May 2010

Building Safety Month 2010

McGraw-Hill Construction, part of The McGraw-Hill Companies , will host a conference on Green Building Information Modeling : How Environmental Performance Modeling is Improving Sustainability on May 19 at The Westin Copley Place in Boston, MA.

The Planning Commission approved a proposal to allow 22 homes to be built near the Bolsa Chica Wetlands for the citys first green residential project.

Last week, week both Yahoo and Intel unveiled green infrastructure projects that just might change how the data centers everywhere operate.

It’s not easy being green, but health clubs are finding that being good to the planet may also reward their bottom line.

How will green buildings and the insurance policies that cover them perform? Some claims data is coming in with answers.

Cobham, an aerospace and defense contractor, today will formally open its new, state-of-the-art “green building” manufacturing facility in Suffolk.

Woodlands Perryville, a master-planned community by Town Point Development has won a Green Project of the Year Award at the U.S. Green Building Council, Maryland Chapters (USGBC Maryland) 5th Annual Awards Celebration.

MSB, the leading worldwide provider of building cost data and estimating technology to the property insurance industry and a MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates company, will add 1,500 new green items to its industry-leading Total Component Database.

It’s not easy being green, but health clubs are finding that being good to the planet may also reward their bottom line.