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Building Profile: UIC’s Douglas Hall

By Lisa Sanzenbacher on 05 Jan 2015 • 3 minute read

In 2009, the University of Illinois at Chicago's (UIC) Douglas Hall underwent a massive renovation and became incredibly energy efficient. So much so that the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) awarded UIC with a LEED-Gold rating. LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environ …

Chicago Releases Building Energy Benchmarking Results

By GBIG Staff on 19 Dec 2014 • 1 minute read

In September 2013 the City of Chicago adopted a building energy use benchmarking ordinance requiring commercial, and municipal buildings larger than 250,000 square feet to track and report energy performance data on a yearly basis (more buildings will be phased in over …