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BREEAM Datacentre Scheme Used by Digital Realty Trust For Their Buildings Around the World

Digital Realty Trust have adopted the BREEAM Datacentre scheme for their buildings throughout the world and expect to achieve significant environmental and cost savings by doing this

31 Mar 2009

BRE Innovation Park to Include Green Apartment Block and Retail Outlet

Work starts this week on a Code for Sustainable Homes Level 6 four-storey apartment block complete with an retail store which will form part of the Phase II expansion of the BRE Innovation Park

31 Mar 2009

Passive Solar Energy System a Success for The Energy Crowd

theEnergyCrowd.com the crowd-source based developer of renewable energy technologies has announced that the initial stage of its first project has proved successful. A passive solar energy based system for capturing heat energy for either long or short term storage started producing results - even during late winter months

31 Mar 2009

Water Conservation Restrictions Voluntarily Introduced in California

Utility urging consumers to conserve and take advantage of conservation programs and rebates

30 Mar 2009

USGBC Environmental Award Presented for FBI Building in Chicago

Recently, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Regional Facility, located in Chicago, Illinois, officially received a Platinum-level Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEED EBOM) award from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC)

30 Mar 2009

Strategies for Designing Energy Efficient, High Performance Buildings to be Taught to Architects and Builders by Aloca

Alcoa announced today that an upcoming webinar co-sponsored by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and Alcoa's Kawneer architectural aluminum products business will provide architects and building contractors with insights and strategies for designing high performance buildings using energy efficient architectural solutions

30 Mar 2009

Department of Energy Award Goes to Construction Projects at Brookhaven Lab

Two large construction projects at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, the U.S. ATLAS Detector Project and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN), have been named winners of the DOE Secretary's Award for Achievement

30 Mar 2009