Photovoltaic Installation Projected To Surge
ALBANY, N.Y. — The amount of building applied photovoltaics (BAPV) installations will more than double by 2020, according to a market research report from Transparency Market Research.
The report, “Building Applied Photovoltaics (BAPV) Market – Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends, and Forecast, 2013 – 2020,” gives analysis and a forecast of the global BAPV market in terms of annual installations (MW) and revenues. Annual installations in 2013 were 313.4 MW; this number is expected to jump to 716.7 MW by 2020.
The Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), a nonprofit organization that provides sustainability accounting standards for use by publicly listed corporations in the U.S., announced the hire of Dan Geiger as chief of market strategy. In this position, Geiger will focus on identifying the services and support that companies, investors, lawyers and accountants need to use and implement SASB standards. As executive director of the U.S.
NEW YORK — A midtown Manhattan building has become only the third Class B office property in New York City to achieve LEED-Existing Building (EB) Gold Certification. 
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Construction completed last week on the Brock Environmental Center, a facility that promotes environmentally friendly efforts toward its neighbor, the Chesapeake Bay.
Somer A. Spencer, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, was promoted to associate at SchenkelShultz Architecture in Orlando, Fla. She previously served as a project architect. A registered architect in Florida with eight years of professional design experience, Spencer holds a Master of Architecture from Florida A&M University and a Bachelor of Arts in architectural studies from the University of Technology in Jamaica.