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 [...]
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 [...]
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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