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Amazon Envisions LEED Gold for Second Headquarters in Arlington

May 30, 2019March 12, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

Amazon’s development plans for a second headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, call for an urban campus that starts with turning a block of warehouses into two new LEED Gold-certified buildings. The tech giant anticipates investing $2.5 billion in constructing the campus over the next 10 years.

UC Berkeley Building Earns TRUE Zero Waste Platinum Certification

January 18, 2019October 12, 2020 by Alyssa Danigelis

Chou Hall at the University of California Berkeley’s Haas School of Business recently earned TRUE (Total Resource Use and Efficiency) Zero Waste certification at the platinum level — a first for any academic building in the world.

City Mayors Pledge Net Zero Carbon Buildings by 2050

August 27, 2018August 24, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Mayors of 19 major cities around the world announced commitments to make their buildings net zero carbon by 2050. Metropolitan areas represented included London, New York, Paris, and Tokyo.

Global Building Industry Picks Up Speed, Looks To Future-Proof

May 15, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

In the midst of growing populations and increasingly taller buildings, businesses need to make sure the products they put out today are future-proof, says Brad Nemeth, VP of sustainability for ThyssenKrupp Elevator for the Americas.

ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company Maximizes Material Transparency: Q&A with Brad Nemeth

May 11, 2018October 9, 2019 by Alyssa Danigelis

Brad Nemeth, ThyssenKrupp Elevator Company’s VP of sustainability for the Americas, discusses the challenges and advantages to pursuing material transparency.

What an Aging Infrastructure Means for Businesses in the United States

February 21, 2018February 21, 2018 by Alyssa Danigelis

Modernizing the country’s aging infrastructure has been at the top of the American to-do list for years. At the same time, the US government only spends about 3% of GDP on this area. This month the White House released a sweeping plan to rebuild roads and bridges nationwide: “Legislative Outline ... Read more »

3D-Printed Structures Get Larger, Fuel Sustainable Construction Debate

November 30, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

As the debate about the environmental implications of 3D printing continues, businesses are pushing the boundaries of what the technology can do. The Danish company 3D Printhuset recently completed the printed office-hotel structure for a site in Copenhagen, but the race to create Europe’s first inhabitable 3D-printed building didn’t quite ... Read more »

Report: Global Indoor Air Quality Meters Market Expected To Grow

October 30, 2017 by Alyssa Danigelis

A new report from Research and Markets forecasts that the global indoor air quality meters market will grow at a compound annual growth rate of 7.56% from 2017 to 2021. Global Indoor Air Quality Meters Market 2017-2021, the result of an in-depth analysis, also discusses the key vendors involved. “Indoor ... Read more »

Siemens Expands Water Treatment Options for Commercial, Industrial Buildings

March 13, 2015March 13, 2015 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Siemens and Silver Bullet Water Treatment have entered into an agreement that will help broaden Siemens’ offerings of non-hazardous chemical water treatments, allowing customers to lease the technology to treat cooling tower water onsite. Siemens recently ran several tests at three of its customers’ facilities to quantify the cooling tower ... Read more »

Cox Meets Better Buildings Challenge Six Years Early

November 14, 2014November 13, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Cox Media Group’s facility housing its Atlanta TV and radio stations has met Atlanta’s Better Buildings Challenge nearly six years ahead of the 2020 goal. The facility reduced its energy and water consumption by more than 20 percent, compared to 2009 usage, and is annually saving nearly 650,000 gallons of ... Read more »

Wells Fargo Launches $10M Clean Tech Startup Fund

October 29, 2014October 29, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

Wells Fargo has launched a $10 million environmental grant for clean technology startups. The Innovation Incubator (IN2) program, funded by the Wells Fargo Foundation and co-administered by the Energy Department’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory, aims to foster the development of early stage clean technologies for commercial buildings. Wells Fargo says ... Read more »

No ‘Silver Bullet’ to Cut Buildings’ Carbon Emissions

October 21, 2014October 20, 2014 by Jessica Lyons Hardcastle

US commercial buildings can reduce carbon emissions through a range of everyday measures — not a “silver bullet,” CBRE tells Reuters. CBRE is the world’s largest commercial real estate services company. Residential and commercial buildings account for about 38 percent of US CO2, according to Department of Energy figures. David Pogue, ... Read more »

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