Green Options

Building Design and Construction recently published a white paper on climate change and green buildings. They offer several tips for designers to reduce the footprint of their buildings.

Toss this under the headline of innovating and challenging. Green Roof Safaris is a fairly new European company that provides access to North Americans (and Europeans presumably) to tour state of the art green roofs in Germany and Switzerland.

The founders Christine Thüring and Jörg Breuning are green roof professionals who have collaborated in the past on green roof tours in conjunction with the World Green Roof Congress.

Air leaks in a building cost money. Find out how to fix them in existing buildings, and suggestions for designers on how to prevent them.