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The LEED-ND standard was written with the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Congress for the New Urbanism to help grow sustainable communities and encourage use of public transit.

New FREE Virtual Event – Global Green Expo The Aug. 5 online Global Green Expo will feature seminars on green building, manufacturing and design, and energy and resource management.

Home construction and permits dropped last month after a home buyer tax credit program was allowed to lapse, the Commerce Department reported.

U.S. Green Building Council officials called their passage a “powerful endorsement."

Emerson Climate Technologies said June 9 that R-407A refrigerant has been OK’d for use in some Copeland Scroll refrigeration compressors.

Organizers for next year’s National HVACR Educators and Trainers Conference are heading south.

Under the program, American Home Shield will give up to a $25,000 bonus to top contractors.

RSES has just released a book that says it can help members earn more money.

The ACCA, NAHB and Associated General Contractors are fighting a proposal to require contractors that work on private buildings follow federal prevailing wage laws.

The Metal Construction Association is an organization of manufacturers and suppliers whose metal products are used in structures throughout the world.