May 2010

SAN MATEO, CA and TEL AVIV, ISRAEL–(Marketwire – 05/18/10) – Pythagoras Solar, a provider of advanced building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) products, today announced plans to commercialize the industry’s first energy efficient, transparent and high power density photovoltaic glass unit (PVGU). The company’s groundbreaking new technology is the first to combine energy efficiency, solar power …

BOULDER, Colo.—-Green building certification programs are becoming increasingly important tools to verify that a building meets a set of green criteria including energy efficiency, sustainable materials selection, site location, and indoor environmental quality.

KUALA LUMPUR : The Housing and Local Government Ministry is reviewing the Uniform Building By-Laws in promoting the use of green technologies in buildings to create a more sustainable living environment for homeowners.

SACRAMENTO, CA – Monday, May 17, 2010 – The United Football League is donating $25,000 to benefit both the city of Sacramento and the California Green Building Initiative’ that promotes energy efficiency conservation, sustainability, green building and green purchasing practices.

My last column covered the German Embassy’s recent conference on innovation in green buildings.

Swiss watchmaker Swatch is the only retailer to advance to the second round of bidding for the Fifth Avenue building owned by Japanese store operator Takashimaya. Sources say the building’s price is expected to range from $120 million to $130 million and that there are four or five other bidders, including real estate investment trusts SL Green Realty and Vornado Realty Trust. Takashimaya, which …

The Paws for Life Animal Shelter in Pueblo is planning a major upgrade. In the works is a seven and a half acre animal campus. The new shelter will feature a doggy day care, vet care, agility course and dog park. The shelter has a goal to become the first no kill shelter in the state that is LEED, or “green building certified”. By going green, more money will be available to care for the animals …

After almost a decade of leading the way in green building standards, the Town of Telluride is taking another step forward in updating its standards.

Green builders from across the country are in Raleigh for the National Green Building Conference. The gathering is expected to attract designers, developers and professionals in residential building.

NAPA The Redwood Empire chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council plans to open a Napa branch by fall, rather than sometime in late 2011, as had been anticipated by chapter officials earlier this year, according to Bob Massaro, chapter vice president and chief executive officer of Napa-based Healthy Buildings USA.