Planning
Grant Awarded to Develop Next Generation Building Integrated Photovoltaics
Posted on September, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Energy , Featured , Planning , Solar As part of the U.S. Department of Energy’s SunShot initiative, Dow Solar, a business unit of The Dow Chemical Company, has been awarded a $12.8 million, 3-year grant to fund a program to dramatically reduce the cost of building integrated (BIPV) solar products. Read more
Building (Green) Communities
Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Green Initiatives , Planning Bay-Waveland Habitat for Humanity was proud to have one of their homes named 2011 Affordable Green Project by the National Association of Home Builders at their annual Green Building Conference in Salt Lake City this year. Read more
"Stormwater Management must be Straightforward, Affordable and Workable"
Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Communities , Planning , Water Management The Environmental Protection Agency's decision to reconsider the imposition of a nationwide cap on how much sediment can be part of the stormwater draining from a construction site is a nod to the importance of sound science Read more
Program Seeks to Create a Blueprint for Green Classrooms
Posted on August, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Energy , Energy Savings , Planning The Orange County Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council has announced a proposed pilot project to retrofit an existing classroom at Davis Magnet School in Costa Mesa.This program seeks to create a blueprint for schools Read more
A Farmers Market with Economic and Environmental Benefits
Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Check It Out! , Communities , Energy , Featured , Planning , Solar In May 2006, the Ann Arbor City Council passed a resolution to adopt goals of reducing the Ann Arbor community’s greenhouse gas emission levels by 20% come 2015 and to create more sources of renewable energy Read more
Wood Products Part of Winning Carbon-Emissions Equation
Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Biofuels , Building Green , Consumer , Energy , Organic Waste , Planning , Waste Management Trees absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to grow, so forests have long been proposed as a way to offset climate change. But rather than just letting the forest sit there for a hundred or more years, Read more
Energy Storage is a Key Emerging Frontier for Commercial Buildings
Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Business , Energy , Energy Savings , Planning The market momentum toward greater energy efficiency in commercial buildings, the proliferation of smart grid technologies, and the growth of renewable energy installations both on a distributed basis as well as at the utility scale are all driving Read more
Government Renews Popular ecoENERGY Retrofit – Homes Program
Posted on July, 2011 Categories: Building Green , Consumer , Energy , Energy Savings , Featured , Planning Until March 31, 2012, homeowners may be eligible to receive grants of up to $5,000 to make their homes more energy-efficient. The program could help up to 250,000 Canadian homeowners improve their homes’ energy efficiency Read more