April 2010

The Coachella Valley Branch of the U.S. Green Building Council will hold its spring meeting at 5:30 p.m. today in the Intrawest Room at Desert Willow Golf Resort, 38-995 Desert Willow Drive, Palm Desert.

GREEN BROOK The second brainstorming session for Volunteer Day, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 1, will take place at 7 p.m. tonight, April 29, in the Municipal Building, 111 Greenbrook Road.

GREEN BROOK The second brainstorming session for Volunteer Day, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 1, will take place at 7 p.m. tonight, April 29, in the Municipal Building, 111 Greenbrook Road.

Today, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and Congress for the New Urbanism (CNU) announced the launch of the LEED for Neighborhood Development green neighborhoods rating system.

The Universitys recycling and green initiatives are starting to gain national attention. The Princeton Review in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council released the Guide to 286 Green Colleges and named UH one of three most environmentally conscious institutions in Texas institutions. Texas Christian University and Texas A&M were the other two Texas institutions named in […]

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority will present a High Performance Building Plaque to the Sukyo Mahikari Centers for Spiritual Development at a special event in recognition of energy-efficient measures incorporated into its new center that will help cut its energy costs by $8,400 per year and reduce its carbon footprint in New York City.

GREEN BROOK The second brainstorming session for Volunteer Day, which is scheduled for Saturday, May 1, will take place at 7 p.m. tonight, April 29, in the Municipal Building, 111 Greenbrook Road.

With all the talk about green building, maybe you’d like the chance to see how it all looks in real life. The City of South San Francisco has just what you’re looking for: the “Green X-Ray House.” They’ve taken an ordinary, older three bedroom, one bath single story home, and renovated it using

The leader of the Mormon Church has pledged to use more green technology after overseeing the construction of the first environmentally-friendly meeting house in the northern hemisphere.

The Coachella Valley Branch of the U.S. Green Building Council will hold its spring meeting at 5:30 p.m. today in the Intrawest Room at Desert Willow Golf Resort, 38-995 Desert Willow Drive, Palm Desert.