Archive by category 'Blog' (Page 3)Here’s a good article in Scientific American that delves into some of the technical aspects behind the failure of Solyndra. By largely steering clear of the politics and focusing on the science, the piece is actually hopeful, as follows:
Solyndra turned out to be an answer to a…
“Ones vision is only limited by one horizon” and so started one of the Master Speaker series at this years Greenbuild, The US Green Building Council’s annual convention in Toronto. The speaker was Tom Palladino, one of the original developers of the LEED program and he was…
Four of our staff will be in Toronto for USGBC’s Greenbuild Conference and Expo this week. Stay tuned to our blog for our perspective and favorite green building products from the Expo floor. If you can’t make it to Greenbuild you can follow our updates on Twitter;…
Was recently invited to be a part of the panel ‘Riding the Trillion Dollar Green Wave‘ at the Crittenden Real Estate Finance Conference in Miami Beach. Making the dollars and cents case for Green Building and LEED Certification has been getting easier and easier these days. To…
Could the economies of scale finally be kicking in?
The average installed cost of residential and commercial PV systems completed in 2010 fell by roughly 17 percent from the year before, and by an additional 11 percent within the first six months of 2011.
Here’s a reasonably good article in Fast Company about LEED 2012, the next version of the rating system coming soon to a checklist near you. It’s an easy read and seems to get more things right than wrong. Once again, however, they single out…
Even if you don’t believe in the green energy Holy Grail or the studies showing that jobs are being created with the government investment in green technologies, http://www.npr.org/2011/06/13/137141008/is-obamas-bet-on-green-jobs-risky , do not throw the green baby out with the green bath water.
“Green jobs”, “green energy”, “green transportation”, “green buildings”. …
The Clifton Hotel in Miami Beach is one of our most recent projects to be certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for achieving LEED Gold for New Construction. The hotel, owned by Cambean Hospitality, is the first LEED certified building in the City…
While our cars, refrigerators, computers and air conditioning systems have been getting more efficient, our home electronics — particularly those components that interface with our cable providers — have been going in the other direction. The NY Times has an article on…
Registration for Greenbuild 2011 is now open! Greenbuild is the US Green Building Council’s annual conference which is packed with green building education and the largest exhibit hall devoted to green building products in the world! This year Toronto will be hosting the conference October 4-7. Click…
