Revamped LEED ratings emphasize climate, energy conservation

By Michael Burnham Greenwire: BOSTON — The U.S. Green Building Council is remodeling its LEED rating system for buildings, ... construction materials, optimizing indoor air quality and reducing water consumption. However, a full ... that is 12 percent more efficient than the American Society of Heating, Refrigeration and Air [more...]

Date: 2008-11-19 17:54:22

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Chinese Drywall Issues in Homes!

If you live anywhere but in Florida, you may have missed some of the recent headlines and news about a problem with homes affected by the use of a ... . Although the long term effect on Indoor Air Quality has not yet been determined and the Florida ... and the rapid rate of deterioration of copper such as in Air Conditioning and Heating systems. [more...]

Date: 2009-01-20 14:45:56

Green Building Standards Under Construction

The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009 ... efficiency, water conservation, and indoor air quality has surged in popularity in the past two years ... a maximum of 69 points for various environmental quality improvements. A building that receives 26 [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 22:52:24

Green Building Standards Under Construction

The world's leading certification system for sustainable architecture is set to undergo its most sweeping changes in 2009 ... efficiency, water conservation, and indoor air quality has surged in popularity in the past two years ... a maximum of 69 points for various environmental quality improvements. A building that receives 26 [more...]

Date: 2008-08-27 10:00:00

Cemtrex Green DCV Brews Energy Efficiency for Dunkin’ Donuts

FARMINGDALE, N.Y., Dec. 19, 2008 — Cemtrex (OTC: CTEI) ... DCV is suitable for various facility applications where energy savings and improved indoor air ... for high-quality green building applications, which monitor air through HVAC control systems. Cemtrex [more...]

Date: 2008-12-19 15:16:27

Jewel Opens First "Green" Store

The first "green" Jewel-Osco, complete with a green roof, an indoor air quality system and energy-conserving light bulbs highlighting food displays, opens at 6 a.m. today at Kinzie and Desplaines [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 15:27:19

Chicago's first 'green' Jewel-Osco opens today

The first "green" Jewel-Osco, complete with a green roof, an indoor air quality system and energy-conserving light bulbs highlighting food displays, opens today in River West. read more [more...]

Date: 2008-09-26 15:50:00

Fragrant Green: Montroy Anderson DeMarco Designs Givaudan Campus in East Hanover

New York City-based architecture and interior design firm Montroy Andersen DeMarco has designed a 150, ... , and an automatic indoor air quality and climate monitoring and control system. It’s unclear whether [more...]

Date: 2008-12-29 04:38:19

San Francisco Homes to be Certified by GreenPoints Rating System

Build It Green, a Berkeley, California non-profit organization, ... efficiency, resource conservation, indoor air quality and water conservation. Build It Green has a dozen [more...]

Date: 2008-10-09 21:25:55

Ventilation Systems - Design and Performance

by: Hazim B. AwbiHardcover: 445 pagesPublisher: Taylor & Francis; 1 edition (December 20, 2007) ... ventilation for cooling, heating and cleaning the outdoor air supplied to buildings are essential for maintaining good indoor quality as well as for reducing a building’s energy consumption. Modern [more...]

Date: 2009-01-16 12:37:00

How many EarthCraft Homes are being built in your market?

Have you heard of an EarthCraft home? EarthCraft Virginia provides a new construction certification process that serves as a blueprint for healthy, ... indoor air quality through the use of managed fresh-air intakes. Thus, projects are more energy ... and its mechanical systems, while still allowing for fresh air intake, provides a tighter building [more...]

Date: 2008-11-05 20:29:52

Greenguard: Testing Children’s Goods for the CPSIA

   [ This is the third in a series of posts by Susan Maphis covering the impact of the Consumer Product Safety Improvement Act (CPSIA) ... of the GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certified program, the GREENGUARD Children & Schools standard ... are more vulnerable to indoor air than adults. Their physiological systems are still developing [more...]

Date: 2009-01-17 01:22:27

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