Category: Product News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/17/2007
You can think of Green Building Studio (GBS) as a mashup between Autodesk and Google. The Santa Rosa, Calif.-based company makes a computer automated design application for architects and builders... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/17/2007
SAN FRANCISCO, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Building Green TV announced today that its new weekly television series about creating beautiful homes and buildings in harmony with the environment is set... |
Category: Product News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/16/2007
Developments in packaging, phosphor and die technology offer enhanced power handling and lumens-per mm2 performance, facilitating densely packed LED arrays as well as slimmer end product designs.... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/16/2007
Manufacturers say that a 13-18 watt CFL produces light equivalent to a 60w incandescent bulb, an 18-22w CFL is the equivalent of a 75w bulb, and a 23-28w CFL is the equivalent of a 100w bulb.... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/16/2007
Linked is an opinion piece from the San Francisco Gate, written by Jane Powell, author of "Bungalow Details: Interior". She discusses how both new construction and remodeling uses up resources,... |
Category: News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/15/2007
Lawmakers and businessmen have worked out a compromise that will reduce the financial hit to state and local governments from the "green building" tax breaks while continuing the abatement's designed... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/14/2007
Maybe Albuquerque Mayor Martin Chavez said it best two years ago when he mandated all new city government buildings larger than 5,000 square feet be built according to sustainable principles and LEED... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/14/2007
New sustainable design and construction concepts of today will be the norm five to 10 years from now. Members of the development community that don't openly embrace the change will unknowingly... |
Category: Product News | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/03/2007
On any given day, air conditioning (AC) accounts for one-third of the total electricity demand on the nation’s strained power grid, and on hot days causes blackouts and puts less efficient, more... |
Category: Article | Posted By: Jamie | Date: 05/03/2007
Making use of natural light can save up to 75 percent of the energy used for lighting buildings and reduce cooling costs at the same time, but the ages-old practice has yet to gain wide acceptance... |