Misc

New York City’s Tavern on the Green, once America’s top grossing restaurant, will soon be back in business, but not with the same meat-and-potatoes fare.

DOWNEY — With the work of the spunky volunteer Green Task Force and its subcommittees essentially done, the City Council Tuesday approved the introduction of an ordinance, which is actually the ad hoc task force’s recommendation No. 1, setting up a permanent Green Task Force to continue its work and help the city forever think green.

Academy Square will host Studio Montclair’s galleries

Green Bay residents can qualify for up to $200 to have a home energy audit to find where energy is being wasted and ways that they can save energy and money.

Cliff Pitman, President of the Alabama Home Builders Association discusses Green Building trends in Alabama during a panel discussion. From left: Eric Corey Freed, author, Green Building and Remodeling for Dummies, Dr. Jennifer Languell , president, Trifecta Construction Solutions, Mike Wedgworth, Wedgworth Companies, Cliff Pitman, HBAA 2010 President. The entertainment feature of the event was …

Green Tree council members have voted unanimously to approve a resolution encouraging the Keystone Oaks School District not to close Aiken Elementary School in Green Tree and Myrtle Elementary in Castle Shannon.

The San Anselmo Town Council voted 3-1 Tuesday to adopt a new green building ordinance that sets new standards for such things as insulation around heating and cooling ducts, use of low energy-use appliances, low-flow water fixtures and energy-saving windows.

The Pixel building, as it is known, is the new Melbourne city headquarters for the developers Grocon – known for many of Australia’s major buildings. Eureka building on Melbourne’s Southbank is one of their most prominent. This is considered one of the tallest buildings in Australia. The Pixel building, though, is small, and an experiment in all things green. The building’s architects Studio 505 …

Gov. Crist pushes for continued ‘green building’ standards despite economic challenges

Wilmington | The Cape Fear Green Building Alliance holds its annual green building tour 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sept. 25.