Proximity Named the highest rated “Green” hotel and restaurant in America

Quaintance-Weaver Restaurants and Hotels announce that Proximity Hotel and Print Works Bistro have been awarded LEED Platinum by the U.S. Green Building Council. LEED is the USGBC’s rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings. Opened in late 2007, Proximity Hotel and Print Works Bistro are the first in the hospitality industry to obtain the USGBC’s top level of certification. Dennis... 

Significant Energy Savings with LED Fixtures from Pegasus Associates Lighting

Responding to customer requests and positive customer comments, Pegasus Associates Lighting continues to add highly sought after, energy-efficient LED products to its e-commerce web site. Today, the company introduced four new LED fixtures to its expanding LED light fixtures web site section. The new LED products include three LED recessed mini swivel lights and an award-winning LED 4-inch recessed downlight. The newly introduced 4-inch LED recessed... 

American Honda Motor Co. Certifies Five Green Buildings in U.S. This Year

American Honda Motor Co., Inc. has certified five new green buildings under the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards this year as part of an effort to further reduce the environmental impact of Honda’s operations and products in the U.S. One of these facilities – Honda’s Data Center in Longmont, Colo. – is the first LEED Version 2.2 Silver certified data center in the country. Data... 

Trane Launches First High Performance Systems Portfolio for K-12 Schools at U.S. Green Building Council’s GreenBuild in Boston

Specifiers and school engineers attending the U.S. Green Building Council’s International Conference and Expo in Boston, will be the first to try Trane’s new “High Performance Systems Portfolio for K-12 Schools.” Where: Booth #1201 at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center When: Nov. 19-21, 2008 The High Performance Systems Portfolio is the first and only web-based tool available at www.trane.com/K12Systems... 

Executive Centre Reduces Carbon Footprint and Earns Energy Efficiency Award

The Executive Centre on Merchant Street in Cincinnati, a 521,000-square-foot office building housing General Electric and CINCOM Systems, Inc., recently announced completion of building-wide renovations that will drastically reduce energy use and greenhouse gas emissions in its three buildings. As a result of the renovations, the building’s property manager, CB Richard Ellis, anticipates more than $40,000 in savings per year from reduced energy... 

Pentair Divests Spa and Bath Business, Further Concentrates on Pool Equipment Business

Pentair, Inc. announced that it has agreed to sell its Spa and Bath business to Balboa Water Group in a cash transaction. “This sale enables us to concentrate more fully on growth in our core global pool equipment business,” said Pentair Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Randall J. Hogan. “Pool equipment continues to be an attractive platform for Pentair, and we are focused on continuing to deliver industry-changing innovation, such as our... 

LEEDing the Charge: Downtown Seattles 901 Fifth Avenue Building Achieves LEED-EB SilverTM Certification

RREEF Real Estate and Kennedy Wilson today announced that 901 Fifth Avenue in Seattle, WA, a 41-story 558,607 sq. ft office tower has achieved LEED-EB™ (existing building) Silver certification. The certification marks the completion of one of the largest environmental retrofits in the industry for an existing property and Seattle’s first full city block targeting LEED certification. The new ownership and management of Seattle’s 901 Fifth Avenue... 

Permlight Appoints Chris Primous to Direct East Coast Led Light Engine Sales for Brillia(TM)

Brillia™, the light engine division of Permlight Products, Inc., today announced Chris Primous has been named director, Eastern region OEM sales and business development. Primous will be responsible for the ongoing collaboration with original equipment manufacturers in the Eastern region to help bring LED-based luminaires to market. “Chris has been instrumental in bringing LED technology to the lighting industry. In fact, he was the product manager... 

Dominion Partnering With EarthCraft House for Next Generation of Energy Efficient Homes

Dominion Virginia Power has partnered with EarthCraft House(TM) Virginia to deliver a voluntary green building program to serve as a blueprint for healthy, comfortable homes that reduce energy consumption and protect the environment in the Commonwealth. “The EarthCraft Houses voluntary green builder program is an excellent fit with Dominion’s commitment to energy conservation and environmental stewardship,” said David A. Heacock,... 

Southwall’s Heat Mirror(R) Insulating Glass Enables Window Performance Today That Exceeds Energy Star(R) Standards Proposed for 2013

Southwall Technologies, Inc., the worldwide innovator of high performance, energy-saving films and glass products, announced today that windows using the company’s energy-efficient Heat Mirror insulating glass already meet and exceed the new US Department of Energy (DOE) Energy Star window performance standards proposed for 2013. To achieve its charter of establishing a level of energy efficiency that will transform the market and address America’s...