April 16, 2010

A piece of a little house – just two walls and a bit of roof – appeared in Centennial Park this week, a hint of the community to come tomorrow for Nashville’s Earth Day Celebration.

KELOWNA, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwire – April 16, 2010) – The Government of Canada is investing in research that will help to reduce the amount of greenhouse gases produced through building construction, announced the Honourable Ron Cannan, Member of Parliament for Kelowna-Lake Country, on behalf of the Honourable Jim Prentice, Minister of the Environment. The green building design project aims …

SUSTAINABLE buildings are becoming a priority for investors and tenants, according to a new survey by Colliers International.

Earth-lovers can help celebrate the 40th anniversary of Earth Day by attending Sunday Streets this weekend, which will feature the grand opening of San Francisco’s first fully “off-the-grid” building and environmental justice education center along the route.

Willis H. Carrier, the inventor of modern air conditioning and the founder of Carrier Corp., began training members of the heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration industry in 1905.

Location: WASHINGTON, D.C. Green building retrofits or new construction can protect the Asian real estate sector from increasing environmental risks emerging in the region, according to a new report released by the World Resources Institute (WRI) and HSBCs Climate Change Centre of Excellence.

Historic Buildings & Green Design was the theme of the annual Capewide historic preservation workshop, and nearly 100 gathered in Harwich recently to relate preservation precepts to energy conservation.

By: Brian Zahn The recently formed Green Building Club won first prize at the 2010 Northeast Sustainable Energy Association Student Design Competition on March 10….

East Hills Officials Also Come Out Against Retail Store Construction For the past year and a half, the Greenvale Civic Association (GVCA) has expressed its concerns over expansion plans by the local PC Richard store. Now, the civic association is battling the possible construction of a 10,000 sq. ft. building for retail space at the Green Cove Plaza Center.

SAN DIEGO, CA–(Marketwire – April 15, 2010) – Today, Barona Resort & Casino announced that it has achieved Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings (LEEDT-EB) rating system. Barona is the first Tribal resort in the nation to earn the internationally recognized certification for the design and operation …