The availability of housing, and more specifically affordable housing, represents one of the most fundamental and significant challenges currently facing elected officials, community development organizations, and developers across the country. In...

Over the past two years, the federal government has placed a renewed priority on climate change and sustainability, including new or expanded funding for sustainability initiatives. Many states and major cities are following suit. With the United...

Today, LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Certification is considered the world’s most recognized green building standard. It provides a framework to identify and implement practical and measurable green building design,...

When renting or buying your home, have you ever considered the impact the design of the building will have on the planet? What about the materials used having an impact on your health and wellness? Residential buildings ranging from single family...

It is clear that the executive branch is not shy about its stance on climate change and sustainability. With the United States rejoining the Paris Climate Accords in January of this year, and a renewed pressure to take appropriate action to divert...

A traditional view of corporations is that they exist to leverage scale to maximize benefit to shareholders--the bigger it gets, the more efficiently it performs, the more profit can be captured. In this model, the primary responsibility of the...

There are currently almost 20 million students enrolled in higher education in the US now, according to Statista. I’ve got one child at the University of Dayton and another high-school junior prospecting colleges and universities that excel in...

Cranes erecting buildings are a universally accepted sign of a healthy economy. While many will say that an already existing building is the most sustainable building, the emergence of new buildings on previously developed land or greenfields is an...

Sustainability is not a new topic for higher education. Yet, the level to which higher education has embraced sustainability in its operations is still a work-in-progress. The higher-ed, student-led movement called the Green Office Movement...