Texas Talks Wind and Solar Power
AUSTIN, Texas — Despite President Obama’s plans to increase renewable energies, such as wind and solar power, renewable energy advocates in Texas are struggling to make progress in those areas.
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Roller Shades Prove Beneficial for Net-Zero Energy School
IRVING, Texas — The largest net-zero public middle school in the country — and the first in the state of Texas — opened its doors in 2011. The Lady Bird Johnson Middle School boasts impressive energy-efficient installations including geothermal wells, solar panels and wind turbines.
CEFPI and EPA Host Free IEQ Event
SAN ANTONIO — CEFPI and the EPA are offering a free one-day training session with national indoor environmental quality experts for districts 
interested in learning more about maintaining healthy schools.
interested in learning more about maintaining healthy schools.The program, “Healthy Schools: Effectively Implementing an IEQ Management Program,” will take place on May 12 at the North East Independent School District in San Antonio.
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Houston District Receives $90K Efficiency Reward
HOUSTON — As part of its energy efficiency incentive program, Centerpoint energy company recently awarded a Houston school district more than $93,000 for efforts to reduce its peak electricity demand.
Spring Independent School District received the check as a reward for the total estimated annual kilowatt-hour savings at 10 of its schools.
Gloria Marshall Elementary Sch
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Austin’s Tallest Building Awarded LEED Gold
AUSTIN, Texas — Not only is Thomas Properties’ Frost Tower the largest high-rise office building, it’s also the first downtown structure to receive LEED
Gold certification.
Gold certification."Achieving the USGBC’s Existing Building certification is a challenging and time-consuming process that requires a great deal of historical property performance information," says John Kelley, vice president of property management w
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Texas School Looks for Dual Certification
Work Begins on Texas Solar Plant
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — Officials have broken ground on a 60-megawatt, 600-acre solar electric plant east of Pflugerville in Travis County.
The plant, which is being developed by RRE Austin Solar, will be the country’s largest, according to officials.
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School Could Become Largest Net-Zero Campus
IRVING, Texas — The Irving Independent School District broke ground on what will be the nation’s largest net-zero public school, according to reports.
The first of its kind in Texas, the Irving ISD’s Lady Bird Johnson Middle School is designed to produce as much energy as it uses, and at about 50 percent less than a similarly sized school.
NASA Goes Green
HOUSTON — The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is typically more concerned with what happens in outer space, but NASA has taken significant steps recently to make sure it leaves behind a smaller footprint here on planet Earth.
A new addition to a NASA procurement office at the Lyndon B.
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