Melissa Baker, senior vice president of the U.S. Green Building Council, shares how the organization’s LEED ratings are driving a leaner more sustainable building process.

HVAC contractors are uniquely positioned to influence the products that power buildings and homes to decrease the world’s carbon footprint.

The Envelope 2000 composite panels, by Citadel Architectural Products, consist of two aluminum skins, bonded to a thermoset phenolic resin core. The life cycle and recyclability of the panels were recently used to help the Helena Aviation Readiness Center achieve Gold LEED status during a renovation.

Petersen Aluminum Corp. supplied five different Pac-Clad roof and wall products to a 43,000-square-foot facility in New Castle, Delaware. 

With a rising deluge of buzzwords and phrases ranging from sustainability and climate change to energy efficiency and green building seeping into nearly all industries, it’s hard to ignore HVAC’s role in lessening the environmental impact of buildings in the United States and worldwide.

Greenbuild attendees will have the chance to visit Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago and Atlanta in the next few years as the USGBC announced the host cities for its annual trade show.

More than 81,000 square feet of sustainable metal roof and wall panels brought the snow removal equipment building at Spokane International Airport in Spokane, Wash., LEED-gold certification.

Ductwork fabrication and HVAC construction products manufacturer Ductmate has started a new business division, GreenSeam Industries.

The U.S. Green Building Council has joined the Global Energy Efficiency Accelerator Platform, an initiative of U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon’s “Sustainable energy for all” program.