Pushing Green Builders to Green Docs
PASADENA, Calif. — Digital solutions provider Bluebeam Software recently launched an initiative to reduce the tons of paper used each year for green building projects, called the “Paperless is Green” campaign.
Company officials said industry rating systems fail to recognize reducing paper usage as a green requirement.
The campaign encourages architecture, engineering and construction professionals to talk about the numerous benefits of paperless workflows and to recognize those who have already taken the initiative toward sustainability.
WASHINGTON — Senators Mike Crapo (R-ID) and Tom Udall (D-NM) recently introduced bipartisan legislation that aims to help level the playing field for advanced biofuels like algae by reforming the Renewable Fuels Standard to make it more technology-neutral.
PORTSMOUTH, N.H. and GREENWICH, Conn. — Green technology developer Cate Street Capital and private investment firm Starwood Energy Group Global, LLC closed financing for a $275 million wood-powered biomass power plant in Berlin, New Hampshire and will begin construction immediately.
WASHINGTON — Worldwide energy consumption is expected to increase by 53 percent between 2008 and 2035, according to the International Energy Outlook 2011 released by the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
Dur-A-Flex Inc. recently named Patrick Meade vice president of sales and technical support. With 20 years of experience in sales and business development, Meade has focused on strategic planning, team building, negotiating and project closings. In his new role, he will work on the company’s "continued evolution" of its strategic vertical markets and customers. Meade will also be responsible for Technical Service and Strategic Accounts. 
John Crowe was named President and CEO of Saint-Gobain Corp. and Certain Teed Corp., the company’s largest North American subsidiary.