The U.S. Green Building Council has awarded the LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certification to Bay Colony Corporate Center for all its four buildings in the campus.
Green buildings do not just result from stringing together a series of highly efficient products and only using sustainable building materials but rather by intelligently combining innovative structures made from recyclable materials and multi-functional building technology. One of the most up-to-date examples in the green building range is the new Süddeutscher Verlag HQ in Munich.
Athletes participating in the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Games starting Friday in British Columbia will sleep, eat, and watch sporting events in buildings that include Alcoa’s energy–efficient, recyclable and colorful Reynobond® aluminum composite material (ACM).
The lighting for the project was designed by Atelier Ten and the lighting systems were provided by Finelite. The company supplied 1,800 Personal Lighting Systems that are 6-watt desk lamps. These lamps offered low ambient lighting for the staff. The lighting for open office space provided by Finelite includes 7,600 1-lamp T8 Series 12 Luminaires.
The HOMES collaborative innovation programme has signed a cooperation agreement with the French Electrical Contractors’ Association (FFIE) to set up pilot sites for testing the programme’s solutions. Didier Pellegrin, HOMES Programme Director, and Jean-Claude Guillot, FFIE
The new version 4.1 of the Desigo building automation and control system from Siemens’ Building Technologies Division brings a host of new features aimed at increasing the energy efficiency of buildings. The most important novelties are AirOptiControl, which offers innovative comfort control for ventilation and air conditioning plants, and energy reports.
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Shaun Donovan and Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood will visit Seattle on Thursday, February 4, to address the 9th Annual New Partners for Smart Growth Conference. They will be joined by Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator Mathy Stanislaus.
IAPMO has released a comprehensive Green Plumbing and Mechanical Code Supplement providing the Sustainable Building Industry with a revolutionary and powerful tool. The document was created to standardize the sustainable commercial and residential mechanical and plumbing systems.
Masdar, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Mubadala Development Company focused on developing sustainable and renewable energy solutions and Bayer MaterialScience, a division of Bayer AG and a global provider of materials used in the building industry, have signed a strategic partnership agreement in sustainable construction.
Aide Solar, a large-scale producer of photovoltaic modules, today announced that its new 230 watt poly-crystalline black frame solar panels have debuted as an energy-efficient feature on the NextGen “Home for the Generations” at the International Builders Show (IBS) in Las Vegas, January 19-22, 2010. The 1,800 sq. foot home spotlighting friendly products and a greater focus on energy efficiency was built onsite at IBS as part of the U.S. Dept. of Energy’s "Builders’ Challenge.”
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