2014
PRINCETON, N.J.USGBC Names Top 10 Countries for LEED Outside U.S
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Green Building Council recently released a ranking of the top 10 countries for LEED outside the U.S.
Department of Agriculture Focuses on Rural Energy
WASHINGTON — To promote renewable energy in rural areas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is now accepting applications from rural small businesses and agricultural producers for funding to make energy efficiency improvements or to install renewable energy systems. The funding, provided by the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), is aimed at providing farmers, ranchers and rural small businesses with renewable energy options and expand the domestic energy economy.
Merced County Cheese Company Receives LEED Platinum
HILMAR, Calif. — In April, the Hilmar Cheese Company celebrated the LEED Platinum certification of the company’s headquarters and Innovation Center.
Company leaders believe the building is the first dairy industry LEED Platinum-certified building in the U.S.
Salt Waste Disposal Technologies Team
The Salt Waste Disposal Technologies Team — a collaboration among the Department of Energy program offices as well as laboratories, industry and academia — received the Secretary’s Achievement Award from the department for its work to combine fundamental and applied research, technology development and other elements to develop and deploy new technologies for the safe and cost-effective disposition of large volumes of radioactive salt waste.
USGBC Unveils Real-Time Green Building Data Tool
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) last week launched a new online data visualization resource that allows viewers to survey real-time green building data for each state in the U.S. and Washington, D.C.
AIA Announces Top 10 Green Buildings of 2014
WASHINGTON — The Committee on the Environment (COTE), a committee of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), announced their annual Top Ten Green Projects last week.
Google and SunPower Partner to Finance Residential Solar
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google Inc. and Sunpower Corp., a designer, manufacturer and deliverer of solar panels and solar energy systems, have announced that they will team up to finance approximately $250 million in residential solar lease projects.
The two companies announced last week that they would invest a combined $250 million with Google contributing $100 million and SunPower committing approximately $150 million.
Gustavus Adolphus College Building Receives LEED Platinum
ST. PETER, Minn. — The Beck Academic Hall at Gustavus Adolphus College has earned LEED Platinum certification. The $30 million, 125,000-square-foot building is the third academic building to attain LEED Platinum certification in the state of Minnesota.