Month: March 2012

One Small Button for Man, One Giant Leap for Data Access

Jason Hartke Vice President, National Policy U.S. Green Building Council Today the White House launched the Green Button Initiative, which connects more than 15 million Americans with their utility providers for streamlined access to their energy data…

March 22, 2012
LEED 2012 and Hospitality: One More Reason to Party at the Holiday Inn

Kal Wellman Associate, LEED U.S. Green Building Council Nothing makes for a good old fashioned hotel party quite like the efficient use of cooling tower water and improved outdoor air intake flow rates. Not enough to quench your party-going thirst? …

March 22, 2012
Resilient Buildings and Self-Reliance Will Strengthen Haiti Now and into the Future

Jeremy Sigmon, LEED® AP BD+C Manager, Building Codes Advocacy U.S. Green Building Council Rubble and tent villages in every direction. Mountains of trash with no place to go. A stench that makes your stomach turn. Canals full of stagnant, disease-f…

March 22, 2012
eBay, National Geographic, Ben & Jerry’s Among 25 Corporations Financing Renewable Energy Projects

Their purchase of carbon offsets are financing a landfill gas project and farm methane reduction project.

March 22, 2012
LEED Casino Gambles On Embracing Sustainability

It was “expensive and challenging,” but the Rivers Casino near Chicago believes becoming the world’s first LEED Gold casino will be worth it in the long run.

March 22, 2012