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LEED Projects Surpass One Billion Square Feet
This month, the total footprint of commercial projects certified underthe U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) LEED Green Building RatingSystem surpassed one billion square feet. Another six billion square feet of projects are registered and currently working toward LEED certification around the world. “This traction demonstrates the transformation of the way we design,build and operate buildings,” [...]
Times Square’s First 100% Solar Billboard by Ricoh
Times Square, the iconic, brightly lit part of New York, will now have a dash of green to it. And no, we aren’t talking about a huge billboardwith bright green lights. We’re talking about the first 100% solarpowered billboard that has recently been completed by Ricoh at TimesSquare, New York. A leading provider of digital [...]
Green building certifications to cover 53 billion square feet of space by 2020
Green building certification programs are becoming increasinglyimportant tools to verify that a building meets a set of “green”criteria including energy efficiency, sustainable materials selection,site location, and indoor environmental quality. In addition totheir environmental benefits, certified green buildings can sometimescommand higher property values and rents, and green buildingcertification can distinguish certain properties in highly competitivereal estate [...]
Suntech Opens PV Module Testing Facility With UL
Suntech Power Holdings Co. Ltd. says it has opened the first PV moduletesting laboratory in China to be awarded the Underwriters Laboratories(UL) Witness Testing Data Program (WTDP) Certificate. Located atSuntech’s headquarters in Wuxi, China, the PV module testing facilityis the largest in the country, with 1,400 square meters and 7,000square meters of indoor and outdoor [...]