SALEM, Ore. — The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) recently celebrated a major renovation project on the state’s Capital Mall, making major upgrades to a 61-year-old structure that will increase the workplace experience for employees and lead to major long-term cost savings due to new energy-efficient strategies.
MENLO PARK, Calif. — Just how high-tech is the Menlo Park, Calif.-based company QBotix? To answer that question, let me introduce the QBotix Tracking System (QTS).
VANCOUVER, Wash. — The New Buildings Institute recently announced the official release of its new LEED automation tool, called the COMNET Energy Modeling Portal.
The institute is a non-profit organization with the stated goal of making it easier for builders to create green structures, with the hope of eventually building net-zero energy structures — which would consist of a building receiving all of its energy needs from renewable sources.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — Martha Jefferson Hospital proved that green can be beautiful when it was named America’s Most Beautiful Hospital of 2012 by Soliant Health, a health care staffing firm, which began holding a vote on the topic four years ago.
ERLANGEN, Germany — The largest wind turbine rotor blade in the world will soon be installed off the British coast, thanks to the collaboration between Siemens and DONG Energy.
NEW YORK — Since its launch in 2000, the LEED building certification system has become a unanimously recognized scale on both the national and international level, for honoring projects that focus on efficiency and green aspects of design and construction.
MIDDLESEX, Mass. — Wind turbines have proved to be a great way to produce energy, but there is usually a downside to every great creation. Installing these massive structures has led to the deaths of many avian creatures throughout the world.
David F. Hales was selected president and CEO of Second Nature. Prior to his new role, Hales was the fifth president of College of the Atlantic, where under his leadership, the school was recognized as a net-zero emitter of greenhouse gases.
Technical director for the New Buildings Institute, Mark Frankel, AIA, ASHRAE, LEED AP, has been nominated to the board of directors of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). A member of USGBC’s Cascadia Chapter since 2006, Frankel is currently involved in national coalitions to market strategies for energy retrofits and in the development and implementation of programs focused on building performance.
The two new ScandMist air filtration systems from Clean Air America are designed to capture and remove oil mist within manufacturing facilities. The 70D and 100D models are small in size, allowing users to fit the machines anywhere at their convenience, according to the company. Each system features a fiber bed technology that enables oil mist to condense on the filter fibers, where it collects and drains into the machine’s reservoir. Designed to remain unclogged, the filters measure air speed for maximum air cleaning and minimum power consumption.
