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Harmon Hotel Completion Depends on Legal Fight
The unfinished Harmon Hotel was supposed to be stunning, but it remains in construction and in the middle of a legal fight.
New Children’s Hospital in Chicago Implements BIM
Despite difficult times for the construction industry, one major $915-million project is pressing forward and used BIM to create a successful design.
Areas Across U.S. to Receive Sustainability Assistance
Press Release Issued by AIA AIA Center for Communities by Design has selected seven communities to receive technical assistance under the SDAT program in 2010.
Excellence in Architecture, Interiors and Urban Design
Press Release Issued by AIA The American Institute of Architects (AIA) has selected the 2010 recipients of the Institute Honor Awards.
HOK-Designed Hotel Open in Songdo City
Press Release Issued by HOK HOK provided architectural design, landscape design and sustainable design services for the new 500,000-square-foot, LEED certified hotel.
Sera Architects Study In Success Published
Press Release Issued by Ideate, Inc. The subject of the study is SERA Architects’ LEED® Gold award-winning project, The Courtyard by Marriott Portland City Center.
Autodesk Software Used for Sustainable Police Facilities
Press Release Issued by Autodesk Product interoperability and lighting analysis features helped the firm meet strict LEED certification requirements.
Analysis Provides Output to Create Sustainable Designs
Press Release Issued by IES IES announced MCW Consultants Ltd. has selected its IES for use on three projects.
CFR Building Awarded LEED Gold Certification
Press Release Issued by Council on Foreign Relations The Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) announced that its new Washington, DC, building was awarded LEED gold certification by the U.S.G.B.C.
New USGBC Headquarters Earns LEED Platinum Certification
Press Release Issued by USGBC The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is proud to announce the Platinum certification of its new Washington, D.C. headquarters.
Vern Yip To Showcase Top Student Green Chair Designs
Press Release Issued by International Corrugated Packaging Foundation Vern Yip will showcase the winners of the national The Chair Affair™ student design competition at the National Building Museum.
Austin Campus Project is the largest LEED-certified in State
Press Release Issued by TBG Partners Advanced Micro Devices’ (AMD) new campus in Austin has been awarded LEED Gold certification from the USGBC.
Berkeley Bowl West Celebrates Grand Opening, Ribbon-Cutting
Press Release Issued by Sun Light & Power New, solar-power building uses 636 solar panels installed by Sun Light & Power to produce 111 kW of electricity.
Carmanah to Power Telecom Project with Solar Technology
Press Release Issued By Carmanah Technologies Corporation The project to supply solar power systems in North Africa will power a network of telecommunications towers.
Orlando's Greenest Building Relies on Harmon's Green Team
Press Release Issued by Harmon, Inc. Harmon, Inc.'s "Green Team" is helping Florida building owners achieve the benefits of daylighting, energy-efficiency and other environmental goals.
Eos Estate Winery Find Energy Answers
Press Release Issued by Conergy Solar Energy Solutions The solar energy solutions were provided by the global solar experts at Conergy, who design, distribute or install solar energy systems.
American Clay Appear in Annual Kips Bay Design Showcase
Press Release Issued by American Clay American Clay Earth Plasters make their premiere in two top-rated houses this week in New York and D.C.
Brightsource Energy Reaches Private Land Agreement
Press Release Issued by By Brightsource Energy Nevada site could provide up to 600 megawatts of clean solar thermal energy.
Turner Completes Two New York Landmarks
Press Release Issued by By Turner Construction The installation of the mill veneer work in Alice Tully Hall was coordinated using 3D modeling (BIM) and was made from one log of moabi wood.
Starbucks Opens LEED Certified Coffee Roasting Plant
Press Release Issued by Starbucks The facility has been awarded LEED Silver certification for New Construction by the USGBC.
Staples Store Receives LEED Gold
Press Release Issued by Staples Buildings meeting LEED standards minimize environmental impacts and maximize energy sustainability.
2.8MW Solar Installation Nears Completion
Press Release Issued by Evergreen Solar When finished, the 2.8 megawatt solar installation will be one of Germany’s largest.
World's Largest Solar Deal Signed
Press Release by Edison International The series of contracts for 1,300 megawatts of clean solar thermal power will generate enough to serve nearly 845,000 homes.
TreePeople Captures 216,000 Gallons from Recent Storms
By TreePeople.org The water content in California’s mountain snowpack, is at 55 percent of average for this time of year.
Rosa Parks Elementary School Wins Green School Makeover
Press Release Issued by EcoMedia and CBS Corp. Rosa Parks Elementary will be awarded a school makeover as part of the CBS & EcoZone Green Schools Initiative.
Revit BIM Experience Award Goes to Dunham Associates
Press Release Issued by Autodesk The firm is honored for use of building information modeling (BIM) on large- scale and sustainable projects.
Colorado Governor Dedicates New Solar Power System
Press Release Issued by BP Solar The 1.2-megawatt solar power system will help the university control utility costs as prices and usage increase over time.
