This is mostly a press release for Axis Technologies Group, Inc., but it includes the following news:
The National Park Service Regional Office in Omaha, NE became the fifth building in the US to achieve LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Gold Status.
It’s still not too late to register for the Ecobuild Federal conference in Washington D.C. taking place less than three weeks from now.
Ecobuild Federal’s and AEC-ST Federal’s purpose is to assemble government building and construction professionals, private sector professionals, and our industry leaders and experts — exposing you to the most comprehensive assembly of Built Environment resources in one location.
Here is an opinion article published in the Chico Enterprise Record. It is probably a typical first reaction many advocates of green building run into when pitching a project. What arguments would you use to counter it?
Titles and “gold certificates” are well and good, but really, 20,000 square feet at a cost of $46 million? I spent a year in Saudi Arabia overseeing construction projects, and princes’ palaces didn’t cost $2,300 per square foot.
I don’t think this is something to be proud of — I’d be rather embarrassed.
As a semi-retired architect, I despise the waste of money. Cost efficiency is every bit as important as energy efficiency, and with today’s advances in artificial lighting, natural light can be cost-efficiently emulated without the burdensome solar heat gain.
I welcome a response from any university official involved with this project, or a representative of the design team in a position to allay the concerns of an interested local citizen.
– Rudy P. Paolini, Paradise
In general, green building costs more at the outset, but cuts operating costs through energy conservation. It also reduces the environmental impact of both construction and maintenance.
LEE, Florida — The Nestle Waters North America Inc. bottling facility located in Madison County, Florida has now become the first manufacturing facility in the State of Florida to be awarded the Silver Certification under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) program.
WASHINGTON — The D.C. Council is considering legislation that would set new energy-saving standards for most large buildings beginning in 2012.
GBB is, unsurprisingly, a weblog about green building. We try to cover both small and large scale green building; materials and techniques; whatever is happening on the political level; and anything else related to green building and the environment.