Greenbuild Archives

MBDC Chemist Reflects on Transparency Trend

By: Jacob Melone When it comes to products’ chemical make-up, transparency has never been the norm. Manufacturers have often gone to extreme measures to protect their intellectual property and trade secrets. Despite this competitive atmosphere, MBDC, creators and foremost implementers of the Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products Program, have built cooperative relationships with manufacturers and […]

Unity Home project, includes largest collection of Cradle to Cradle Certified™ products and furnishings ever assembled for a residential project yet.

A BUILDER Concept Home project, the sustainable home includes the largest collection of Cradle to Cradle Certified™ products and furnishings ever assembled for a residential project yet.

2015 Greenbuild Unity Home Unveiled

The sustainable home is 1,620 square feet, with three bedrooms and two baths. It is the largest collection of Cradle to Cradle Certified™ building products and furnishings ever assembled for a residential project.

Cradle to Cradle Certification Included in Newest Version of LEED

As pressure builds from special interests for the federal government to ditch its preference for LEED certification of buildings, the latest version of LEED has been approved, making it more powerful than ever.

Inhabitat Interview with Green Architect & Cradle to Cradle Founder William McDonough

Inhabitat interviews William McDonough about all things Cradle to Cradle. The thought-provoking and energetic conversation gives you a taste of how intimately intertwined design is with a product’s real-world impacts.

Dan Probst of Jones Lang LaSalle highlights benefits of Cradle to Cradle in built environment

Bridgett Luther of C2CPII gives an overview of Dan Probst of Jones Lang LaSalle thought on the benefits of C2C in the built environment.

Cradle to Cradle Gains Independence: A First Look at the 3.0 Launch

The long-anticipated third version of the Cradle to Cradle (C2C) green product standard will add a new certification level and make energy and water requirements more stringent—at the same time loosening ingredient disclosure requirements—for entry-level certification. [...]

Greenbuild 2012

San Francisco, CA: Wililam McDonough was the closing plenary speaker at Greenbuild 2012, as well as a speaker in the Master Series: Performance, Outcome, Applause-A conversation with USGBC's Scot Horst. Click here for links to the videos of the pesentations. [...]

Version 3 of the Cradle to Cradle CertifiedCM Program is Released

The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute released the new version 3 of the Cradle to Cradle Certified program. The announcement was made at the Greenbuild Expo 2012 in San Francisco, CA with the support of many longstanding clients in the green building industry. The new standard will go into effect on January [...]

Green Pioneer William McDonough

McDonough's varied worlds overlap this week in San Francisco. On Thursday at Moscone Center, he will give a concluding speech at Greenbuild, a conference with 35,000 attendees hosted by the United States Green Building Council. On Wednesday night, by contrast, he's the subject of a fundraising tribute for his Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institution; [...]