The Boston Zoning Commission voted to approve a new zoning standard requiring new buildings to meet net zero carbon emissions upon opening — becoming the first city in the country to do so. The new ...

The approval comes after Boston's Zoning Commission voted down the proposal last year over concerns of increased costs for affordable housing projects.

Boston’s first in the-nation net zero carbon zoning rule for new buildings passed Jan. 29 after failing to gain enough votes last year.

The zoning change requires most new buildings to be net zero when they open. The city previously set similar performance ...

GBI adds Green Globes Journey to Net Zero™ to its assessment and third ... To date, GBI has certified over 767 million square feet of commercial and multifamily real estate through its Green Globes ...

A fire broke out at Brussels’ first net-zero energy structure, the Treurenberg building, in late October. The blaze, likely caused by building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) panels on the facade ...