More than 1 billion birds are killed each year as a result of window collisions in North America alone, making buildings the leading human-caused driver of wild bird mortality. To help reduce these ...

Buildings, from construction to operation, generate about 40 percent of annual global CO2 emissions. Architects worldwide are offering their solutions to transform these structures into sustainable, ...

The construction industry plays a significant role in shaping our environment, from the design and construction of buildings around us to the materials used. Because of this large and impactful global ...

A Thurston County judge’s decision means that a climate-friendly building code takes effect in Washington state on Friday. The state’s new code pushes builders to use electric heat pumps and ...

Did you know that building collisions kill up to one billion birds each year? Migrating birds don’t stand a chance when they are traveling at night through large cities with tall, brightly lit ...

While symbolically recognizing World Migratory Bird Day, the Lake County Board this week also advanced a new building design policy to protect birds from colliding ...

Nikole Killion is a CBS News congressional correspondent based in Washington D.C., who has covered some of the biggest stories on Capitol Hill since 2021. Killion has also served a key role in CBS ...

Property owners can soon more easily embrace green technologies in their buildings and on their land with the Wednesday passage of several zoning changes by the City Council. In a 38-to-8 vote, the ...

A Chicago City Council committee this week heard testimony on what can be done to provide birds safe passage through the city, and what obstacles might stand in the way of passing a bird-friendly ...