We told you this was coming, H-towners. The city of Houston announced a new initiative called the Green Office Challenge with the goal of getting property owners and managers across the city to reduce their energy consumption, water use and waste, as well as encourage more office tenants to do things like recycle, car pool [...]

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I love these types of stories…Tishman Speyer turned your average 23-year old downtown Manhattan office building into a LEED Gold building by doing nothing out of the ordinary. That’s right, no wind turbines, solar panels, or geothermal digs. David Roth of gbNYC (Green Building in NYC) nails it with “What happened at 375 Hudson is [...]

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We’ve talked about PACE financing quite a bit around here over the course of the last several months. Initially, we just explained what it actually is back in February, (What is PACE financing?). And there is this YouTube video which does some explaining in PACE 101. We also touched on the new Florida law that [...]

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This is a cool local program in Chicago. The Green Restaurant Association certified 20 Chicago restaurants for their efforts to reduce waste, energy and water use, improve recycling, and support organic farming. Underlying image CC licensed by Flickr user supafly. Green Squared admission… I am a Top Chef fan. So, I was particularly intrigued that [...]

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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 [...]

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