California’s
first micro-concentrator solar cooling demonstration was recently installed
at Santa Clara University’s Solar Decathlon House, a solar-powered house that
won third place in the 2007 contest.
Milwaukee-area manufacturers are invited to attend a
business forum focusing on cost-saving green technologies at the 3rd Annual
Green Manufacturing Summit on
August 31.
The
International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO)
welcomed Megan Lehtonen as the association’s new director of
program development.
A luxury apartment complex built with energy-
and water-efficient features and within walking distance of the Johnson Space
Center in Houston has become the largest project certified by the NAHB Research
Center to the National
Green Building Standard.
T&S Brass has been recognized by Renewable Water Resources (ReWa) with the Compliance Excellency Award for being
an outstanding industrial environmental steward throughout 2009.
By this time, consumers are used to
seeing EnergyStar labels on big appliances such as refrigerators. Now it’s time
to start expecting similar efficiency labels for toilets.
David
Gottfried, founder of the U.S. Green Building Council and World Green
Building Council, introduced the U.S. Regenerative
Network at a forum held April 28-29, in Berkeley, CA.
As part of the HGTV
Green Home 2010, which features products from Rinnai, the company is giving
away one condensing tankless unit per week through June 4.