A concept unveiled at a UN roundtable outlines a fully autonomous floating city.

Two recent studies show that visiting an urban park for as little as 20 minutes will reduce stress and boost emotional well-being.

A USGBC report highlights green building advancements made in all 50 states.

Find out what the LEED Green Building Rating System has in common with Shakespeare.

The BuildingGreen Top 10 Green Building Products were announced at Greenbuild 2011.

The Greenbuild 2011 keynote address is sure to get you fired up about green building.

Go green or get left behind. That's the message many hotel owners are hearing as they watch their competitors slash operating costs, gain respect in the communi

The District of Columbia had the most LEED-certified square footage per capita in 2011.

In Isla Vista, Calif., an easy-going but architectural outdated beachside college community where the median age is just 21, a new LEED certified student housin

Recession proof green jobs, $7 million in energy efficiency savings and more.

In collaboration with the Make It Right foundation and William McDonough, the green prefab powerhouse debuts a LEED Platinum home starting at $179,000.

Once considered a dead zone for green building, Miami Beach will soon be getting its first LEED Platinum home in the form of 2020 Alton Road, a super-sleek, sup

Application deadline for the 2012 Affordable Green Neighborhoods Grant Program is Aug. 10, 2012.

The U.S. Green Building Council announces that a not-too-shabby 20,000 residential building projects have been bestowed with LEED for Homes certification and t

Bryan Cranston — the actor behind "Breaking Bad," television's favorite chemistry teacher-turned-meth manufacturer — appears at Dwell on Design to discuss

The company's New York headquarters is now equipped with energy-saving LED lighting.

'Green Buildings for Great Communities' is the theme for World Green Building Week 2012.

In observation of one of the original New Urbanist-style planned communities' 75th anniversary, Norris, Tenn. gets a self-sufficient prefab demo home.

In the South Bronx, a 124-unit housing development with a rooftop farm combines low-income housing with an emphasis on healthy living and fresh food.

Speaking at a sustainability and design conference in Atlanta, LEED pioneer Rob Watson explains that 'there are good buildings, and there are bad buildings.'

Paul Williams' landmark 28th Street YMCA in South L.A. emerges from a LEED Gold restoration project, historically significant identity still intact.

To save energy, a newly opened LEED residence hall at Bridgewater State University outlaws the dorm room staple known as the mini-fridge.

Holst Architecture's Bud Clark Commons project joins an eclectic assortment of notable green buildings on the 2014 AIA COTE annual top 10 list.

As Make It Right inches toward the finish line in New Orleans, the housing nonprofit unveils 5 designs that address overcrowding at Fort Peck Reservation.

Study measuring traces of psychotropic drugs in the air of eight major Italian cities has alarming results.

It's amazing how closely the powerful swirls of a hurricane match the Fibonacci sequence.

Following in the footsteps of Fibonacci and the Mandelbrot Set, a computer program creates beautiful structures of chaos.

The Earth's globally-perceptible seismic 'hum' is now being used to peer into its depths, shedding new light on the planet's inner layers.

The intricacies of soil biodiversity may offer scientists insights into how species — animals and plants — can survive global warming.

Using public data from the U.S. government, a software engineer has made a stunning map of every river in the Lower 48 states.

Japanese scientists have discovered that some apples have changed in flavor and firmness over the past few decades. Science says climate change may be to blame.

Regardless of where you live, there are birds to admire. Here are some tips to begin watching, including 5 useful apps to try.

Sustainable agricultural practices add essential carbon to soil's organic matter, which could be key to reviving soil quality.

A water molecule's "residence time" in a given system can help us understand how pollution moves through water and help protect this valuable natural resource.

How the Sahara Desert both contributes to and checks the formation of big hurricanes.

Extreme weather journalists are not the calm we need during a hurricane or storm.

It's not the smartest thing you've ever done, but here's why this winter mishap happens, and how you can get out of it in one piece.

Plants have a specialized form of communication to compensate for their inability to move, a PLOS One study finds.

As climate change makes insects hungrier, they're taking a bigger bite out the world's food supply.

The extremely rare South Pacific island is one of three new islands to form in the last 150 years.

Wood that bounces sunlight back into the atmosphere could be a game-changer for buildings.

​Nearly 10 percent of rocky surfaces on the island paradise of Madeira are covered in 'plasticrust.'

Obama's energy policy will be pretty corny, which could be bad for soybeans. Could we turn to air force for power? And should we take time to reflect on global

New report calls for less damage in the development of biofuels.

The EPA has moved one step closer to allowing a higher blend of alternative fuel in your cars, but the usual suspects aren't on board.

The latest assault on ethanol subsidies comes from one of the nation's leading newspapers.

When the 43 NASCAR drivers start their engines for Sunday's Daytona 500, they will be doing so for the second year with American ethanol-blended fuel in their g

Green Shipping lets businesses and individuals measure and offset the CO2 emissions of packages when using UPS, FedEx or the U.S. Postal Service.

An ethical travel operator in Britain denounces carbon offsetting, but are ‘holidays closer to home’ a real solution?

More than 1,000 workers will study the environmental effects of energy production.