Chicago Boasts Multiple Green Roof Records
CHICAGO — Chicago has become a hot bed for the green roof industry, leading the nation in overall coverage, with over 2.5 million square feet of garden space located on top of its buildings.
August 8, 2012
New Exhibit at the Denver Zoo LEEDs Animals and Guests to a Unique Experience
DENVER — The Denver Zoo’s new Toyota Elephant Passage welcomes visitors to a new kind of zoo experience, which provides sustainable, sophisticated and responsible measures for humans and animals alike.
Solar Platform
Kee Safety’s OSHA and CSA compliant Easi-Dec Solar Platform is made to lift solar panels to the roof of single and two-story buildings, also providing users with a fully guarded workstation. Designed for smaller, thermal solar installations, and featuring a lifting capacity of 165 pounds, the platform can be assembled from the ground up in less than 10 minutes, according to the company. Measuring up to 6.5 feet long by 2.5 feet deep, the system is fully supported by adjustable telescopic legs.
Tom Hamilton
Tom Hamilton joins BL Companies, an architecture, engineering, environmental and land surveying firm, as its new senior project manager for the company’s energy and utility infrastructure markets. Based in BL’s Meriden, Conn. office, Hamilton holds over 30 years of experience in the energy industry, which includes multiple engineering, construction management and operational disciplines.