What Walmart, Ford, ILFI and Green Building Alliance Are Doing to Make Manufacturing Profitable, Sustainable
Domestic manufacturing is getting a boost from federal dollars and also from recent investments made by manufacturers themselves.
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LEED Makes Nice with Living Building Challenge
In the world of rating systems there is a sense of competition, but nevertheless, the US Green Building Council will now recognize energy and water requirements from the Living Building Challenge green building system within the LEED green building program. USGBC says it shares common goals with the International Living ... Read more »
San Francisco Construction Office Uses Daylighting System in Bid to Earn Net-Zero Status
DPR Construction recently installed 19 Solatube SolaMaster Series 750 DS units in its San Francisco office as part of the company’s effort to achieve the International Living Future Institute’s Net-Zero Energy building (NZEB) designation. If the San Francisco building earns the designation, it will be the first one in the city ... Read more »
Environmental Executive Moves: Newalta, GBI, Nexant, Bosque Systems
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Newalta: The provider of industrial waste management and environmental services’ board of directors has appointed John Barkhouse as president and chief executive officer. Barkhouse most recently served as president of Bredero Shaw. Green Building Initiative: The green building ... Read more »
Environmental Executive Moves: Cambrian Innovation, Biotech Partners, ISSP
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Cambrian Innovation: The water and bioenergy technology provider has named Randy Ziffer chief operating officer. Ziffer was most recently senior vice president of operations at Columbia Tech. International Society of Sustainability Professionals: The world’s leading association for sustainability ... Read more »
Environmental Executive Moves: Johnson Controls, Green Automotive, Intellitect Water
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. Johnson Controls: The multi-industrial company has appointed Michael Bartschat (pictured) as its first chief procurement officer. Bartschat, who will report to CFO and Executive Vice President R. Bruce McDonald, most recently served as group vice president and general ... Read more »
College Building ‘Scavenges’ Heat
The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) at Vancouver’s University of British Columbia utilizes innovative HVAC technologies such as heat scavenging from neighboring buildings, geothermal and solar. The four-story, 65,000-sq-foot net-positive-energy building has achieved LEED platinum certification and has applied for Living Building Challenge recognition. A spokeswoman for the ... Read more »
Green Building Wars Rage
The Green Globes rating system is “greenwash,” according to an open letter to the Green Building Initiative’s (GBI) board of directors. The letter, spearheaded by Greenwash Action, a joint initiative of Sierra Club and Greenpeace, and signed by several environmental and green building groups including the Natural Resources Defense Council and ... Read more »
Living Building Pulls Out All the Stops
Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens’ new Center for Sustainable Landscapes in Pittsburg received Net Zero Energy Building Certification, which it pursued in the Living Building Challenge issued by International Living Future Institute. The building features everything from geothermal, to solar, to wind, to a desiccant dehumidification wheel in order to ... Read more »
Living Building Challenge Standard Updated
The International Living Future Institute has released the next iteration of its Living Building Challenge performance standard. Key changes in version 3.0 of the green building program include: The Site Petal was renamed the Place Petal, reflecting a belief in viewing each project location as a place with unique and ... Read more »
Standards & Compliance Briefing: Building Products, Sediment Control, LEED, RoHS II
The International Living Future Institute and the Health Product Declaration Collaborative will align their building products standards to simplify disclosure requirements for manufacturers. The two organizations say the Institute’s Declare ingredients label and online product database (declareproducts.com) and the HPDC’s Health Product Declaration (HPD) Open Standard for disclosing building product contents ... Read more »
Environmental Executive Moves: URS, EBI, Wilo, Recology
Here’s the latest news on hirings, promotions and departures among environmental leaders. URS Corporation: The construction and environmental engineering firm has named Richard Reis (pictured) as a vice president and Northwest regional manager for URS’s infrastructure and environment division. Prior to joining URS, Reis served as the operations manager for ... Read more »