Month: May 2012
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Three Steps to Improve Indoor Air Quality
Maintaining good indoor air quality (IAQ) is one of the most important aspects of facility maintenance because it directly affects the health, productivity and comfort of building occupants. Even modern, well-ventilated buildings can have poor indoor a…
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Three Steps to Improve Indoor Air Quality
Maintaining good indoor air quality (IAQ) is one of the most important aspects of facility maintenance because it directly affects the health, productivity and comfort of building occupants. Even modern, well-ventilated buildings can have poor indoor a…
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"Inexhaustible" Inspiration: Thomas Knittel Talks Biomimicry
Amy King Director, USGBC Leadership Institute U.S. Green Building Council A building shaped like a butterfly. A skyscraper modeled after self-cooling termite mounds. A structure in arid climate inspired by a desert snail. Biomimicry, the application o…
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Southeastern Building Codes Welcome Greater Efficiency for Greater Savings
Jeremy Sigmon, LEED® AP BD+C Director, Technical Policy U.S. Green Building Council “Air conditioning saved the South.” I distinctly remember my high school American history teacher repeating this as we reviewed economic growth in the U.S. durin…
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Norway Loves The Nissan Leaf … But Why?
Norway has the best European support for EVs with no VAT, no new car tax, free parking, exemption from tolls, use of bus lanes and 3,500 charge points in Oslo. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechli…