Latest Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Stories
DALLAS, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On July 18, 2012, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo signed Senate Bill 1462 into law authorizing a municipal corporation to provide a real property tax exemption for improvements to Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certified or other green initiative certified buildings. Municipal corporations will now decide whether to adopt the exemption. Companies considering construction of a potentially qualifying improvement should monitor...
BOSTON, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- WegoWise, a leading building performance analytics provider, today announced it will provide developers and owners of the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC) LEED for Homes projects with complimentary yearlong access to its WegoPro platform. The online platform will now be available to help developers and owners benchmark the energy and water performance and minimize operating costs for nearly 23,000 certified LEED for Homes residential units,...
ROCKVILLE, Md., Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Tower Companies announced today that The Blairs Residential Campus is the First Multi-Family to receive LEED® Gold Certification under the Multiple Building and On-Campus Building Group Certification Program for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance ("EBOM") version 2009 on July 25, 2012. Tower's Chief Sustainability Officer David Borchardt and project consultants, Sustainable Design Consulting (SDC), led the...
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 13, 2012, CodeGreen Solutions will partner with PG&E, BOMA SF, and the San Francisco Department of Environment to present a seminar on how to comply with the new energy performance laws for existing buildings throughout San Francisco. The seminar will include a discussion detailing the ordinance's requirements, how to comply, and expected costs associated with compliance. The seminar's panel of experts will discuss how building...
SAN DIEGO, Aug. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Envision Solar International, Inc., (www.envisionsolar.com) (OTC BB:EVSI), the leading solar shaded parking array designer and developer, announces that its President & CEO, Desmond Wheatley, has been invited to present to a LEED certified group of USGBC members on the many benefits and values of high quality solar shading parking infrastructure. The presentation today is part of the USGBC Orange County chapter's Green Bag Lunch series....
NEW YORK, July 31, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Ernst & Young LLP today announced completion of a lighting retrofit project in its US headquarters in New York City. The project's installation of energy-efficient lighting - one of New York City's largest lighting retrofits - will cut the building's annual energy use by approximately 2.9 million kilowatt-hours and reduce its CO2 emissions by approximately 2 million pounds. "Reducing the carbon footprint of our office space is part of...
HSINCHU, Taiwan, July 30, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- United Microelectronics Corporation (NYSE: UMC; TWSE: 2303) ("UMC"), a leading global semiconductor foundry, today announced that its 300mm Fab 12A P3 & P4 in Tainan, Taiwan, has gained LEED-NC (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design - New Construction) Gold recognition from the U.S. Green Building Council. This is another green building achievement for P3 & P4 following its EEWH Gold certification from Taiwan in...
LONG BEACH, Calif., July 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- In a moment almost two years in the making, LD Products has announced that its new Long Beach headquarters has achieved the highest possible ranking of energy conservation and environmentally friendly building. On June 21, 2012 the US Green Building Council (USGBC) officially recognized the building, which houses the online ink retailer's corporate offices and warehouse, as the first new construction commercial building to be awarded...
WASHINGTON, July 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- AtSite, Inc., a provider of Building Performance Solutions, announced that it recently completed a Series A round of funding to fuel strategic growth for new technology partnerships, expanded geographic markets and key talent acquisition. AtSite helps clients develop, optimize and maintain high-performing buildings. With two decades of expertise, AtSite offers tailored solutions for building owners and operators using advances in smart...
ROCKVILLE, Md., July 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Tower Companies announced today that they are the recipient of the National Capital Region chapter of the US Green Building Council's 2012 Awards of Excellence for Project of the Year for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance for Blair Towns, the first LEED certified multi-family apartments in the country in January 2004. Blair Towns became the world's first ever multi-family residential LEED EBOM 2009 Platinum...
