Green Buildings

Keith Vanderbilt - Energy-saving, high-speed hand dryers

After many years of working in the Division 10 industry I decided to open a company that focuses on energy saving high speed hand dryers as ...

An interview with Larry Hurwitz of Broadway Electrical Co.

What is Broadway Electric? Broadway is a 75 year old Electrical Contracting company that is family owned. Over the years we have had the opp...

Ted Staples - Controversy over the "Stretch Code"

There has been much controversy over the past year regarding the adoption of 780 CMR 120.AA aka the "Stretch Code" which is occurring on a t...

Daniel Greenwood - SolarFlair installs 480kw solar array on self-storage facility

In 2008, 126 Self Storage of Ashland, Mass. installed a 20 kw solar array. Once again they are teaming up with SolarFlair Energy, Inc. to co...

Tsoi/Kobus & Associates project for Johnson & Wales University achieves LEED Gold status

Tsoi/Kobus & Associates' (TK&A) design of the Cuisinart Center for Culinary Excellence at Johnson & Wales University's Harborside campus has...

Jones Lang LaSalle named ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named Jones Lang LaSalle 2011 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for its leadership in promo...

Living Building Challenge & Next-Generation Sustainable Design - by Buro Happold

NEXUS A project of The Green Roundtable will hold a case study: The Living Building Challenge & Next-Generation Sustainable Design on April ...

Owners and developers turn to TMC for effective PCB remedies

PCBs, (Polychlorinated biphenyls) are man-made organic chemicals that were manufactured from 1929 - 1979 when they were banned because of co...

Owners will pay for green, but whether they will continue to pay for LEED is still uncertain

To LEED or not to LEED, that is the question for a growing number of building owners. The decision hinges on two main issues: Green buildin...

TIAA-CREF's 99 High earns LEED Gold status

According to TIAA-CREF and Jones Lang LaSalle, 99 High, a 730,000 s/f first class office and retail tower, has received Gold-level LEED cert...