Dell Children’s Medical wins LEED-Platinum Certification
Press Release Issued by TBG Partners Sustainable elements such as abundant natural light, renewable building materials and a power plant were all incorporated in the hospital’s site plan.
Siemens Installs Photovoltaic Plant
Press Release Issued by Siemens Energy The solar power installation will generate more than 750 megawatt-hours of climate-friendly electricity per year.
BP Solar Announces Completion Of Solar Power Pilot Project
Press Release Issued by BP Solar BP Solar completed its solar power construction program for Wal-Mart.
Maryland’s Largest Solar-power Project Yet
Press Release Issued by John E. Kelly & Sons One of Maryland’s largest solar-power projects to be built in Prince George County.
3DXplorer Enables Online Meetings
Press Release 3DXplorer’s Online Meeting takes a step forward to collaborative interactive engaging 3D workplaces.
Autodesk Sponsors AskNature.org
Press Release Issued by Autodesk Autodesk announced the sponsorship of AskNature.org, the world's first biomimicry database, featuring biology-inspired design strategies.
Nucraft Garners LEED Silver for Expansion/Renovation
Nucraft has earned LEED Silver certification for its corporate office expansion and renovation project in Comstock Park, Mich.
JCPenney Breaks Ground on Future LEED Store
J. C. Penney Company, Inc. broke ground last week in Fairview, Texas, on its first store registered and expected to obtain LEED certification.
HelioVolt Opens First Solar Thin Film Factory
HelioVolt Corporation has opened in Austin, Texas, its first factory for manufacturing high-performance thin film solar energy products; the facility has LEED certification.
BDP’s Elements Square Garners BREEAM Excellent Rating
Built with high sustainability credentials, Elements Square is the first covered retail scheme in the United Kingdom to receive a BREEAM 'Excellent' rating.
Hastings Public Library Gets LEED Gold
Hastings Public Library has been awarded LEED Gold certification–-the first and only public library in Michigan to receive that certification.
Jewel-Osco Opens Its First 'Green' Store
Jewel-Osco is seeking LEED certification for its first "green" store, which opened last month in Chicago.
Pinn Bros. Opens Nation’s Largest Solar Planned Community
Pinn Bros. has announced the opening of Palmilla in Brentwood, Calif.--the nation's largest master-planned community to offer solar modules as a standard feature.
Proximity is the First LEED Platinum Hotel
Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels have announced The Proximity Hotel and Print Works Bistro in Greensboro, N.C., have garnered LEED Platinum.
Florida Modular-Built School Garners LEED Platinum
Learning Gate Community School in Lutz, Fla., is the first Platinum-level green certified modular-built school in the U.S., thanks in part to Modular Building Systems International (MBSI).
HSBC Datcentre Earns First BREEAM 'Excellent' Rating in UK
Digital Realty Trust is building a datacentre for HSBC that has earned the first BREEAM 'Excellent' rating in the United Kingdom.
Great River Energy Headquarters Gets Platinum LEED
The Great River Energy headquarters building has earned Platinum LEED certification, making it the first in Minnesota to achieve the distinction.
Chipolte Mexican Grill Launches
Chipotle Mexican Grill, a national restaurant company, is now opening a “green” restaurant in Gurnee, Ill., with a six-kilowatt wind turbine on site.
Patni Knowledge Center in India Garners LEED Platinum
The Patni facility is now the largest LEED Platinum-rated building outside the U.S. and the second largest in the world.
Apogee Design+Build Has First LEED Home In Austin, Texas
Apogee Design+Build has completed the first LEED for Homes certified home in Austin, Texas.
Hines Sets Bar for 'Green' Buildings in Southern California
Hines has achieved LEED-CS Silver, DEES status and the first-ever Irvine Green Building Certificate for an office building in Irvine, Calif.
Open Energy's SolarSave PV Glass Powers Green Museum
Open Energy has completed its largest solar electric installation for the new California Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, Calif.
N.H. Green Residential Development Home Gets LEED Platinum
New Hampshire’s first green residential development, Nubanusit Neighborhood & Farm has been awarded LEED Platinum for a single-family home in its neighborhood.
REI to Open Second Prototype Green Store
REI's Round Rock, Texas, store will be the second location for the company’s prototype retail design and green building store initiative.
New California Academy of Sciences Features Living Roof
The newly opened California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco is slated for LEED Platinum certification and features a 2.5-acre Living Roof.
Turner Completes Construction on San Francisco Office Tower
Turner Construction Company announced last week that it has completed construction on the 555 Mission Street building in San Francisco.
Kettle Foods Sees Savings Thanks to LEED
One year after opening America’s first LEED Gold-certified food manufacturing plant, Kettle Foods is seeing the monetary pluses in building green.
Student Residence is Canada's Largest LEED Platinum Building
Dundurn Capital Partners' West Village Suites student residence in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, has been certified by the Canadian Green Building Council as LEED Platinum. ,
Union Park is LEED Gold Under Stage 2 in the LEED-ND Pilot
Union Park, a $6 billion, 11-million-square-foot, mixed-use project under development in downtown Las Vegas has been awarded Gold LEED certification.
