Ingersoll Rand announced that the company’s Reuben Trane Building in La Crosse, Wis., has earned two Green Globes® from the Green Building Initiative (GBI). A rating of two Green Globes is defined as: demonstrating excellent progress in reducing environmental impacts by applying best practices in energy and environmental efficiency.
Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Los Angeles have released a new study on the economic value of green home labels in the California residential market. The study finds California homes with green labels are worth 9 percent more on the real estate market.
Carrier will serve as the lead sponsor for Urban Green Council’s EBie Awards™, a new juried awards competition to select and highlight best practices in greening existing buildings.
Siemens Building Technologies Division announced the availability of a new study “A Path to Achieving Higher Building Performance,” that says the vast majority of public and private commercial buildings in the United States have a long way to go on the path to sustainable and energy-efficient operations.
Spring Independent School District (SISD) leaders discovered that smart architectural planning, coupled with the right combination of contractors and materials, could allow its newest elementary building to be completed on budget, utilizing the latest sustainable trends and building methods.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) recently announced that it will delay ballot on LEED 2012 until June 1, 2013. Because of this date change, LEED 2012 is being renamed LEED v4.
Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES), a provider of integrated performance analysis software and consulting services for sustainable building design and operation, has announced new HVAC enhancements to its VE-Pro building performance simulation software.
The upcoming games of the XXX Olympiad in London are featuring some of the latest state-of-the-art refrigeration and air conditioning equipment as well as the use of one of the oldest refrigerants, namely ammonia, as well as other natural refrigerants such as CO2 and HCs.