NEW YORK — After six years of planning, fundraising and construction, students at Public School 41 (P.S. 41) in Greenwich Village returned for the 2012 term to find a brand new 15,000-square-foot Green Roof Environmental Literacy Laboratory on top of their school.
SAN FRANCISCO — The greenest urban office building in North America is also home to the Living Machine System, which helps the LEED-Platinum building recycle its blackwater/wastewater content.
LAS VEGAS — Cities and electrical utilities are upgrading power grids over time. This trend is leading many building operators and owners looking to upgrade their building management systems to take advantage of upgraded smart grids, improve their own energy efficiency, and avoid being punished for using old inflexible energy management solutions in a world that increasingly expects something more.
PITTSBURGH — The Phipps Conservatory in Pennsylvania is on the verge of completing its new Center for Sustainable Landscapes, a project the organization’s leaders hope will earn recognition as the nation’s largest Living Building Challenge (LBC) project.
LAS VEGAS — The Electrical Joint Apprenticeship Training Committee of Southern Nevada recently showcased a variety of combinations of energy-efficient technologies at the National Electrical Contractors Association’s annual convention at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas.
BOURNE, Mass. — Often times when companies decide to “go green” by using sustainable building methods, they want to have a record of the installation’s performance in order to document their investment.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) has announced new technologies as part of its innovative program to reduce energy-use in federal buildings. These technologies have significant savings potential if widely implemented.
Designed for hygienic, hands-free universal sensors for flush valve and faucet applications, the easy to install UL-approved hard-wired AC transformer by American Standard offers new power options. The system allows efficiency flush valves to run on reliable AC power, eliminating the need to change batteries, according to the company. The hard-wired configuration is also available with a multi-AC power option, allowing users to connect up to 15 faucets and/or flush-valves to a single system.
The KWC AVA single-lever basin faucet with its CoolFix technology is designed to offer facilities energy savings as well as comfort and convenience. Developed to reduce the use of heated water and overall energy consumption, the faucet keeps its lever at a midline standard position, automatically delivering only cold water, rather than a mixture of hot and cold as found in most faucets. The lever can also be rotated clockwise for heated water as needed.
Appointed as a new interior designer for Joshua Zinder Architecture + Design, Lisa Dockray is a graduate of the New York School of Interior Design. Certified by the National Council of Interior Design, Dockray also holds certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council as a LEED Green Associate.
