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Energy Efficiency: Is It The Real Deal?
According to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), peak electric loads in the U.S. are 20,800 MW lower than they would be without utility energy efficiency programs[1]. If it is correct it represents perhaps 100 power plants that did not need built that would have otherwise been required. Similarly, the EIA data shows that electric usage [...]
In Focus: Green Modular Buildings
Modular buildings are gaining more importance every day because of their various benefits. Cost efficient, time efficient, energy efficient and arguably more durable that their counterparts constructed on site, modular houses are gaining takers steadily. Modular houses are essentially those houses that are built off site. Modules of parts of a house are constructed and [...]
LEED Passes 12K Certified Commercial Buildings
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is celebrating the certification of the 12,000th commercial project under its LEED green building program. When all kinds of buildings are included, there are more than 137,000 LEED registered and certified projects, homes, communities and neighborhoods around the world. More than 45,000 projects participate in the commercial and institutional LEED rating [...]
USGBC Sued Over LEED Program
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has been sued over its highly popular LEED building rating system. The owner of Gifford Fuel Savings, Henry Gifford, has sued the USGBC for US$100 million claiming that theorganization has committed fraud, unfair competition, deceptive tradepractices, and false advertising. Gifford claims that the LEED system doesn’t save energy the [...]