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Aircuity to Begin Installation at Virginia Commonwealth University

Aircuity will begin installation at three laboratory research buildings at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine.

From Aircuity 16 May 2018

Integrating Plant Physiology with Smart Sensor Networks to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Residents of industrialized countries spend over 80% of their time indoors, increasingly in air-tight structures. Although these buildings need less energy, the build-up of particulate matter & toxic gases may prove detrimental to human health.

23 Apr 2018

MQDC Joins MIT Energy Initiative to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Property Projects

To enhance the sustainability of homes and property projects in Thailand, Bangkok-based property developer Magnolia Quality Development Corporation Limited has joined the MIT Energy Initiative, with a three-year membership agreement in MITEI's Low-Carbon Energy Center for Electric Power Systems Research.

6 Dec 2017

University of Bristol, Cabot Institute Awarded Grant to Create Vision for Smart, Green and Healthy Cities

How can we green our cities to make them healthier and more sustainable places to live? A substantial grant awarded to a European collaboration, including researchers at the University of Bristol, will help to develop the best, most cost effective policies to get cities on the path to an environmentally friendly future.

6 May 2016

KeHE to Open State-of-the-Art LEED Certified Distribution Facility in Portland

On December 23rd, KeHE Distributors will open its newest, LEED Certified, distribution facility in Portland, Oregon. This new state-of-the-art distribution center is an important addition to the Company's expansion strategy and key to its growth plan in the Northwest Region.

29 Dec 2015

COP21: Enormous Potential of Green Buildings Discussed at Delta21 Forum

As the end of the UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) nears, experts and scholars in the energy, architecture and meteorology fields from both sides of the Taiwan Strait attend the Delta21 Forum organized by Delta Electronics on December 10 at the Grand Palais. They discussed the enormous potential of green buildings in regards to energy conservation and lower carbon emissions from the policy support, energy-efficient technology and architectural design perspective.

12 Dec 2015

Fundamental Rethinking of ‘Cement’ Needed in this Age of Global Warming

Meetings in Paris this week on the climate brought forth a call for more environmentally friendly construction from a new alliance of nations and organizations, the Lima-Paris Action Agenda Focus on Building.

7 Dec 2015

USGBC Selects LG Electronics as Official Solar Partner for 2015 Trade Show

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), presenter of Greenbuild, the world's premier sustainability and green building conference, selected LG Electronics USA as official solar partner for the 2015 trade show this week in Washington, D.C.

21 Nov 2015

Taiwan Green Product Demo House Presents Quality Green Products at Tokyo's Home & Building Show

Taiwan Green Trade Project Office's trademark "Taiwan Green Product Demo House" is currently presenting 10 quality green products in Japan, at Tokyo's Home & Building Show. The house is an environmentally friendly, reusable exhibition show booth made entirely of state-of-the-art materials that have been certified by both domestic and international green standards.

19 Nov 2015

Approximately One-Third of New Single-Family Homes in the U.S. will be Green by 2016

Energy-efficient homes of the future have arrived and are growing in popularity. According to a report by McGraw Hill Construction, nearly one-third of new single-family homes in the U.S. will be green by 2016. They are energy and natural resource efficient, designed to reduce overall impact on human health and the environment.

18 Nov 2015