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 …
By GBIG Staff on
19 Dec 2014 •
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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 …
By GBIG Staff on
16 Dec 2014 •
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A recent study by researchers at the University of California - Berkeley explores the many climate benefits of green building projects, and finds that green buildings offer "significant potential to reduce GHG emissions through non-energy green building strategies." T …
By Jeff Kuziemko on
04 Dec 2014 •
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There is ongoing curiosity as to whether LEED buildings perform in line with market expectations on energy efficiency measures, or similarly, if LEED buildings perform better on energy efficiency metrics than non-LEED rated counterparts. Until recently it has been diffi …
By Sue Hall on
25 Nov 2014 •
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This year, the University of Illinois at Chicago joined Southern Oregon University to pioneer access for their LEED buildings to US carbon market capital, securing Chevy’s Campus Clean Energy Campaign, funding, in order to accelerate their clean energy performance.
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By Sue Hall on
24 Nov 2014 •
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So what would you do if you were President for a day?
President of Portland State University, Wim Weiwel, tackles this same question every day as he balances the competing interests on his time and PSU’s leadership. If he prioritizes sustainable endowments, diver …
By Sue Hall on
18 Nov 2014 •
openbook 5 minute read
Chevrolet today celebrated a striking innovation that will help us all drive toward a cleaner energy future: it opened an entirely new source of funding – the US voluntary carbon market – to accelerate energy efficiency performance to new heights at our schools and …
By Katie Weeks on
03 Nov 2014 •
openbook 4 minute read
Are your city’s buildings sitting on an untapped wealth of savings? The City and County of Denver think so, and they are now calling on local building owners to join them in unlocking billions of dollars (yes, with a B) in savings. How? Energy efficiency.
Last week …
Reykjavik University is located in the southern part of Iceland's capital, a ten minute drive from downtown. The school is situated between the Reykjavik Airport, Öskjuhlíð (a public park with geothermal hot water storage tanks and the landmark Perlan (The Pearl) res …
By Sue Hall on
22 Oct 2014 •
openbook 6 minute read
Today, Chevrolet announces funding for another six universities, committing to purchase and retire another 36,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from these campuses toward its 8 million ton goal as part of its $40 million dollar Carbon Reduction Initiative.
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