Green at Your Fingertips
Small changes in behavior can yield dramatic results
The GreenTouchscreen by Quality Attributes Software is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) application that delivers building performance and occupant environmental behavior through a Web-based kiosk. In addition to earning a LEED® innovation credit, the Touchscreen is delivering real change in occupant behavior and energy savings to building owners.

UT-Austin, Tsinghua University Pursue International Collaboration for Green Space
Beijing project to be paradigm for other urban areas
Architecture faculty and students at the University of Texas at Austin are partnering with Tsinghua University in Beijing to bring green space into a neighborhood outside the fast-growing, densely populated city. The international collaboration brings together faculty and students from both universities to explore an interdisciplinary approach to designing traditional green retreats or “pocket parks,” in a large, complex urban area between Tsinghua University and the Forbidden City in central Beijing.

Harvard Graduate School of Design Concentrates on Sustainability
New degree concentration pushes eco-friendly design forward
The Harvard Graduate School of Design’s new sustainable design concentration area exposes students to building and urban-scale eco-friendly design strategies. It also promotes the adoption of energy modeling-based sustainability certification metrics. The program hopes to help remove perceived barriers between quality design and sustainable building practices.