Alex Wilson
For more than 30 years, Alex Wilson has been the most trusted voice on energy efficiency and environmentally responsible design and construction. Since launching Environmental Building News (EBN) in 1992, he’s built a reputation, resources, and staff to provide the foundation for BuildingGreen, a consulting and information company that produces BuildingGreen.com and LEEDuser, as well as providing consulting for a variety of companies for whom sustainable design is a core value.
Fighting Modern Slavery in Practice, Step by Step
Forced labor is a daily horror for nearly 30 million people. Project teams can’t directly end these atrocities, but working together, the building industry can demand change.
Which Energy-Performance Metric Is Best for LEED? Depends on Your Grid
The Alternative Energy-Performance Metric pilot credit can provide a better picture of social and environmental impacts. But is it worth the extra number crunching? In some regions, yes.
4 Steps to Demand Response: A Primer for Your LEED Project
With electrification ramping up, we need to take action to ensure the grid is ready. Here’s how design—and LEED—can help.
Canada and LEED: Approaches for LEED v4 Projects
Here are all the Canada alternative compliance paths in one place!
A Comprehensive Site Selection Workbook for LEED BD+C
Feeling nostalgia for a time when sensitivity to place was more important? Use this comprehensive LEEDuser site selection workbook to bring those days back.
Grid Harmonization: Using Buildings to Clean up the Grid
By acting as “virtual power plants,” buildings can reduce stress on the grid and cut greenhouse gas emissions.
How to Use Arc
The Arc platform allows existing spaces and whole buildings to measure and score operational performance in energy, water, waste, transportation, and human experience.
Using your LEED Certification to Achieve Fitwel Strategies
Fitwel offers a streamlined path for teams to leverage a building’s LEED certification to achieve certain Fitwel strategies.