Ohio City Puts Up $2 Million for Green Improvements
COLUMBUS, Ohio — The City of Columbus is offering $2 million in grants and incentives to encourage businesses in the city to make energy efficient upgrades, Columbus’ Mayor Michael Coleman announced. The funding also targets the cleanup of contaminated Brownfield sites.
The Green Columbus Fund and Green Switch Loan Fund each consist of $1 million.
The Green Columbus Fund provides grants of up to $200,000 to companies for land acquisition on Phase I or Phase II Brownfield sites and can be used to make environmental as
Read More Arizona Rec Center Awarded LEED Platinum
TUCSON, Ariz. — A recently expanded recreation center at the University of Arizona was awarded LEED Platinum certification. Designed by architectural firm Sasaki in partnership with M3 Engineering out of Tucson — and originally targeting LEED Silver — the completed project integrates passive solar, programmed outdoor space, daylighting strategies and indoor environmental quality as fundamentals of the building, according to reports.
Green School Upgrades
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England’s Wind Could Bring Green Jobs, Energy
LONDON — British Energy Secretary Chris Huhne has announced a plan that would create nearly 250,000 green jobs for the United Kingdom through the retrofitting of some 26 million homes with energy improvements and the construction of nuclear power plants.
Huhne’s proposal, which he says he’ll present to British Parliament by the end of the year, was announced just days before the opening of the 100-turbine Thanet Offshore Wind Farm, considered the largest offshore wind farm in the world — of a UK bid to rebuild the country’s econ
Read More Japanese Firm Makes Sharp Moves in Solar Market
OSAKA, Japan — Sharp Corp., a manufacturer of microwave ovens, televisions — and a player in the solar market — is acquiring Recurrent Energy, a solar project developer based San Francisco, in a $305 million cash deal, according to reports.
The move will bolster Sharp’s solar panel portfolio, which includes the production of photovoltaics for residential, commercial, government, and utility-scale applications, making the multinational more of a “one-stop shop” for solar systems, according to sources.
Feds Help Minnesota Green Jobs
ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota State Energy Sector Partnership, a jobs program funded by the U.S.
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SAN FRANCISCO — As green building aficionados file into San Francisco for the fourth annual West Coast Green sustainable innovation conference this week, they will find that they couldn’t have picked a more suitable city in the country in which to learn about the leading green products and projects on the market.
After all, S.F.
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Aquatic Facility Targets LEED Silver
SAN MATEO, Calif. — An educational building that opens out to a competition swimming pool is not the typical layout a person might expect to find in a high school setting.