I am a very strong proponent of “following the money.” In real estate, the old adage is “Location, Location, Location.” In energy, it should be “Efficiency, Efficiency, Efficiency.” That’s where the money is. Kevin Surace, the CEO of Serious Materials, who makes energy-saving windows and drywall certainly thinks so as he was quoted in a [...]
Green Squared has its corporate office in Dallas as well as an engineering office in Dallas so it is fairly common that I get a DFW-centric piece come across my email. The piece is informative no matter where you might be reading this summary. I found this one particularly interesting as it was published by [...]
I found this article from Greener Buildings interesting. It sounds like a lot of the things that we say to our clients at Green Squared. The cliff notes version of the lessons: 1. Green building retrofits are truly global. 2. Energy efficient and sustainable retrofits can be remarkably cost-effective. 3. Many of the retrofit approaches [...]
I mentioned the PlaNYC when I blogged about the Washington DC statute so I figured I’d come full circle. NYC did pass its own new green legislation. The legislation is a component of PlaNYC, a broad strategy introduced in 2007 with the goal of reducing New York City’s carbon footprint 30 percent by 2030. The [...]
I came across this book over the weekend, The Green Year, by Jodi Helmer, in a local bookshop that I thought was pretty neat. It gives you 365 ideas on how to be more resource-conscious in your everyday life. You don’t have to install solar panels or a get behind the wheel of an electric [...]
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