Posted by: Dan Probst Energy and Sustainability Services A year ago, a lawsuit was filed against the U.S. Green Building Council, claiming that LEED buildings are no more energy-efficient than other buildings. The plaintiffs cited a study released a few years earlier, which had looked at the efficiency of some of the first buildings to [...]
Archive | August, 2011
Solar power noise reduction
Posted by: Dave Gralnik Energy and Sustainability Earlier this summer, a major U.S. utility reportedly received bids from 110 different solar power firms in response to an RFP for a 40 megawatt solar power installation. This overwhelming response, and the likelihood that maybe 10 to 20 percent of the bidders are really qualified to handle [...]
Chicago re-defines ‘clean energy’
Posted by: Bob Best Energy and Sustainability Services The streets of Chicago are cleaner today…thanks to the sun. In March, the city started installing garbage cans that use solar power to compact the trash. It’s a really efficient way to manage rubbish and take advantage of solar power at the same time. First, the compactors [...]
99 High faces the future – part 2
Posted by: Mike McGloin Jones Lang LaSalle The capital improvements program at 99 High has been far reaching. After phase 1 of the four year project was complete, we still had significant savings potential. Our work was far from done. This past October we installed high efficiency, low pressure steam, natural gas fired Cleaver Brooks, [...]
Follow the money to solar investments and real estate
Posted by: Bob Best Energy and Sustainability Services A good way to gauge the real interest in sustainability projects is to see where investment dollars are flowing. More and more are flowing to solar investments. IndustryWeek just reported that U.S. venture capital investment in cleantech companies increased 54% to $1.14 billion in the first quarter [...]