sustainable buildings

How to Achieve Sustainability in Your Buildings
As a real estate professional, do you manage buildings with very different characteristics such as offices, factories, (...)

The Best Ways to Build Energy-Efficient Commercial Buildings
Commercial buildings make up a powerful portion of American infrastructure, but how can they be designed for better energy (...)

[Houseful co-creation workshops] The call for circular ideas is open
The first set of co-creation workshops organised by the European project HOUSEFUL is right behind the corner: join Spanish (...)

#15 - A review of the LETCHI conference: sustainable, affordable and comfortable construction in tropical countries
Since COP21 in Paris in 2015, the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (GABC) has been working for efficient, resil (...)

Green roofs improve the urban environment – so why don't all buildings have them?
Rooftops covered with grass, vegetable gardens and lush foliage are now a common sight in many cities around the world. More (...)

[The testimonies: Is it CUBE or not CUBE?] Fonds Belval, a Luxembourg administrative building
Here is a candidate who has a lot to teach us. This candidate, who had been in contact with our Luxembourg partner NEOBUILD (...)

Existing nZEB business models
This report summarizes activities and results of Workpackge 5, nZEB Business Models of the Horizon2020 CRAVEzero project (...)

Beladon creates the first ever ‘floating farm’ in Rotterdam
Rotterdam is now a pilot city for the world’s first ever floating farm, built by property company Beladon. The offshore farm (...)

5,500 churches in the UK turn to renewable energy
Some of the UK’s oldest and most prominent church buildings are making the switch to 100 percent renewable energy. Catholic (...)

Introducing Level(s): a common language for sustainable buildings
To improve sustainability and drive market demand for better buildings, a new open source assessment framework, Level(s) (...)