In a recent NY Times article, it was announced that Deutsche Bank Americas Foundation, the philanthropic arm of the German bank, is financing the creation of a public database of several hundred retrofitted buildings in New York City and a companion report to determine the savings from such moves. I love the notion that they [...]
According to a recent article many builders attending the NAHB National Green Building Conference in Raleigh, N.C., in May said that they have been able to sell sustainably built homes considerably faster than the traditionally built new homes that have been languishing in today’s tough market. Not surprisingly for us at Green Squared, energy efficiency, [...]
A new Cleantech Approach (CTA) research report states that lighting control technology can greatly reduce lighting energy usage from 35% – 55%. The projected energy savings in the report are due purely to the ability to dim or extinguish lights automatically when they aren’t needed. Given most estimates attribute a quarter to 40% of all [...]
On Friday, Florida’s embattled Governor Crist signed into law that state’s PACE financing bill. Now, the local jurisdictions just need to opt-in to allow for the financing to come through. If you forgot what PACE financing is, check out our earlier blog post titled, “What is PACE financing?”. A recent study from Johnson Controls estimates [...]
Johnson Controls and OxyGenz.com have recently completed a large scale survey on Generation Y workplace demands. There are already a lot of studies on the productivity boosts from green workplaces, but this new study focuses on the younger generation and their expectations of a workplace. Some of the more interesting findings about Generation Y (ages [...]
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