President Obama has just announced a collection of initiatives and actions that are designed to encourage a 20% reduction in energy use by commercial buildings by 2020. The initiative calls for aggressive reform of existing tax (transforming the current … [Read more...]
Houston LEED 2010 Statistics: More Certified than Registered
For the first time ever, the number of Houston LEED projects Certified exceeded the number of projects Registered for LEED. In 2010, the Houston region had 59 projects acheive LEED certification, a 55% increase over 2009 and a continuation of the exponential … [Read more...]
Transformation in Transportation – Houston Sets the Stage to Welcome More Electric Vehicles (EVs)
As a city shaped and designed by the personal vehicle, now it is Houston’s turn to welcome, promote, and shape its urban infrastructure to a new kind of vehicle – the electric vehicle (EV). As plans are underway to expand public transportation networks and … [Read more...]
LEED 2012 Open for Public Comment
The new LEED version has finally been unveiled! This entry will give you some introductory information and a huge encouragement to review the ratings systems and make comments. LEED’s primary focus continues to be Market Transformation with continuous … [Read more...]
Green Office Challenge and LEED ranking
I attended the official launch of the City of Houston’s Green Office Challenge today at City Hall. There has been a tremendous amount of press about this, so I won’t add much. Here is the Chronicle’s story: … [Read more...]
Energy Conservation: What Really Matters?
The Economist magazine. It is not a fun read. It's a roller-coaster of global perspectives, stripped of the blowhard political rhetoric that's rampant in this country. They have run several stories on global warming that present the facts and rebut the … [Read more...]
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