News and Articles on Sustainable Construction & Retrofits

With LEED Promise, Chicago’s Testa Produce Gets Building Site for a Dollar

April 9, 2010 by Paul Nastu

In exchange for adding renewable energy and building its warehouse to LEED standards, Testa Produce is getting a building site from the city of Chicago for one dollar. Renewable energy should provide about 55 percent of the facility’s electricity needs, resulting in up to $90,000 a year in savings, said ... Read more »

Rackspace, Whirlpool Energize Savings Through Building Design

April 7, 2010April 7, 2010 by Gina Roos

Whether your business manufactures appliances like Whirlpool or is an IT hosting service provider like Rackspace Hosting, achieving the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification comes along with long-term energy cost savings and big reductions in water use and emissions. Randy Smith, director ... Read more »

Sacramento Developers Use ‘Green’ Awards to Attract Tenants

April 7, 2010April 6, 2010 by Gina Roos

With vacancy rates in the double digits, developers in Sacramento, and elsewhere, are using sustainability and environmental certifications such as the Energy Star Label and Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards as a key marketing tool to attract tenants, reports The Sacramento Bee. There are nearly 100 commercial ... Read more »

NJ Real Estate Developer Partners with EPA on Energy, Waste, Water

April 2, 2010December 14, 2010 by Gina Roos

Hartz Mountain Industries, a New Jersey real estate development company, has made a major commitment to cut energy, water, waste and emissions at its retail and commercial properties across the state through a partnership with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), reports RealEstateRama.com. The agreement with the EPA reflects environmental ... Read more »

Behind the Bowden Centre’s ‘Green’ Design

March 31, 2010 by Paul Nastu

This video highlights environmentally friendly design and construction techniques for the Bowden Centre, an educational facility at Mt. Annan Botanic Garden in Australia. The building uses a heat pump, as well as solar heat, to regulate the building’s temperature. It was designed by Kennedy Associates Architects for the NSW Botanic ... Read more »

New Hormel Plant to Use 25% Less Water, Energy

March 30, 2010March 31, 2010 by Paul Nastu

The new Hormel Foods production facility in Dubuque, Iowa, is designed to use at least 25 percent less water and energy than the typical plant. Officially opened March 30, the 348,000 square-foot facility is run by Progressive Processing, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hormel. Hormel’s first new production facility in ... Read more »

Supercomputer Hub Puts Energy Efficiency to Work

March 30, 2010March 29, 2010 by Paul Nastu

The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Terascale Simulation Facility (TSF), which houses some of the world’s fastest supercomputers, has received a LEED gold level certification under the U.S. Green Building Council rating system. The TSF is a 253,000-square-foot building that houses Dawn (BlueGene/P), BlueGene/L and ASC Purple — Advanced Simulation and ... Read more »

LA Costco/Lowes Center Boasts 40% Water Savings

March 25, 2010March 25, 2010 by Paul Nastu

A new Costco/Lowe’s-anchored retail center in Los Angeles achieves 40 percent in water savings, compared to the baseline, said Vanessa Delgado of Primestor Development, which was involved in building the 343,000-square-foot center. The Plaza Pacoima center, which upon completion will seek a LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building ... Read more »

LA, DC, San Francisco Top Cities for Energy Star Buildings

March 24, 2010March 23, 2010 by Paul Nastu

With 293 Energy Star-labeled buildings in 2009, Los Angeles retains its ranking as the city with the most such buildings, according to new information from the Department of Energy (PDF). Energy Star buildings in Los Angeles topped 76 million square feet of floor space, with an estimated cost savings of ... Read more »

Proportion of Wells Fargo Green Building Lending in Decline

March 19, 2010December 14, 2010 by Paul Nastu

To date, banking giant Wells Fargo has made a $6 billion business in lending to and investing in environmental and renewable energy projects, but the proportion of the total going toward green building is in decline. Of that total, about $3.25 billion has been related to green buildings, with $1.85 ... Read more »

BNY Mellon Office Cuts Energy Use by 20%

March 18, 2010March 18, 2010 by Gina Roos

Bank of New York Mellon’s facility in Everett, Mass., has implemented numerous sustainable building strategies that helped the company cut energy consumption by nearly 20 percent thanks in part to building-wide control systems, new operating methods and lighting automation. BNY Mellon’s building retrofit also included the addition of a 76-kilowatt ... Read more »

Foodservice Supply Chain Addresses Facility Energy Efficiency

March 17, 2010 by Gina Roos

Whether it’s a facility expansion or new construction, foodservice companies including U.S. Foodservice and MeadWestvaco are joining the ranks of many organizations that have made the decision to incorporate energy-saving features into their building retrofits and new construction to reduce energy costs and energy use as well as greenhouse gas ... Read more »

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