Misc

From a former bakery in the East End to a luxury hotel in the heart of Downtown, more developers are finding gold in green.

From building environmentally friendly branches to supporting green power to replacing styrofoam cups with china in break rooms, Pittsburgh-area banks are embracing ways to protect the planet.

DOHA: The Qatar Green Building Council (QGBC) is committed to encourage the developers in Qatar to adopt sustainable environmental practices, its Chairman said yesterday.

Local environmentalists say many Toledo buildings are doing right when it comes to going green.

March 16 (Bloomberg) — Ireland will tomorrow turn the Empire State Building and London Eye green in a St. Patrick’s Day drive to lure tourists back after visitor numbers slumped to a five-year low.

INCHEON, KOREA–(Marketwire – 03/15/10) – Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO – News ), GDSYS and Incheon Metropolitan City in Korea today announced that they have exchanged a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to mutually collaborate in building a Ubiquitous Service Platform (USP) based on the Cisco Unified Computing System technology to support delivering virtualized cloud-based information technology services …

A full version of the green building rating system, Qatar Sustainability Assessment System (QSAS) will be launched in two weeks’ time, Barwa & Qatari Diar Research Institute (BQDRI) chairman Dr Yousef al-Horr said yesterday.

WASHINGTON, DC — The International Code Council today released the first public version of the International Green Construction Code (IGCC), a comprehensive standard for improving the environmental performance of commercial buildings.

It’s estimated that 40% of solid waste in the U.S. is related to the building industry. That’s why some Flathead County builders are trying to make green building more popular.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday settlement building in east Jerusalem would continue, in a move likely to further heighten tensions with key ally the United States.