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An open-air plaza inside AmericanAirlines Arena in Miami has been converted into a solar pavilion that makes the space more usable for revenue-generating functions. Courtesy NRG Energy and The Heat Group.
January 06, 2016 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
NRG Energy teams with Miami Heat to transform an underused open-air plaza and reinforce the facil...
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Nearly half of energy-modeled projects met or came close to meeting 2014 carbon reduction targets. Photo: York Region/Creative Commons
November 18, 2015 | AIA
Energy modeling allows architects to be more ambitious with energy-saving in their design project...
The SEED Collaborative will partner with a select group of cities, like Philadelphia, and states to help them better collect and manage building energy data. Photo: Peter Miller/Creative Commons
November 17, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The SEED Standard will help manage, standardize, share performance data.
Amazon's Denny Triangle campus in Seattle. Rendering courtesy NBBJ
November 16, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Up to 4 million kilowatt-hours of energy will be saved each year.
The Asset Score's software was developed in part by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Photo: Ian Roberts/Creative Commons
November 06, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The tool is used to assess energy efficiency of commercial and multifamily buildings.
Solar panels on a roof. Photo: Jon Callas/Creative Commons.
November 02, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Draft Multi-Year Program Plan available for review.
Photo: Adavyd/Wikimedia Commons.
October 30, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
First year of reporting tracks 45% of commercial building space.
Commercial properties in San Francisco have been more energy-efficient since 2011. Photo: Kitchen from San Francisco/Wikimedia Commons
October 28, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Efficiency has improved since 2011 law initiated.
Power County Wind Farm in Idaho. From 2000 to 2014, wind power production grew 33 fold. Photo: Energy.gov/Creative Commons
October 12, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
‘Tectonic Shift’ as coal use plummets; wind and solar rise.
Apartments in Jackson Heights, Queens. A new program's goal is to retrofit 1,000 buildings a year and retrofit all city-owned buildings by 2025. Photo: Jleon/Wikimedia Commons.
October 02, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Goal is 1,000 buildings a year.
Reynobond composite panels were used for the soffit
Sponsored | September 28, 2015 | Petersen Aluminum
The building, a Walgreens made with metal and composite material from Petersen Aluminum Corp., in...
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Photovoltaic array on top of the Forrestal Building in Washington, D.C.
September 25, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Agencies must get 30% of electricity from renewables by 2025
University of South Carolina’s Darla School of Business. Image courtesy Firewater Photography; other images courtesy Bruce Damonte
August 31, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
The project is part of a large DOE initiative to develop more buildings that can generate as much...
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Courtland Place Passive House in Washington. Photo: Rob Harrison/Creative Commons
August 28, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
Free guide includes spotlight on individual projects
Users can see an estimate of how much a rooftop receives sunlight year-round. Photo: screenshot via Google/YouTube.
August 24, 2015 | Adilla Menayang, Assistant Digital Editor
The tool offers high-resolution aerial maps, like the one used in Google Earth, to estimate the t...
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Photo: The Forest Home Garage in Ithaca, N.Y. All images courtesy of Green Parking Council.
July 16, 2015 | BD+C Staff
The new program rates parking structures based on 48 elements of operation, from water reuse to b...
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Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center
Sponsored | June 15, 2015 | Viega
The Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC) is the Grand Central Station of the...
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A 1.4-MW fuel cell power plant, installed on the campus of Central Connecticut State University in 2014, generates clean, round-the-clock baseload power. The fuel cell is part of a configuration, in which high-quality heat produces steam for campus heating and absorption cooling. Photo courtesy FuelCell Energy
June 09, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
Demand for fuel cells, while modest, is growing, and cost savings are getting noticed.
Restrictions on park land mean the building's enclosed space cannot be larger than 2,500 sf. Rendering courtesy Kubala Washatko Architects
April 16, 2015 | BD+C Staff
The plans also include a built-in wastewater treatment system and rainwater collection.
The new Apple headquarters designed by Norman Foster. Image: Apple, Inc.
April 07, 2015 | USGBC
The world’s top-performing companies are prioritizing sustainability as part of their corporate s...
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MIT's Media Laboratory and expansion under construction. Photo: Madcoverboy via Wikimedia Commons
April 06, 2015 | Peter Fabris, Contributing Editor
The guidelines are aimed at strengthening and streamlining commercial building workforce training...
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Cities around the world are enacting policies to create more sustainable environments. Image: Morgue File/iceman0
April 02, 2015 | USGBC
The U.S. Green Building Council and C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group with the World Green Buil...
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Navigant projects a curtailment in the growth of annual new installations through 2019. Image: Morgue File/AcrylicArtist
April 01, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
After a 20% falloff in 2013, the global wind power industry made a strong comeback in 2014, with...
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One challenge required onsite bending of CFA panels for the curved portion of the facility. Photo courtesy of Metl-Span.
Sponsored | March 25, 2015 | Metl-Span
The goal from the beginning was to construct an energy efficient building with insulated metal pa...
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This image shows how the sealant is injected into the shafts. Photo courtesy Hyundai
March 19, 2015 | John Caulfield, Senior Editor
An aerosol product injected into ductwork allowed Hyundai to open its new U.S. HQs on time.
Photo courtesy of Panasonic
Sponsored | March 16, 2015 | Panasonic
Spanning four locations in Central Valley, the California Renewable Energy Small Tariff projects...
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Some ideas that have been submitted so far include: modular building facades, improving air tightness in envelopes, and scalable mixed waste to energy conversion technology. Infographic: DOE
March 04, 2015 | BD+C Staff
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory launched a new crowdsourcing website called the Buildings Crowd...
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