Adaptive Reuse, An Alternative Facility managers are challenged by the social, environmental, historical and financial demands of modern facilities development. Each competing interest group has its own stake in the development process. An effective strategy for many of these issues is the adaptive reuse of an existing building.
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by PeterNotari
Financing the Future How equipment financing can be employed to help
building owners realize energy-efficiency retrofits that can actually pay for
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by David tenKroode
Green Leasing: Considerations for Existing Buildings
The improvement of existing buildings represents
an enormous opportunity for conserving energy and other resources. It’s
critical that the leases in existing buildings be able to accommodate and
encourage landlords to undertake those improvements. Comments (1)
NASA Takes Biofuel Plant for a Ride Into Outer Space UK-based Carbon Credited Farming (CCF) congratulated NASA on the successful launch of the Endeavour Space Shuttle today. It blasted off from Kennedy Space Center taking with it new scientific experiments, including a study of the Jatropha curcas plant, used for producing biofuel, to see if its breeding process can be speeded up for commercial use. Comments (0)
Tech Manufacturer Recognized for Producing More Than 100 percent Onsite Power Generation Other World Computing (OWC), a PC and Mac technology company, announced that it has been recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Green Power Partnership program for its role in becoming an onsite producer of more than 100 percent of OWC’s power needs through clean, green wind power. Comments (0)
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Heat Pump for Colder Climates According to Daikin AC (Americas), Inc., the company’s VRV III-C is designed especially for high-efficiency heating in colder climates. Comments (0)
Lighting Management and Control System The LUMEnergi LMCS Lighting Management and Control System cuts electrical use by 50-70 percent while improving user comfort and conve-nience, compared to non-dimming and non-managed implementations, the company reports. Comments (0)
Metal Roofs
Retrofitting flat roofs with sloped metal roofs is a concept that is tailor-made for these declining economic times. Interestingly, of the 40 billion square feet of roofing annually installed in the United States, only a fraction of that amount entails retrofitting roofs with sloped metal systems. Comments (0)
by ChuckHoward
Bringing Roofs to Life
Rooftop gardens or living roofs offer several environmental advantages. Their increased use in urban areas has been due their ability to decrease water runoff from the roof area. The primary intent of the living roof application is to filter the stormwater and minimize the stormwater runoff from reaching the underground infrastructure. Comments (0)
Newest Addition: Green Building Square Foot Costbook 2010 $49.95 This new book contains square foot prices for more than 50 different types of green buildings, broken down by CSI division. You'll also find articles on the cost of LEED certification, green roof design, and the goals of other LEED certified builders throughout the U.S. All of the costs in the book have been carefully adjusted for 2010. Included are government projects, commercial buildings, schools and libraries, medical facilities, residential buildings and recreational facilities, reflecting the vast array of "green" materials and technologies being used in construction today.
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