CHICAGO — At the third annual Clean Energy Challenge in Chicago April 4, the Chicago Lakeside Development, a joint venture of McCaffery Interests and U.S. Steel Corporation, presented early-stage startup SmarterShade with the Lakeside Award for clean-tech innovation and commercialization. The award is a $50,000 grant that can be used to enable further research, application and execution of SmarterShade’s go-to-market strategy.
HAMBURG, Germany — On March 23, the world’s first algae-powered building was unveiled at Hamburg’s International Building Exhibition. The five-story Bio Intelligence Quotient (BIQ) house features a bioreactor façade that will generate enough heat to warm the building’s 15 apartments.
Owner and founder of sustainability and green building consulting firm Trident Sustainability Group, Tommy Linstroth has been chosen to serve as a 2013 campaign co-chair for the U.S. Green Building Council.
The MH mixed flow high plume laboratory exhaust fan from Greenheck is one of the additions to the company’s line of Vektor lab fans. It features a mixed flow wheel and high plume discharge, with capacities up to 60,000 cubic feet per minute, and 8-inch water gauge, according to the company. The system’s conical discharge nozzle, with multiple nozzle sections per fan size for increased efficiency, uses a fork opening for easy access to belts and motors located away from the contaminated air stream.
CUPERTINO, Calif. — A buoyancy-driven air circulation system — one of the first in the West — heats and cools the Mediated Learning Center at De Anza Community College in Cupertino.
SEATTLE — On April 22 (a.k.a. Earth Day), the Bullitt Center will commemorate its grand opening in Seattle.
MANHATTAN, Kan. — At Kansas State University (KSU) in Manhattan, civil engineers are researching a way to reduce concrete’s carbon footprint while making it stronger. The key ingredient: biofuel byproducts.
Concrete is made from portland cement, water and aggregate, and the world uses about 7 billion cubic meters of concrete each year, according to a statement by the University.
MORRISTOWN, N.J. — Schindler, a global elevator and escalator provider located in Morristown, used its expertise to launch a solar-powered elevator system on April 2, as well as provide support for Solar Impulse, the first zero fuel airplane project, to take flight in early May.
Stephen Muzzy recently joined the U.S. Green Building Council Massachusetts Chapter as the new Green Schools Program manager. In his new role, Muzzy will keep focus on facilitating green school building coalition for higher education stakeholders to institutionalize LEED building certification in campus planning and capital budgeting processes.
