Tag: corporate
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This Week in Energy News for April 26, 2013
This week in Jetson Green Energy News, we’re reporting on a new green skyscraper in San Francisco, Top 10 Green Cities, Top 10 Green Projects, Donald Trump’s controversial (banned) anti-wind advertisement, environmental clean up in Wisconsin, new environmental funding in Minnesota, a new research facility in Colorado, and earthquake-resistant wallpaper. And, even though Earth Day…
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This Week in Energy News for April 11, 2013
This week in Jetson Green Energy News, we’re reporting on recent energy-efficient design awards, a reinstatement of New Mexico’s eco-friendly building standards, new wind power coming to Canada, U.S. GSA sustainability goals, and America’s continued concern for the economy over the environment. Plus, our calendar of upcoming green events gets some new additions. Carbon Challenge…
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1970s-Era Toledo Building Transformation Achieves LEED Platinum
This 1970s-era neo-classical building underwent significant transformations to achieve LEED Platinum certification, but the architects, Duket Architects and Centerbrook Architects and Planners, were tasked with retaining the original facade, which was thought of as a local landmark. To do so, while bringing more natural light into the building and allowing for fabulous views of the…
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The World’s Greenest Commercial Building Now Leasing for Spring 2013 Opening
Seattle’s Bullitt Center, a project of the Bullitt Foundation, has been designed to take the spot as the most energy efficient commercial building on the planet and put Seattle on “the forefront of the green building movement,” according to the project’s website. With the first floor already leased to the International Living Future Institute and…
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This Week in Energy News for March 1, 2013
This week in Jetson Green Energy News, efforts are being made to reduce pollution and derive energy from renewable sources. Google Reveals Plans for Massive Green Office Complex In partnership with Seattle-based design firm NBBJ, Google has released an architectural rendering of plans for its next 1.1 million square-foot headquarters that features green roofs and…