Incentives & Mandates

The goal for policymakers should be to craft programs that are attainable, enforceable and beneficial to all stakeholders.
October 16th, 2009 | Mark Rabkin | Comments | Read More

World’s Greenest Building

Independence Station could set a new standard for new construction. So, let's talk about it!
October 15th, 2009 | Vik Duggal | Comments | Read More

The Sustainability Movement

Shifting the sustainability paradigm into a full-fledged cultural movement.
September 2nd, 2009 | Mark Rabkin | Comments | Read More

The Bottom Line On Green Buildings

Those of you who closely follow the green building sector are aware that several weeks ago there was an uproar over LEED decertification and the faulure of LEED certified buildings to perform to their design expectations. If you are a property manager or a developer this failure of buildings to perform...
August 5th, 2009 | Rich Cartlidge | Comments | Read More

What Could Possibly Go Wrong? Part 1 - Planning

Part 1 - Planning; Bringing the right people together early in the process
July 31st, 2009 | Mark Rabkin | Comments | Read More

“Green” Insurance Basics

Back to basics for the insurance professional looking to get into the sustainable building industry.
June 26th, 2009 | Mark Rabkin | Comments | Read More

Eliminating the word “green”

I have previously mentioned it will be a great day when the word green no longer needs to be used as an adjective to describe a building as being special as it will just be the norm. A recent article by Hospitality Design suggests that we are indeed moving in that direction.
June 24th, 2009 | Rich Cartlidge | Comments | Read More

Konstructr attends Green Cities Florida

On May 20th and 21st Rich Cartlidge attended a conference on behalf of Konstructr.
May 24th, 2009 | Rich Cartlidge | Comments | Read More

Weekly Roundup

Codes, Drywall, and the word Green...Oh my! A weekly roundup focusing on construction related issues.
April 23rd, 2009 | Rich Cartlidge | Comments | Read More

Green Building and the Surety

As the Shaw case showed despite a developer's best intentions a project may fail to obtain a green building certification for a variety of reasons. The Surety which builders and developers have traditionally turned to to mitigate risk has yet to come up with a mechanism to protect those parties involved...
April 22nd, 2009 | Rich Cartlidge | Comments | Read More