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More Than Just Atmosphere
With the emergence of high-definition television and the federal government mandating a switch from analog to digital format, The Weather Channel wanted to expand and remodel its legacy studio space to provide high-quality, high-definition (HD) television programming to its viewers.
by Eric Kremer AIA, LEED AP
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 | Capitol Assets
In December 2008, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded 16 new indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity1 (ID/IQs) energy savings performance contracts (ESPC) that should result in billions of dollars to the following 16 energy services companies (ESCOs) through out the U.S.
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 | Designing Buildings to Achieve ENERGY STAR
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed clearly defined and objective energy-use metrics to verify if design projects and existing buildings achieve energy goals needed to earn ENERGY STAR. The ENERGY STAR program has a proven track record with building owners who are tracking energy performance in thousands of existing buildings.
by Karen P. Butler ENERGY STAR
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New, Modernized and Retrofitted Escalators
KONE Inc. one of the world’s leading elevator and escalator companies, and Power Efficiency Corporation a clean tech company focused on efficiency technologies for electric motors, announced that they signed an agreement to launch the digital EcoStart, to be included in new and modernized escalators, and offered to customers as a retrofit option.
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Initiatives: Of Green Meters + CO2
Department of Energy data reveals the average CO2 emission in the United States to be 1.37 pounds for every kilowatt-hour (kWh) of electricity generated. This takes into consideration all forms of generation from nuclear to coal-fired plants. To put it in everyday terms, using ten 100W electric light bulbs for one hour will inject 1.37 pounds of CO2 into the atmosphere. So what can be done to reduce it?
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Editor's Note: A Better Built Environment through LEED
This issue of Sustainable Facility contains just about everything you ever wanted to know about LEED and more. By now, most of you have some experience or knowledge about LEED: the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System, as well as its related programs, projects, professionals and processes.
by Michelle Hucal, LEED AP
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