The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced the opening of the nomination period for its 10th Annual National Award for Smart Growth Achievement. This award allows EPA to recognize and support communities that use innovative policies a…
New Fact Sheet Released: Energy Performance in the LEED Rating System
Every building professional knows that green building is a process, not an event. As a tool for encouraging green building, LEED reflects that reality, providing recognition of leadership in each part of that process, from design and construction to o…
Global Clean Energy Investment: $243 Billion in 2010
Global clean energy finance and investment grew 30% in 2010 to $243 billion, according to new research by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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Green Cars from Pineapples and Bananas?
Scientists in Brazil have developed a way to use fibers from pineapples, bananas, and other plants in a new generation of automotive plastics that are stronger, lighter, and more “green” than plastics now in use. The technology was described at t…
Congressman Quigley Visits LEED-Certified, Net-Zero Home in Chicago
Last Monday, Congressman Mike Quigley of Illinois 5th Congressional District paid a visit to the home of Jacek Helenowski to get a firsthand look at one of the highest scoring residential LEED for Homes projects to date – and one of the first net-zero …
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An American in Istanbul….
Or: How The Turks are Poised to Help Win the Future of Green Building in Europe, Asia and the Middle East
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What’s a Green Building? California’s 2011 Building Codes & LEED
Dan Geiger
Executive Director
USGBC-Northern California Chapter
Source: USGBC-NCC.org
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Renewable Petroleum a Possibility?
University of Minnesota researchers have discovered a crucial key to unlocking the possibility of renewable petroleum fuels using bacteria, sunlight, and dioxide.
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You Can’t Manage What You Can’t Measure: Building-Level Metering
As the Manager of USGBC’s Building Performance Partnership and Recertification programs here at USGBC, I spend my time thinking over and over again about which aspects of building operations should be regularly monitored and which make the maximum contribution to the continuous high-performance of each building. We have to figure out how to encourage building operators to look at the holistic performance of their buildings and act based on the full story – So, how do we do that? What do we ask them to monitor?
China’s Solution: The Solar Greenhouse
Solar greenhouses have played a role in China’s agricultural scene for some time, but new innovations are taking them to the next level in addressing the global energy crisis and climate change.
A recently published report based on 20 years of systemat…