Maureen Guttman, AIA was named the new executive director of its Building Codes Assistance Project, a joint initiative of the Alliance to Save Energy, the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy and the Natural Resources Defense Council. An architect with 25 years of experience in energy-efficient and green building design, Guttman is also the Alliance’s new senior director of building programs.
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. unplugged its Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal (RE<C) initiative, part of general cutbacks at the company.
The initiative, which was developed as an effort to drive down the cost of renewable energy, launched in 2007 through google.org, the company’s charitable arm. The initiative featured an RE<C engineering team focused on researching improvements to solar power.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Increased recycling nationwide will create jobs, reduce pollution and strengthen local economies, according to a report released in November.
Emerson Industrial Automation named Brandon Locklear as regional sales manager for Latin America, based in Sunrise, Fla. Formerly sales manager for the North American market, Locklear will support the company’s market growth initiatives in the region. A graduate of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville, Locklear was involved in technical international sales for five years, working with Latin America’s electrical power transmission distribution industry.
Emerson Industrial Automation announced the addition of Craig Wilkens as sales manager for the firm’s North American region. A 1988 graduate of Lakeland College in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, Wilens brings 25 years of power generation experience, including equipment sales and project management, to his new role.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — The Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven earned LEED certification in recognition of its sustainable design and construction strategies.
The hospital spans 516,000 square feet and features 14 floors, 168 private patient rooms, 12 operating rooms, radiation therapy and several integrated imaging technologies.
By: Hon. John McCann, President, Board of Trustees and Dr. Edward M. Brand, Superintendent
The numbers are in for the Top 10 stories of 2011 with sustainable city programs, new green technology and industry news topping it out.
SEATTLE — The first phase of Seattle’s new building energy efficiency program is under way for nonresidential buildings measuring more than 50,000 square feet.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued a proposal to revise the methodology that calculates rental rates for the use of government lands by hydropower projects.
FERC-regulated hydropower licensees must pay an annual charge to compensate the U.S. government for the use of federal lands.
