Leslie Guevarra
GreenBiz Group
Leslie Guevarra is a former editor at GreenBiz.com. She has been a reporter and editor online and in print, an associate producer and public affairs program host on television, and a podcaster. Leslie's more than 20 years of news experience includes work at the San Francisco Chronicle, where she served as a deputy managing editor. In addition to the Chronicle, her work has appeared in several other publications and on KTSF-TV in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is currently the communications director for a California state senator.
Buckingham Palace Tops List of the Least Green Buildings in London
Buckingham Palace, the main residence of British sovereigns for almost 175 years, leaks so much energy it could be a sieve. That's the upshot of news reports from London detailing results of an energy survey of 170 buildings. Read More
The World's First Green Revolving Door: A Good Turn Generates Energy
Ever feel like you're going around in circles and not doing anyone much good? Boon Edam has found a use for that wasted energy. It's created the world's first revolving door that generates energy with every turn. Read More
Project FROG Becomes a Cinderella Story for Modular Construction
Project FROG’s quick-build, energy-neutral classroom of the future came to Greenbuild for its debut and departed the international conference amid announcements that the prototype will be used for a state-of-the-art science complex at a Connecticut school. Read More
Scenes from Greenbuild 2008
Sights, slices of life and sundry speeches from the U.S. Green Building Council's seventh annual international conference in Boston, which drew almost 30,000 people. Read More
UPS to Be First to Roll Out Hydraulic Hybrid Delivery Trucks
After 18 months of prototype testing, shipping giant UPS has ordered seven hydraulic hybrid vehicles in the first commercial purchase of the technology that combines a high-efficiency diesel engine with a hydraulic propulsion system. Read More
Using Recycled Shipping Containers as Building Blocks for Green Construction
Builders have crafted a full-scale model home from recycled shipping containers for the West Coast Green tradeshow and hope their work will help fuel a market for commercial construction that uses refurbished steel cargo cubes. Read More
California Academy of Sciences Poised to Open New Green Quarters
The $488 million project to reconstruct and reinvent the facility has produced a showcase of green architecture and exhibits that strive to reflect a "sustainability message" in every facet, the academy's leadership team says. Read More