Green Buildings

Appraising green buildings

The Better Buildings Alliance site of the U.S. Department of Energy notified it's member organizations of the upcoming position papers on ap...

Control technology for LED lighting cuts energy usage by half again

LED lighting for commercial, industrial and consumer use has rapidly become mainstream, driven by a variety of factors such as large energy ...

Progress report: Hundreds of properties analyzed, and counting

The past 3-4 months has been a giant scramble for the GridMarket team to achieve the goal we set in January - analyze data for hundreds of p...

Year-long study reveals results of new HVAC cleaning process

A new technological innovation in the heating and air conditioning (HVAC) servicing sector, GreenAir Process, licensed by Ronkonkoma, NY-bas...

05-12-2015 - Urban Green Council to hold "Local Law 88" presentation

The Urban Green Council will hold a presentation titled, "Local Law 88: Lighting Upgrades & Sub-Metering" on May 12th from 2 to 2:45 p.m. At...

Hattan of Thornton Tomasetti honored with CSR Award

According to Thornton Tomasetti, the international engineering firm, their corporate sustainability officer Amy Hattan has received a Corpor...

SL Green Realty named 2015 Energy Star Partner of the Year

SL Green Realty Corp. has been recognized by The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as a 2015 Energy Star Partner of the Year for it...

HPD, SUS and Enterprise celebrate completion of green Truxton project

The NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development (HPD) joined Services for the UnderServed (SUS), Enterprise Community Partners, I...

Phase II of the Cleaner, Greener Communities (CGC) Program

Frequently, NYSERDA funds incent sustainable building projects and improve the ROI to building owners for any number of given initiatives. ...

Simply "cleaning" ducts, coils is like showering with clothes on

That pungent smell that emits from vents when air conditioning or heating is first turned on is not merely the odor of moisture buildup and ...