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

Posted: August 11, 2016

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

Posted: August 3, 2016

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.

Posted: July 21, 2016

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…

Posted: July 14, 2016

Wanting LEED certification will eventually influence existing built-environment to turn green, says Marisa Long

Posted: May 10, 2016

Document seeks to serve as a guide for the building industry

Posted: February 10, 2016