A new report out by Deloitte on Sustainability has some very interesting nuggets about sustainability in general. One caveat: the survey was of only 48 people who are in charge of sustainability for their companies. I think that sample size is too small. And, given these folks’ role in the organization, I am afraid their [...]
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 [...]
Green Squared has graciously been invited by the Commercial Real Estate Women of Dallas (“CREW”) to discuss “Cost Effective Strategies for Greening Existing Buildings”. Andy Smith, our Chief Engineering Officer, and Bobby Bragg, our President, will lead the discussion. Here is the complete release: CREW DALLAS TO LEARN ABOUT GREENING EXISTING BUILDINGS. Here is the [...]
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 [...]
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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