Commercial buildings represent over 80 billion square feet of space in the U.S. and consume 36% of all electricity, making them one of the largest generators of greenhouse gases. Hubbell Lighting today announced a new solution to cut electricity costs, enhance the quality of light and reduce the financial risk of upgrades–resulting in up to a 3% increase in net operating income while at the same time improving the property value and attractiveness for tenants.
Two of the most rapidly expanding construction markets in the world are leveraging Carrier’s natural leadership to support their growing commitment to green building. Through its prestigious Distinguished Sustainability Lecture Series, Carrier, the world’s leader in high technology heating, air-conditioning and refrigeration solutions, has assembled some of the world’s most respected green building thought leaders to inform building owners and designers in China and India. Carrier is a part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security, a unit of United Technologies Corp.
SunPower Corp., a global solar technology and energy solutions company, today announced that Swadeshi Civil Infrastructure has completed the installation of a 930-kilowatt (kW) SunPower solar system on the rooftop of the Indira Paryavaran Bhavan building in New Delhi.
How cool is UC? Well, three campuses just made the top 10 of Sierra magazine's Coolest Schools ranking, and nine campuses were included in its list of 162 greenest universities in the country for 2013.
University of Toronto Engineering professor Ben Hatton (MSE) is turning to nature to find a way to make windows more energy efficient.
The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) honored the top 10 “green” building projects for 2013 at the AIA National Convention and Design Exposition, June 20-22 in Denver, and at least five of the projects were constructed with glass or coatings made by PPG Industries (NYSE: PPG).
On the eve of independence day, SolarCity is underway with a project to provide solar electricity, and a measure of energy independence, to more than 600 military homes at Soaring Heights Communities on Holloman Air Force Base in Otero County, New Mexico, a Lend Lease military family housing community.
Thomas Swan are hoping their plans to have an Anaerobic Digester (AD) plant on the site the company has occupied since 1926 are given the green light. Designs for this safe, clean and unobtrusive way to produce low carbon sustainable energy have been submitted and local residents were given the opportunity to ask questions and voice any concerns at a ‘drop-in’ sessions in Crookhall Community Centre.
With Earth Day just around the corner, Redfin, a technology-powered real estate broker, today announced a ranking of the country's top 10 cities with the greenest homes. The Redfin analysis looked at each city's overall carbon dioxide emissions, as well as the number of homes currently for sale that have "green" features or eco-friendly ratings.
REC Solar, a national leader in solar electric system design and installation, now offers turnkey residential solar solutions on the island of O’ahu. Thanks to REC Solar’s partnership with Sunrun, the nation’s leading home solar company, Hawaii residents can now go solar without high upfront cost and lock in low energy rates for 20 years while slashing their electric bill from day one.
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