Wyoming School Meets LEED Standards
A new elementary school in Greybull, Wyoming, will be the only one in the state built according to LEED standards, the Casper Star Tribune reports.
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Boston to Require LEED Standards
Boston plans to amend its building code to require that all new private construction of at least 50,000 square feet must meet the minimum criteria of the United States Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design standards, The New York Times reports. Other cities and states have taken ... Read more »
GHG Certification Standard Out for Stakeholder Comment
The new Green-e Greenhouse Gas Product Certification Standard is now out for stakeholder comment. The Center for Resource Solutions is developing the new standard with the Green-e GHG Advisory Group, composed of environmental organizations, government agencies, businesses, and advocacy organizations. CRS believes the creation of this draft standard is the ... Read more »
300 Computer Products Meet EPEAT Standard
Nine manufacturers are participating in EPEAT, the EPA-funded green computer standard released in July. More than 300 computers are now registered. The manufacturers are (links lead to EPEAT profiles): Apple, CTL, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, NEC Display Solutions, Northern Micro, Panasonic, and Sony. Many of these manufacturers also made Greenpeace’s report ... Read more »
Aspen Sells Tags to Offset Guests’ Travel Emissions
Aspen Skiing Company is partnering with the Bonneville Environmental Foundation to sell Green-e certified SkiGreen Tags to resort guests who wish to offset their travel-related emissions to and from the resort with wind energy. SkiGreen Tags can be added to a season pass for $20, or guests can purchase a ... Read more »
Boeing Facility Receives ISO 14001 Certification
Boeing’s airplane manufacturing facility in Everett, Washington has received ISO 14001 certification, confirming that the facility has a certified system in place to monitor, manage, and improve its environmental management system. Boeing’s Everett facility sits on more than 1,000 acres and is surrounded by 16 wetlands that drain to fish-bearing streams. According to ... Read more »
TerraPass VP of Marketing: Link Offset Program to Customer Behavior
Although it hasn’t been measured directly yet, Adam Stein, VP of Marketing for TerraPass, says that based on focus groups that TerraPass has done and emails he has received, he believes that Expedia has increased customer loyalty by offering flight terrapasses to its customers. As Stein points out in the interview with Marketing Green’s David Wigder, carbon ... Read more »
2006 National Green Power Award Winners & Project Descriptions
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Department of Energy and the Center for Resource Solutions recently announced the annual Green Power Leadership Awards, recognizing leading national green power purchasers and suppliers. Descriptions of each award recipient’s efforts are from the EPA. They can be found in the 2006 Awards Ceremony ... Read more »
New Mexico Releases Climate Group’s Recommendations
Governor Bill Richardson’s Climate Change Advisory Group announced today that New Mexico could reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 267 million metric tons and create a projected $2 billion net economic savings for New Mexico’s economy over the next decade if the state adopts 69 policies they developed on climate ... Read more »
ASHRAE Publishes GreenGuide
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers has published a GreenGuide focusing on the “design, construction, and operation of sustainable buildings.” The guide aims help teach designers how to participate effectively on design teams charged with producing green buildings. “This is a design guide for mechanical engineers who ... Read more »
Green Building’s Bottom Line Comes into Focus
A new white paper from Building Design and Construction (via Jetson Green) reviews the financial and economic dimensions of green building across 10 different building types. Here’s the white paper’s 10-point action plan for green building stakeholders: 1. State and local government pension funds and so called socially responsible investors ... Read more »
Williams-Sonoma Catalogs to Receive FSC Certification
Williams-Sonoma has begun sourcing more than 90% of the paper used in the company’s seven catalogs (Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Pottery Barn Bed and Bath, Pottery Barn Kids, PBteen, west elm and Williams-Sonoma Home) from sources certified by the Forest Stewardship Council. FSC certification will ensure that catalog paper comes from well-managed forests ... Read more »