Posts Tagged ‘energy-efficiency’
A clearinghouse for energy leaders
It’s become a cliché among energy efficiency geeks to say we need “an MPG for buildings” – a shared, understandable standard for comparing how different buildings perform. A new website aims to get us closer to that goal by creating a central clearinghouse for energy rating and measurement projects, pulling together the most ambitious [...]
Filling the labor pool
A California program to help businesses cash in on energy efficiency retrofits handed out its first rebate checks in March. That may be good news for the individual businesses saving money of their electricity bills, but the program’s administrators say the bigger story is that they’re building a skilled labor pool to fuel the energy [...]
The Cost of Building Green
Dr. Mir F. Ali Commercial real estate executives are increasingly seeking greener office space -- and are less inclined to pay premiums for it, according to a recent survey by CoreNet Global and Jones Lang LaSalle. "They are less willing to pay a premium for sustainable space because they understand that it doesn't cost the owner more to make [...]
