Office Depot is First Retailer to Receive LEED Gold Certification from U.S. Green Building Council

Office Depot, a leading global provider of office products and services, today announced that its “Green” retail store prototype has received a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The USGBC’s LEED system is widely recognized as the benchmark for green building design, construction, operations and maintenance. Office Depot received the Gold Rating for the Company’s... 

Orlando’s Willows Neighborhood Gets Single Day Garden Makeover

Where yesterday there was a vacant lot, dotted with struggling bushes, today the Willows neighborhood boasts a lush garden. Brightly flowering ground cover holds the fragile soil, while palm trees blow in the wind and bold colors peek over a new white picket fence. The most amazing part: the entire transformation took just a single day – thanks to the combined efforts of a determined team. Fiskars with support from The Home Depot Foundation helped... 

Green Depot Merges with Greenmaker Creating Nations Largest Green Building Materials Supplier

Green Depot (www.greendepot.com) – the Brooklyn-based supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable building products, services and solutions – today announced that it has merged with Chicago-based Greenmaker (www.greenmakersupply.com) to create the nation’s largest and most sophisticated supplier of green building materials. Green Depot serves residential and commercial builders and everyday homeowners nationwide through its Web site... 

Owens Corning Increases Recycled Content in PINK Fiberglas(TM) Insulation to 40 Percent

At the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Boston, Mass., Owens Corning announced it has increased the certified recycled content in its flagship PINK Fiberglas(TM) insulation to a minimum of 40 percent. At this level of recycled content, the amount of waste glass diverted from landfills could form a two-lane glass highway that extends 1.3 times around the world(1). The certification, supplied by leading, independent third-party certifier... 

TIAA-CREF Global Real Estate’s One Boston Place Awarded First LEED-EB Gold Certification for Operations and Maintenance

TIAA-CREF Global Real Estate announced today that One Boston Place in Boston is the first building to earn the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold designation from the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance. LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance is a rating system that recognizes buildings with maximum operational efficiency and minimal environmental... 

The Freshaire Choice

Once the color is added, most no-VOC paints aren’t anything near being no-VOC. The Freshaire Choice interior paints from ICI, on the other hand, come in 65 earth-influenced colors that are really and truly VOC-free. In fact, this is the first residential tinted paint to be certified to the stringent GreenGuard Children & Schools standard. It’s available in flat, eggshell, and semi-gloss, and, as it happens, only at Home Depot. ICI Paints;... 

Sitar Company Brokers Named New Jersey’s “2008 All-Star Commercial Real Estate Brokers”

Sitar Company, a leading New Jersey commercial real estate firm, today announced that Joseph Nitti, Douglas J. Sitar and William Sitar III have been named “2008 All-Star Commercial Real Estate Brokers” by Real Estate New Jersey. The “2008 All-Star Commercial Real Estate Broker” rankings are awarded by Real Estate New Jersey, a monthly commercial real estate magazine, to New Jersey brokers who have demonstrated excellence in notable real estate... 

Green Depot Opens Showroom on Long Island

Green Depot, the Brooklyn-based supplier of environmentally friendly and sustainable building products, services and solutions, is opening its newest showroom space on August 28 in Greenport, N.Y., on the North Fork of Long Island. The store, Green Depot’s fifth on the East Coast, second in New York and first on Long Island is located near the northeastern tip at 67380 Main Rd./CR-48 in Greenport. Green Depot showcases the very best of green building...