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  • Philadelphias Comcast Center is the tallest LEED certified building in the US


    Green DiaryAuthority Authority: 440
    Speculations are speculations anyway. Until they go functional, you simply cannot count on them. While Taipei 101 was being anticipated to be the world’s tallest green building, Philadelphia’s Comcast Center has emerged to the fore to take home that laurel. Though it’s not the world’s tallest, it still earned ...
    15 hours ago
  • The Uncomplicated Modern Green Home that Stole LEED Silver certification


    Trends UpdatesAuthority Authority: 599
    Someone once rightly said, “Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty” and to prove this fact time and again, architects at Maryann Thompson created this beautiful zero impact home that is not just down-to-earth, but would surely bring its residents the contentment of environmental ...
    21 hours ago
  • PSEG, MARS Celebrate Solar Garden


    GetSolar.com Solar Homes & Solar Installers Directory BlogAuthority Authority: 130
    MARS and PSEG Celebrate New 2 MW Solar Panel Array What’s better than solar power? Chocolate. How do we compensate for this sad reality? By putting a 2 MW solar panel array next to the Mars Chocolate North America headquarters. Today, New Jersey utility PSEG joined Mars officials (including advertising’s ...
    1 day ago
  • Can Green Building Regulations Keep Up?


    Green Building Law UpdateAuthority Authority: 410
    The Energy Star program, responsible for certifying energy efficient products, is about to undergo some major changes. Recently, the program, run by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), has come under fire from a number of groups: "Various stakeholder groups, such as ...
    1 day ago
  • Post Occupancy Results of LEED Buildings in Illinois


    Facility BlogAuthority Authority: 132
    The Regional Green Building Case Study Project: a Post-Occupancy Study of LEED Projects in Illinois report summarizes the first year of a multi-year study to analyze the post-occupancy benefits of 25 LEED certified projects in Illinois. by HeidiTFM
    1 day ago
  • Marvimon and SmogShoppe: Refurbished Event Spaces Merge Style and Sustainability


    Your Daily ThreadAuthority Authority: 473
    Miguel Nelson and Sherry Walsh are the eclectic, environmental visionaries responsible for the reconstruction and redesign of two of L.A.’s greenest event spaces, Marvimon House and SmogShoppe. Both are indoor and outdoor fortresses lusciously filled with native vegetation and vintage decadence where people ...
    1 day ago
  • Green Business Idea - Green Janitor


    Green BusinessAuthority Authority: 114
    One of our goals here at Green Business is to offer ideas to our readers to help them start their own green business.  Another excellent example of a green business is a green janitorial service, maybe even cleaning LEED certified buildings. These green business owners and workers use environmentally friendly ...
    2 days ago
  • LEED Green Associate


    Degree SpaceAuthority Authority: 126
    Earlier this summer GBCI rolled out a revamped standard for LEED professionals. Up until this point all LEED Accredited Professionals (AP) took a single test to get their AP designation. The new system has introduced three tiers expertise. The first tier is Leed Green Associate . The second tier is LEED AP+, and the ...
    2 days ago
  • Triad Expert Answers the Question: Why is Indoor Air Quality Important


    Your StoryAuthority Authority: 158
    “Clean Air means higher Occupancy Productivity and Bigger Returns for Building Owners and Fewer Legal Issues…”
    2 days ago
  • Facebook Grabs for Greener Data Centers


    Earth2TechAuthority Authority: 659
    Facebook’s 300 million users, logging 8 billion minutes per day on the site , leave the social network with a massive — and growing — appetite for data center real estate, and energy bills to match. According to Richard Miller at Data Center Knowledge, Facebook has just leased more data center space at ...
    3 days ago
  • Verne Global – Iceland’s Green Data Center


    ArcticStartupAuthority Authority: 557
    From Google over Apple to the Start-up next door, nearly every company today uses web hosting services or has huge server farms at their disposal so that their services can run smoothly. That much of this energy to run these data centers comes from fossil fuels or even nuclear energy is probably known, but ignored. ...
    4 days ago

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  • New green landscape rating system unveiled


    News from The University of Texas at AustinAuthority Authority: 558
    A partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin and the U.S. Botanic Garden today released the nations first rating system for the design, construction and maintenance of sustainable landscapes, with or without ...
    5 days ago
  • McKesson to Save $300K Via Fuel-Efficient Vehicles


    Environmental LeaderAuthority Authority: 621
    McKesson Corp. continues to gain a better understanding of its emissions, energy consumption and water consumption companywide. In the firm’s 2008-2009 Corporate Citizenship Report, the company tracked energy consumption and CO2 emissions at 49 facilities, representing 64 percent of its U.S. real estate footprint, ...
    5 days ago
  • Electrical wiring considerations in a LEED project


    Green Life Smart LifeAuthority Authority: 127
    If you’re building a green home, there’s one subcontractor that is going to have a harder time adopting green building methods than the others, and that is your electrician. Why you may ask? These guys are generally old school, the young guys who work for them, they learned the old school way. That means wires ...
    5 days ago
  • Sustainable Sites Guidelines & Benchmarks – Launched


    World Landscape ArchitectAuthority Authority: 138
    As WLA reported recently – today is the launch of Guidelines &  Performance Benchmarks of the Sustainable Sites Initiative. You can download the 233 page report from the Sustainable Sites website . Today is also the opening of the Call for Pilot Projects to test various aspects of the Sustainable Sites ...
    5 days ago
  • Watch building of prefab, ultra-green house live on the Web


    Green OCAuthority Authority: 516
    A builder hoping to be the first in Orange County to construct the ultimate “green” home will erect the structure in a matter of hours Thursday morning, live on the Web. The building of the prefabricated, two-story house begins in Newport Beach about 9 a.m. and should be finished by about 11 a.m. View it ...
    5 days ago
  • Highland Park affordable housing development earns LEED for Homes Gold


    Chicagoland Real Estate ForumAuthority Authority: 129
    11 attached townhomes in Highland Park received their LEED Gold certifications. The ambitious project, known as Hyacinth Place, is a fantastic example of how LEED Homes can be accessible and do not have to be expensive. The attached single-family townhomes were built with affordability in mind, targeted towards ...
    6 days ago
  • New Study: Green Buildings Lead to Increased Productivity


    FeaturesAuthority Authority: 124
    By A Siegel, Author of the Get Energy Smart! NOW! blog. All too often, those engaged in examining options for "greening" a new or existing building are constrained in a stove-piped cost analysis which (in a very simplified fashion) goes something along these lines: How much more will it cost to build? And, how fast ...
    6 days ago
  • Taipei 101 Aims To Be Worlds Tallest Green Building


    ChinaCSR.comAuthority Authority: 477
    Taiwans landmark building, Taipei 101, will undergo an 18-month energy renovation to become the worlds tallest green building.It is learned that Taipei Financial Center Corporation, the owner of Taipei 101, will apply for Leadership in Energy and Environment Design certification for the building. The company will also ...
    1 week ago

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