Autodesk Tools Enable Early-Stage Energy Modeling for Buildings

Autodesk has developed tools that enable architects and other building professionals fast and easy access to energy modeling early in the design process -- an industry first.   Read More

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Design for Reuse Primer

The 15 diverse projects in the Design for Reuse Primer demonstrate new models of “building green.” Read More

City Shaped Like a Rhino Planned in Southern Sudan

While U.S. planners and local governments are striving to create sustainable communities and neighborhoods, Southern Sudan's government is taking a cue from nature to remake 10 state capitals: The cities are being planned in the shape of animals and fruit that appear on regional flags. Read More

IBM's New Data Center Brings Home the Gold

IBM chose an existing building to house what would become the company's most technologically advanced green data center. Re-use of the building, along with a slew of energy- and water-saving measures, helped land the data center a LEED Gold certification. Read More

Johnson Controls, Sodexo HQs Earn LEED-Platinum Ratings

In a green building tour de force, Johnson Controls' corporate campus in Glendale has earned four LEED-Platinum ratings -- the most awarded to a single site in the history of U.S. Green Building Council. Sodexo's North American headquarters also received certification at highest USGBC level. Read More

Optional Hotel Housekeeping: Radical Concept or Great Idea?

When you offer travelers something they like over and over, or just about anything repeatedly, they will come to expect it. That's certainly been the case with towel and linen reuse programs. Will the day will come when guests also expect to have the option to opt out of housekeeping entirely -- and be rewarded for it. Read More

Why We Need CCS — at Any Cost

Policy makers and thinkers of all varieties around the world these days are grappling with the design of smart, efficient policy; the challenge ahead of them is daunting. Energy demand is rising, especially in developing countries, while at the same time scientists tell us we must dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions or face catastrophic climate change events. Read More

Now is the Time to Create Climate Wealth

ClimateWeekNY?C is a tremendous opportunity for us to convene as a community and identify the best path for a transition towards a low-carbon economy. By expanding our efforts to focus on new financial and economic tools we can capitalize on the largest wealth creation opportunity of our lifetime. Read More

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CDP 2010 Global 500 Report

This report analyzes the CDP responses from the 500 largest public companies on the FTSE Global Equity Index Series (Global 500), with particular attention paid to the ways that organizations in every sector are capitalizing on commercial opportunites. Read More

Can New Signs Bring Recycling Up to Speed?

A new campaign has landed significant backing from recycling companies, schools and private enterprises to overcome one of the most frustrating hurdles of recycling in the U.S.: Inconsistent and unclear signs for what you can recycle. Read More