Green Squared VP Business Development, Phil Stringer and President, Bobby Bragg, attended the CATEE (Clean Air Through Energy Efficiency) 2010 conference last week in Austin, Texas. Here are some notes from the conference: The conference was opened by Austin Mayor Lee Leffingwell, C. Donald Babers, Regional Administrator for Region VI, U.S. HUD and Texas Public [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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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