Coulomb Technologies Announces California Smart Charging Infrastructure Installation in Service Stations

Coulomb Technologies announced it will provide the first smart charging infrastructure installation base for new and existing alterative fueling stations within California for extended range electric vehicles (EREV), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and all battery electric vehicles (BEVs). Largely powered by solar electric panels, these new and existing alternative fueling stations are considered the wave of the future and will sell several... 

Prime Group Realty Trusts Continental Towers Named BOMAs Suburban Chicago Outstanding Building for the Fourth Time.

Prime Group Realty Trust Chicago-based real estate investment trust (REIT), announced today that the premier, Class A, 975,000 square-foot Continental Towers office complex in Rolling Meadows, IL, controlled and managed by Prime Group Realty Trust, was recently named “The Outstanding Building of the Year” (TOBY) for the Chicago Suburban market by the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Suburban Chicago. This is the fourth time in... 

White Paper Recommends 22 Ways Building Designers and Contractors Can Fight Climate Change

Green Buildings + Climate Change,” a 64-page White Paper from Building Design+Construction magazine (http://www.bdcnetwork.com), offers 22 action items that architects, building engineers, contractors, homebuilders, building owners, and real estate developers can take to save energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Buildings account for about 70% of electricity use, about 40% of primary energy consumption, and 40% of carbon emissions in developed... 

GE Hosting Summit of Leading Engineering, Construction Companies to Address Global Energy Challenges

GE Energy today began a two-day, first-of-its-kind energy summit in Istanbul, Turkey with the leading project management companies from Europe, Asia, the Middle East and Africa to showcase new technology and strategies aimed at helping countries address their urgent energy demands and environmental challenges. With energy demand expected to double by 2030, and global warming concerns driving new government policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,... 

RSMeans Announces the 2009 Edition of Its Perennial Best Seller, Building Construction Cost Data

Now available: the 2009 edition of the industry’s most used, quoted and respected construction pricing guide. Building Construction Cost Data has been the leading construction cost resource since 1942. It offers unit costs for materials, labor and equipment; overhead and profit; and crew and productivity data for a wide range of construction products and tasks. Location factors allow cost adjustments to more than 930 cities and towns in the U.S.... 

Mayor Chuck Reed Presents Inaugural San Jose Prize for Green Vision Innovation to Winners of California Clean Tech Open

San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed at a press conference today announced that the inaugural San Jose Prize for Green Vision Innovation will be awarded to the 2008 California Clean Tech Open winners. Announced last night at the Clean Tech Open’s third annual awards gala, the winners and runners up include: Over the Moon Diapers, Viridis Earth, BottleStone, Focal Point Energy, Power Assure, ElectraDrive, Porifera, NexChem, GroundSource Geo, Solar Red,... 

Leading Home Performance Companies to Form One Trusted Name in Home Testing and Home Performance Retrofitting

Sustainable Spaces, a San Francisco-based home performance contractor and national leader in the growing field of home health and energy efficiency, today announced its merger with Renu, a San Anselmo, CA company, effective immediately. The merged company will be called Sustainable Spaces. Sustainable Spaces, established in 2004, applies the most advanced methods in building science to conduct home energy audits and retrofit projects that bring homes... 

Congressional Solar Energy Tax Credit Bill Creates Affordable Renewable Energy Systems for Homeowners

A part of the bailout package recently passed by the U.S. government included a generous solar energy tax credit bill which will dramatically reduce the cost and hasten the payback to homeowners for installing residential solar energy systems. A full 30% federal tax credit is now available for solar PV and thermal installations starting January 1, 2009. The Renewable Energy Division of S+H Construction, Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, one of the... 

Telkonet Wins Energy Management Contract with Columbia Sussex Hotel Group

Telkonet, Inc., the leading provider of innovative, centrally managed solutions for integrated energy management, networking, building automation and proactive support services, has won a prestigious contract with Columbia Sussex, the leading national developer and manager of more than 70 hotels and casinos across 30 states. Approximately 1,300 guestrooms in the Doubletree in Rochester, New York, the Sheraton in Philadelphia City Center, and the Westin... 

First Solar Powered Self Storage Facility in North Carolina Opens at Security Self Storage

The first of its kind, green self storage facility in North Carolina has begun generating its electrical needs using solar photovoltaic panels. The 10 kilowatt, 20 foot pole mounted system is located at Security Self Storage on 3600 Tryon Rd. Raleigh, NC 27606. Open house with educational tour, heavy hors d’oeuvres and refreshments will be on Thursday, September 25th from 11am to 2 pm. Raleigh, North Carolina, September 24, 2008 — The...