Buildings & Facilities
Buildings and Facilities
- It's time for the building industry to shift from develpment to maintenance, using a life cycle approach.
- Post-Hurricane Sandy, building remediation became a necessity in many locations. Here's how to do it right.
- Prologis Inc.'s corporate headquarters will pay for $1.6 million in upgrades at its headquarters with innovative financing tool that helps local governments incentivize clean energy.
- Johnson Controls opens a new marketplace intended for commercial building owners to save energy and money, and provides a new channel for energy analytics startups to sell their wares
- Two USA Today articles got plenty of attention by questioning whether LEED goes far enough. But they highlight the false -- but broad -- premise that only expensive steps qualify as truly green.
- U.S. businesses have big opportunities in home lighting and heating, where CFLs, LEDs and heating oil-to-natural gas conversions are poised for growth.
- The manufacturer wants to be the electronics industry's top Green Innovation Company by 2018.
- Corporate and civic leaders say partnerships will be key to cities' efforts to better serve their constituents amid population and energy pressures.
- With the help of an EDF fellow, AT&T found some creative solutions on how to lessen the water footprint of its cooling systems.
- The Empire State Building's recent energy-efficient updates serve as a model for U.S. building stock.
- Increased productivity, reduced overhead and lower absenteeism among employees are among the benefits of using sustainable design.
- Schneider Electric, Johnson Controls, Siemens and IBM are among the vendors looking to gain ground in the smart building managed services market -- expected to reach $1.1 billion by 2020.
- Being the first to take combined heat and power energy-efficient technology online isn't always easy, Casey Houweling found.
- Energy efficient retrofits are shifting away from one-time measures to the installation of energy management software.
- The convergence of building automation, IT and advanced lighting solutions can help building owners drive down energy costs and streamline operations.
- Integrating all the systems involved in running a typical building can have a big payoff in better information and increased functionality. Here's how to make those systems play nice together.
- Mass.-based company offers Web-based platform to analyze water, gas and electric utility data to target the $2 billion U.S. multi-tenant apartment building market.
- Due to risks associated with upgrade projects or the age of the building itself, cost savings aren't always maximized. Learn how to shift your risk while offering incentives to others.
- A look at how host cities compete for the gold in green -- and how Rio is gunning to overtake London for the sustainability gold.
- Scientists are developing smart-building materials that can regulate temperatures without air conditioning or heating, potentially cutting energy costs for commercial and industrial buildings.
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