green building

Does the USGBC Lawsuit Have Substance?

A $100 million class action suit has been filed in U.S. District Court against the U.S. Green Building Council, LEED and its founders on charges that USGBC is “fraudulently misleading the consumer” and misrepresenting the energy performance of buildings certified under the LEED rating system.

Green building trends for 2010

Online green building magazine Jetson Green recently published two lists containing the top ten green building trends for 2010, with both suggesting continued growth.

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Mad About Green

For two solid days, 250 of us drawn to Indianapolis Oct. 28-29 for the “Dollars & Sense of Going Green” conference immersed ourselves in all manner of public forum, small group and individual discussions, discourses and debates about the challenges and opportunities created by the burgeoning green movement