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This week, Fast Co.Exist examined the efficiency of smart growth in urban areas. A new report from Smart Growth America reviews 17 different municipalities and compares the impact of smart growth development in more concentrated urbanized areas and conventional suburban development where infrastructure...

For the past several years, I’ve used Earth Day as an opportunity to look at Microsoft’s progress on environmental sustainability issues over the past 12 months and where we are headed in the year to come. The most significant progress to report is around Microsoft’s work to achieve...

One of the biggest contributors to greenhouses gases in the U.S. is what you’d least expect—commercial buildings. In fact, the office you’re reading this blog post in right now may have as much of an environmental impact as your commute to work today. Commercial buildings are responsible...

This week, Business Insider republished an earlier story by architecture outlet ArchDaily , which provides interesting examples of smart cities from across the world including Masdar City, Abu Dhabi; Songdo, South Korea; Rio de Janiero, Brazil; and San Francisco, California. Each of these cities represents...

Back in 2011 Microsoft shared the results from a pilot program on our corporate campus in Redmond, Wash., aimed at using technology to improve the energy efficiency of the buildings on our campus. Today, Microsoft’s Energy-Smart Buildings initiative has been named a 2013 Computerworld Honors Laureate...

While architects and engineers have long designed buildings for sustainability, they are increasingly looking at ‘Net Zero’ buildings that have net zero energy consumption and carbon emissions. According to GreenBiz , several new Net Zero buildings are actively considering the role of building...