Legislation is an important driver of green building adoption in the real estate sector. But while the pace and strength of legislation is affected by the volatility of policy making, there is a another force in green building investment quietly happening everyday, driven by the capital market.
The forward-thinking attitudes that thrive here in the Bay Area are alive and well in the non-profit sector, and we boast some of the most active green building organizations in the world. A few dozen of them are actively partnering with Greenbuild this year to create a richer and more exciting event. Each year, these “bioregional partners” mirror the green building and sustainability culture of Greenbuild’s host cities, and San Francisco’s partner group is no different.
The forward-thinking attitudes that thrive here in the Bay Area are alive and well in the non-profit sector, and we boast some of the most active green building organizations in the world. A few dozen of them are actively partnering with Greenbuild this year to create a richer and more exciting event. Each year, these “bioregional partners” mirror the green building and sustainability culture of Greenbuild’s host cities, and San Francisco’s partner group is no different.
The forward-thinking attitudes that thrive here in the Bay Area are alive and well in the non-profit sector, and we boast some of the most active green building organizations in the world. A few dozen of them are actively partnering with Greenbuild this year to create a richer and more exciting event. Each year, these “bioregional partners” mirror the green building and sustainability culture of Greenbuild’s host cities, and San Francisco’s partner group is no different.
The Association for Preservation Technology DC Chapter is proud to support the USGBC Center for Green School’s International Green Apple Day of Service Campaign. As advocates for historic properties in the DC area, APT DC’s membership cares deeply for those greenest of green buildings – the ones that are already built! The majority of school structures in our nation’s capital are historic properties in historically significant neighborhoods, but like many school districts around the US, the buildings suffer from chronically low school system budgets.
We’ve got your weekly dose of green goodness below, and this week’s lineup shows that pro athletes, scholars – even sea otters – are going green! Sit back, relax, and enjoy the roundup.
Smiles, speed and skill pretty much sums up the beginning of my internship at the U.S. Green Building Council.
How green are clouds?
The answer to that question has been as difficult to pin down as the origin of cyberspace itself. That is, until now! As reliance on cloud computing services continues to grow, the once intangible concept has manifested as data centers – physical storage facilities for our virtual information. Today, we know that a cloud is only as “green” as its data center, but efforts to quantify the physical impact of our virtual actions has revealed that our understanding of the operations and efficiency of these centers is cloudy at best (pun intended).
I’m thinking of a Federal building. It is the third oldest federal building in our Nation’s capital. It houses the Federal department in charge of promoting economic growth. And, thanks to a green retrofit, it saves American taxpayers $3.5 million every year.
The 2011 Green Building Market Activity Report begins with this statement: “Green building is here to stay.”
It’s certainly been a busy year – or should I say three, or even five? Following the growth trends of a green building economy that has far outpaced an otherwise down economy, the building community has been hard at work to develop draft regulations – or model codes – that can help to translate green building ideas into tomorrow’s minimum expectations.