Commercial building owners take note – it is now possible to save a staggering 60 to 70 percent on HVAC energy costs over traditional rooftop units. HVAC manufacturer, Daikin McQuay, has become the first and only company to meet the Department of Energy's (DOE) Rooftop Unit (RTU) Challenge with its Rebel™ commercial rooftop system.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded HEI Hotels & Resorts a 2012 ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award in recognition of the company's continued leadership in protecting our environment through energy efficiency. EPA recognized HEI's accomplishments at an awards ceremony in Washington, D.C. marking the 20th anniversary of ENERGY STAR.
Suntech Power, a key solar panel manufacturer, and Propmech, a major engineering, procurement and construction firm, have announced the completion of a 571 kW solar rooftop installation at the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) headquarters located in Manila, Philippines.
Ahnaf Choudhury from South Riding, Va., created a floodplain model that received $2,000 as a first prize in the 2012 Thacher Environmental Research Contest, an annual competition conducted by the Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) for students of grades 9-12. In this competition, students are required to use geospatial tools and information to produce innovative projects.
Toyota Motor Sales (TMS) has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification for its Kansas City Regional Technical Training Center. The center includes classrooms and training bays for dealer technicians and offices.
The speculation is over. Manitoba Hydro Place, the game-changing headquarters designed to meet the extremely challenging objectives of the fourth largest energy utility in Canada, has been granted LEED Platinum certification for sustainability, exceeding its original goal to achieve LEED Gold. Remarkably, this is the first and only large office tower in Canada to date to receive the LEED Platinum certification from the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC).
IBM has received a contract from U.S General Services Administration (GSA) for the development and installation of the smart building technology for 50 federal government buildings that have high levels of energy consumption.
At a conference entitled, ‘LEED and SITES: Excellence through Design,’ hosted by Novus International, Thad Simons, Novus’ President and Chief Executive Officer, and other industry experts have supported landscape architects and developers to implement LEED and SITES concepts in the planning and development of new construction.
Granite Construction Incorporated recently joined the Sustainability Infrastructure Advisory Board (SIAB) at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD) to help develop and promote a rating system to measure the sustainability of infrastructure projects nationwide.
Active House USA, a customized sustainable home is being constructed in Webster Groves, Colorado, by integrating the best green home building practices of the United States and Europe.
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