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The new campus will include 50 acres of preserved open space and, like all Apple facilities worldwide, its workspaces will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
Apple is planning to expand the company’s operations in Austin, Texas, including investing $1 billion in a new North Austin campus.

Currently the company’s Austin facilities can accommodate 6,200 employees, […]

“What exactly is a social enterprise?” It’s a question that comes up a lot, probably because there isn’t a consensus. Generally speaking, “social enterprise” means using business tools to address a social need. This concept may or may not overlap with “social innovation,” which means addressing a social need in a new, groundbreaking way. While it’s […]

Eosis launches its second phase of LEED LAB in association with ITESM. The recruitment of students started on January 23rd with a good response from students.

LEED Lab is a multidisciplinary immersion course that utilizes the built environment to educate and prepare students to become green building leaders and sustainability-focused citizens.

In the course, students assess the […]

The USGBC community is stepping up with initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, expanding activities that impact human health and well-being and devising effective solutions to life-threatening challenges around the U.S. and the globe. LEED v4.1 is our chance to lead the market on all of these fronts.

Focused on implementation, LEED v4.1 is designed to […]

Why Bother with High Performance Office Buildings?

Company Growth: Every office wants to attract top talent to help their company grow. Studies have shown that 90% of millennials care about building performance and sustainability. By 2025, millennials will represent 75% of the workforce. This is accompanied by significant purchasing power among this generation, spending $600 billion.

Energy Use: […]

By Suntae Kim, Matthew J. Karlesky, Christopher G. Myers, and. Todd Schifeling.
JUNE 17, 2016
From the New York Public Library
The landscape of American corporations is changing. Since the financialization of the economy in the late 1970s, corporate governance practices have tightly linked the purpose of business with maximizing shareholder value. However, as the 21st century pushes on, […]

The AIA COTE Top Ten Toolkit executive summary
Limited access to high-quality, concise, and usable information is a major barrier to the universal adoption of sustainable design. The COTE Top Ten Toolkit is a resource, accessible to all architects, that closes the information gap to designing high performing, equitable, beautiful buildings. The toolkit is designed to […]

See the latest LEED data in our fourth-quarter update.

In this recurring feature, we take a look at LEED certification activity in the fourth quarter of 2018, broken out by achievement level, rating system and location. Check out our graphic below.

Additionally, be sure to check out the suite of market briefs for your state and country, as well as our state-by-state LEED […]