Brooklyn Children's Museum Opens New LEED-Slated Building
The newly expanded Brooklyn Children's Museum is slated to be the first museum in New York City to "go green" and receive LEED certification.
Reduce Document Scanning Outsourcing Costs
Event Notification by Smooth Solutions Going to Jersey anytime soon? Smooth Solutions invites you to join their seminar on document preparation techniques and automated bar-code indexing.
Autodesk Presents Revit BIM Experience Award
Press Release Issued by Autodesk Autodesk, Inc. announced that Lissoni Associati Milano has been selected to receive a Revit BIM Experience Award.
Commodore Builders to Construct Green Office in 15 Days
Commodore Builders is partnering with Leggat McCall Properties and Audrey O’Hagan Architects to streamline the construction process in a project dubbed “15 Days.”
Two San Diego Habitat for Humanity Homes Feature Solar
San Diego Habitat for Humanity recently partnered with non-profit GRID Alternatives and sustainable energy companies BP Solar and Stellar Solar.
California Redevelopment Project Aims for Carbon Neutrality
Real estate owner American Assets's plans for its redevelopment project in Novato, Calif., show that it could achieve carbon-neutrality in less than 10 years.
Symantec Culver City Site Garners LEED Gold
Symantec Corp. recently announced that its Culver City, Calif., campus has earned LEED Gold Certification.
Developer Breaks Ground on Lower Manhattan Green Hotel
Designed by architect Helmut Jahn, the $600 million, 580,000-square-foot mixed-use skyscraper anticipates LEED Gold upon its completion in 2011.
Hallmark Development Announces LEED Gold Project
One of Florida's first registered office building projects pursuing LEED Gold certification has opened offices in Clearwater, Fla.
Advanced Data Centers Gets LEED Platinum Pre-Certification
Advanced Data Centers' McClellan Park facility, located in Sacramento, Calif., is the industry's first and only LEED Platinum pre-certified data center.
Avalon Hotel Achieves World's Second LEED for Existing Hotel
Portland's Avalon Hotel & Spa joins the ranks of only nine other hotels in the world to have achieved LEED certification.
Peet's Garners LEED Gold for Coffee Roasting Facility
Peet's Alameda coffee roastery is the first LEED-certified coffee roasting facility in the United States.
Wells Fargo's New Banking Stores Reduce Energy Use 20%
Wells Fargo newly built banking stores will use about 20% less energy and 40% less water than conventional buildings of the same type.
Gates Foundation Headquarters Aims for LEED
Groundbreaking ceremonies were held last week for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation’s new headquarters across from Seattle’s Space Needle.
Dockside Green is Highest-scoring LEED Platinum Building
Perkins+Will has announced completion of the highest-scoring LEED Platinum Certified building on record, Dockside Green Residential Phase I, in Victoria, British Columbia.
NCCER Responds to Industry Call for Green Building Training
Press Release Issued by NCCER The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) has partnered with the Sustainable Facilities and Infrastructure Research Team.
Queen City Square Aims for LEED
The 41-story, 825,000-square-foot Great American Building aims to garner the LEED-Core and Shell (LEED-CS) certification.
Cottage Living’s Idea Home Features REC Solar System
Cottage Living’s “green” Idea Home features a 2.88 kilowatt Mitsubishi Electric solar system installed by REC Solar.
EMSI Consults on 1st Gold LEED Commercial Building in China
EMSI provided consulting services for Century Prosper Center, the first speculative commercial office building in China to achieve LEED Gold.
Hines Office Building Garners Silver LEED-CS
Hines' Irvine, Calif., office is the first building on the West Coast to be certified for Silver LEED-CS.
Habitat for Humanity Project Has Day4 Energy Solar Modules
Day4 Energy has completed 16 solar systems at the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Work Project in San Pedro, Calif.
First LEED Platinum Office Building Design in DC Unveiled
The office building will include an Eco Lobby with a three-story climate wall and a green roof.
First LEED Platinum Office Building Design in DC Unveiled
The office building will include an Eco Lobby with a three-story climate wall and a green roof.
First LEED Platinum Office Building Design in DC Unveiled
The office building will include an Eco Lobby with a three-story climate wall and a green roof.
UTC Power to Supply Fuel Cells for World Trade Center Site
The New York Power Authority has selected UTC Power to supply 12 fuel cells (4.8 MW total) at the World Trade Center site in Manhattan.
Habitat for Humanity Project Features Day4 Energy Solar Modu
Day4 Energy has installed 16 solar energy systems at the Habitat for Humanity Jimmy Carter Work Project in San Pedro, Calif.
CALMAC Ice Storage System Helps Save Energy Costs
CALMAC's Ice Storage air conditioning system is helping Fossil Ridge High School in Fort Collins, Colo., save on energy costs.
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