Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 03/03/2008
William Henry, an applications specialist at Ireland's Tyndall National Institute, can't tell you exactly how long one of the miniature LEDs the organization has developed will emit light. But... |
Category: Report | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 02/29/2008
The National Lighting Product Information Program (NLPIP) has released its latest Specifier Report, designed to help lighting professionals, contractors, and homeowners find and effectively use... |
Category: Study | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 02/27/2008
A new life-cycle assessment study from the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York examined the four most common types of photovoltaic (PV) solar power cells — multicrystalline silicon, monocrystal... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 02/27/2008
The Green Building Tax Credit Act, a seven-year program that would provide an incentive package of tax credits to companies that build environmentally sensitive buildings, was recently introduced... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 02/26/2008
Renewable-energy appliances such as photovoltaic panels, solar hot water heaters, and geothermal pumps are often viewed as fundamentals of green building when in fact they really are just "the... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 02/25/2008
Arizona Public Service, Arizona’s largest utility, announced plans on 2/21/08, for a 280-megawatt solar power plant to be built 70 miles southwest of Phoenix by Spanish company Abengoa Solar. As... |
Category: Study | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 02/25/2008
In a recently completed study funded by Greenguard Environmental Institute (GEI), there was preliminary evidence that “green” low-emitting products may still cause increased chemicals in indoor... |
Category: White Paper | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 02/25/2008
A new white paper from Onset provides guidance and tips on how data logging weather stations can be effectively used to monitor green roof performance. It discusses a range of monitoring applications... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 02/21/2008
Los Angeles--Los Angeles is on the verge of adopting one of the toughest U.S. residential green building plans, the Los Angeles Times reports.
The under-consideration plan--voted on by two... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 02/20/2008
The American Society of Interior Designers Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) have partnered to create what the organizations are calling the first nationwide green residential... |