Loureiro Engineering Associates Inc. recently hired Samuel W. Butcher, LSP, LEP, PG, LEED-AP, as the new vice president of the company. Butcher brings nearly 20 years of experience to the table. In his new role, he will work as a licensed site professional, with responsibilities including managing and overseeing assessment and remediation of contaminated sites in Massachusetts in accordance with the Massachusetts Contingency Plan.
Roger J. Zino, president of the maintenance division at ValleyCrest Landscape Companies, was promoted to Chief Executive Officer of the firm. A leader in its management team, Zino joined the company in 2001 and oversees more than 120 maintenance branch offices across the U.S.
ValleyCrest Landscape Companies welcomed back Andrew J. Brennan as its chief operating officer. Brennan returned to the company to provide additional corporate leadership and operational support required to run an organization with the size and breadth of ValleyCrest. He originally began working with the company in 2003 and has since served in several capacities within the firm, most recently as chief operating officer of the maintenance division.
AUSTIN, Texas — Global venture capital funding for wind energy added up to $369 million in 14 deals in 2011, a nearly $100 million increase from the previous year, according to a report released Jan. 11 by clean energy consulting firm Mercom Capital Group.
That total marked an increase from $277 million in 11 deals made in 2010 and $189 million in 20 deals in 2009, the report said.
BRIMFIELD, Mass. — MGM Resorts has selected San Francisco-based design firm Gensler to oversee the design of its Rolling Hills Resort project in Brimfield, Mass.
In early January, the company signed a contract with Rolling Hills Estates Realty Trust to option 150 secluded acres of land on which to develop a world-class resort.
WASHINGTON — A newly revised American National Standard has raised its benchmarks for evaluating the energy efficiency of high-performance commercial green buildings.
The revision updates the standard introduced in 2009, the first code-intended commercial green building standard in the U.S.
Asphalt — a word that originates from the Greek word “asphaltos” for secure — is the most recycled material in America, with more than 70 million tons recycled each year.
One recycling method that offers cost savings in addition to its green benefits is full-depth reclamation — FDR — advocated by Ruston Paving Co., Inc.
WASHINGTON — The International Code Council and Delmar, the health care and technology arm of teaching services provider Cengage Learning, recently published the construction industry’s first guide to the 2012 International Green Construction Code, which will be available in the spring.
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama reaffirmed his commitment to clean energy in his annual State of the Union at a time when a new report suggests that the United States will ease off its reliance on imported energy sources.
COSTA MESA, Calif. and ST. LOUIS, Mo. — Marking the possible next wave in green facilities, Hyundai and Volkswagen announced planned and completed green projects — a new facility for Hyundai, and LEED certification for two of Volkswagen’s facilities.
