO and Founding Chair of the U.S. Green Building Council, Rick Fedrizzi, in his book Green Think: How Profit Can Save the Planet argues that when businesses and environmentalists join hands, not only can the planet be saved, but the endeavour could also prove profitable. The book, since its publication late last year, has become a manifesto of sorts for businessbacked sustainability. George Berbari gives glimpses of the author and the book…

Added: Jul 14, 2016 | By CCME Content Team