A new Congressional report raises the question, “Should you trust Energy Star?” The study says the program approved 15 bogus products, including a gas-powered alarm clock and an air purifier that looked like a space heater with a feather duster on top. Obviously, this type of information definitely takes some shine off of the Energy [...]
From the March 26, 2010 Edition of Dallas Business Journal, please see article and link. Green Squared is proud of its affiliation with Faulkner Design Group and wishes them continued success. Adrienne and her team are visionaries in the area of interior design and bring an acute awareness of environmental sustainabiilty and energy efficiency to [...]
I sat in on a Department of Energy webinar on photovoltaic solutions this afternoon. It was from the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy group. The entire presentation is posted online here – Solar PV Webinar: In My Backyard and Open PV Mapping Project. I found a couple of useful items for our blog readers. Check [...]
I love accountability and think it is the best way to change/incent behavior. From a recent blog from Jetson Green (I told you I found all sorts of great things on his site!), Energy Performance Scores (EPS) is a rating of the total energy consumption of a home with an associated carbon emission score. To [...]
I know that there is debate in the community on the quantifiable value of the value of green-labeled buildings. And even the number when it is quantified, but here is a 2009 study from the Henley School of Business which reports that Energy Star buildings sell for 10% more than comparable non-green-labeled buildings, while LEED [...]
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