In April, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced the launch of LEED v4.1 Residential, an updated rating system that combines the relevant aspects of four existing LEED rating systems (Single Family and Lowrise...
According to a new report from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), while power generation, transmission and distribution in the United States tend to be predominantly alternating current (AC), an increasing number of...
Each year, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) ranks the top 10 states for LEED, its green building rating system. This year, Illinois jumped two spots from 2017 to take first place. The 2018 top 10 includes some familiar...
In November, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) launched a new certification program called LEED Zero, which is designed to address net-zero operations and resources in buildings. LEED Zero builds on LEED in general by...
Most people who watched the Super Bowl were thinking about touchdowns, first downs, punts, field goals, penalties, Patriots and Eagles. However, electrical contractors could also have been thinking about LED lights, high...
The accelerating adoption of green building practices may transform sustainable construction from movement to norm. Globally, the green building market is doubling every three years, as revealed in “The World Green Building...
LEED v4, the latest version of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, reflects an ultimate goal by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC): make a LEED-certified building forever green. A...
At the Greenbuild conference in November 2013, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) released the fourth generation of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system. LEED v4...
Founded in 1890 in Walla Walla, Wash., Banner Bank is a subsidiary of the $4.3 billion bank holding company, Banner Corp. The company began expanding its services throughout the Pacific Northwest in the 1960s and now operates...
The US Green Building Council’s (USGBC) membership has passed a vote for all Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)-certified projects to achieve at least two “Optimize Energy Performance” points within LEED...
When it came time to construct its world headquarters building, biotech firm Genzyme wanted it to be innovative and environmentally responsible; “We wanted a building that really represented who we are as a company and to...
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International and the US Green Building Council (USGBC) have announced the signing of a Memorandum of Intent (MOI) to work cooperatively to promote energy-efficient and...
According to an article in the Albany Business Review, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) and green are the key words for electrical contractors working in New York. With the price of fuel and building...
An important consideration for any “green” building is its electric power supply. Commercial buildings currently consume more than one-third of the total electric energy produced in the United States. The U.S. Department of...
The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) recognizes the contribution that photovoltaics (PV) make to the sustainability and efficiency of a building project through its Green Building Rating System for New...
We have a couple of items for April. One is an information update from a previous column. Another concerns new sustainable building requirements, which is very topical. It is a bit of a head's up on how these requirements may...
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced today that the emissions generated by energy use at the USGBC's First Annual International Green Building Conference and Exposition (Austin, Texas, November 11-15, 2002) are...
