August 2010

SINGAPORE : Higher Green Mark standards will apply to new buildings in Singapore from December.

SINGAPORE’S regulators are raising the bar for new buildings from December as the city continues its drive for a leaner and greener economy. The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) announced on Thursday that all new buildings will have to comply with a higher Green Mark standard that will see buildings save an additional 10 per cent of energy over the current standard.

Buchanan High School will soon open a one-of-a-kind learning tool – a new building using the state of the art in green construction. The $5.2 million project is not just about saving energy – the building itself is a learning lab. Christina Lusby reports on how it’s planned to prepare kids for a brighter future.

Attorney Gary Green representing Nassau NHKT Urban Renewal Associates, LLC. and developer Jack Morrison came before Borough Council last week to request changes to the redevelopment agreement concerning 25 Spring Street, also known as Building C. The municipality decided to table the request until further information could be reviewed.

Maryland’s green building gurus have gone suburban. The state chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council has moved its headquarters from a tiny office in downtown Baltimore to more spacious, ultra-green digs in Hunt Valley.

Money will be saved by a town’s new community hospital and civic centre building dramatically reducing the civic carbon footprint, bosses said yesterday. (04/08/2010 10:24:26)

The government is considering watering down the standard for green homes, according to a written ministerial statement issued by housing minister Grant Schapps last week.

Plans for a Green investment bank, to channel public and private sector investment into energy infrastructure should include basing the bank in Scotland.

An inn constcuted on a building burned down by government soldiers hunting Bonnie Prince Charlie is using renewable power.

LEOMINSTER – A Green Building open house and tour will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 11 at the Doyle Conservation Center, 464 Abbott Ave. The free tour will include the LEED-certified building, with its sustainable features such as composting toilets, geothermal heating and solar panels.