Several years ago, while still a graduate student in the Environmental Design department at the Arab Academy for Science and Technology in Egypt, Sahar Salah published a research paper on Building ...

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues are becoming crucial drivers of operational and investment decisions in both the public and private spheres, and the construction industry is no ...

Construction and sustainability explore the intersection of the construction industry and sustainable practices aimed at reducing the carbon footprint and environmental impact of building projects.

Pakistan mandates the Green Building Code for all new construction projects to promote sustainability, energy efficiency, and ...

In a previous blog post, I discussed the Design Lifecyle as having three primary stages: Pre-Building, Building and Post-Building. I spent considerable time in the Pre-Building phase focused on the ...

U.S. construction industry polled for the study said that they projected more than 60 percent of their projects would involve green building by 2018. The greatest percentage of green-oriented ...

The U.S. Green Building Council reports that LEED-certified buildings decrease their energy consumption by 25%, while simultaneously cutting carbon emissions by 34%, and lowering water consumption by ...

In keeping with Northwestern University’s commitment to be a national leader in sustainability to establish the University standard for incorporation of sustainable practices into the process of ...