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Tech Training Center Will Be Virginia’s First Net Zero Higher Ed Building
Located at Piedmont Virginia Community College, the Advanced Technical Training Center will join the small number of U.S. community college facilities to achieve net zero energy. - Read: Tech Training...
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EnTech Solutions Provides Wisconsin Cheese Factory With Solar Energy
Clean energy solutions provider EnTech Solutions has installed two renewable energy microgrids on the site of Agropur’s new 210,000-square-foot cheese production facility being built in Little Chute,...
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$10M Donation To ULI Will Help Promote Sustainability In Real Estate
Real estate executive Randall Lewis has donated $10 million to the Urban Land Institute (ULI), the largest single donation in ULI’s 86-year history to date, to fund the organization’s efforts to make...
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New Low-Global Warming-Potential Refrigerant From Honeywell
Honeywell has announced an innovative, new low-global-warming-potential (GWP) refrigerant for commercial and industrial refrigeration that is optimized for supermarkets. The product meets the needs of...
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Time Is Now To Move To Cleaner, More Resilient Commercial Buildings
By Mike McClendon and Adam Simpson Commercial buildings account for nearly 35% of all the electricity consumed in the U.S. This presents an enormous opportunity for America’s private sector,...
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Community College Taps Into Federal Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund
In Pennsylvania, the Community College of Allegheny County (CCAC) is modernizing buildings across its four campuses and the West Hills Center, as well as its building automation system, with occupancy...
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Kitsy Seating Collection By Encore
Colorful, spirited, and full of fun, the Kitsy collection by Encore delivers a refreshing take on multipurpose seating with stackable, swivel, and mobile options in a spectrum of material and finish...
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Biden-Harris Administration Introduces Low-Carbon Construction Initiative
As part of an effort to make the United States government more sustainable, the Biden-Harris Administration has launched a new task force focused on using low-carbon materials made in the U.S. in...
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Facility Executive: February 2022 Issue
Facility Executive February 2022 Issue (Volume 35, Number 1) Editor’s Letter: The More Things Change… Whether you’ve worked in facilities for three years or thirty, it’s safe to say that since 2020...
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Sustainability And Commercial Real Estate: Four Predictions For 2022
Looking at the year ahead, what does the future hold for commercial real estate and sustainability? A new report from Cortex Sustainability Intelligence aims to inform commercial real estate (CRE)...
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Ways You Can Measure and Track Commercial Building Performance
Sponsored by By Matt Browning Building performance is one of those phrases that, to the average reader, isn’t worthy of or in need of a definition. But when you’re trying to measure and track the...
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GROWMARK Pollinator Garden Program In 7th Year
Honey bees and other pollinators play an important role in the agricultural ecosystem. These same pollinators are under stress from a number of factors: pests, disease, lack of habitat, and more. The...
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Recycling Takes New Direction
Compiled from U.S. EPA From the February 2022 Issue This past November, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the 2021 National Recycling Strategy to tackle major recycling challenges...
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Solar Energy Program Helps Arizona Pets In Need
The Arizona Humane Society (AHS) Nina Mason Pulliam South Mountain Campus in Phoenix recently received a free solar energy system from the SRP Solar for Nonprofits program. AHS is one of three...
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DOE Seeks Input On Building-Integrated Photovoltaics
While roof-mounted solar systems on buildings are more common, building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) systems systems offer other ways to site solar technologies on buildings. This can include...
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Solar Brick Building Facade From Mitrex
Canadian solar technology manufacturer Mitrex is launching Solar Brick—a solar-integrated facade solution designed for use as brick wall cladding that transforms a building into a renewable power...
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EPA Names 2021’s Most Energy-Efficient Manufacturing Plants
Together, the 93 U.S. manufacturing plants that earned the the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s ENERGY STAR certification in 2021 prevented more than 5 million metric tons of greenhouse gas...
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Lower Cost Financing For Lower Carbon Construction
PACE Equity and New Buildings Institute (NBI) have launched a new financing option that offers a differentiated cost of capital for building a lower carbon building. The approach, dubbed CIRRUS™ Low...
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Solar Panel Installation Supports Manufacturer’s Green Energy Goals
Preferred Utilities Manufacturing, a provider of custom-engineered boiler solutions that reduce emissions and increase efficiency, has expanded its commitment to sustainability with the completion of a...
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T. Rowe Price Celebrates 85th Anniversary With New Headquarters
In Baltimore, T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. has kicked off construction of a new 550,000-square-foot global headquarters set to open in 2024. The facility will be located in the city’s Harbor Point...
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