According to a law passed in 2008, in order to receive a building permit, new single-family homes in the state of Hawaii are required to be equipped with solar thermal water heating. The regulation will begin to be enforced as of January of 2010. At the time the law was passed, solar efforts to heat […]
The Affordable Green Neighborhoods grant program, created by The U.S. Green Building Council (USGCB) and the Bank of America Foundation, plans to provide educational materials and financial support to developers of LEED-ND certification (LEED certified for Neighborhood Development). The neighborhood development manager at USGBC, Sara Zycherman explains, “A lack of affordable housing remains one of […]
Black & Veatch has been selected by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to design and engineer the McCook Reservoir Main Tunnel connection in Chicago. The connection tunnel will bring together the future McCook Reservoir and Chicago’s Deep Tunnel system, with the hopes of improving the water quality in rivers and lakes in the […]
A collaborative effort between The Department of Buildings, New York City Service, Con Edison and the City University of New York announce a program that they hope will reduce cooling costs, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions. The program, called NYC Cool Roofs, plans to complete these objectives by applying reflective, white coating to rooftops […]
In a remote district of Marsabit, Kenya, construction of a new wind power project is about to get underway. The consortium heading $780-million wind power project has announced it’s nearly finished appointing contractors who will handle the transmission lines, bridges, and roads to and from the site. The project, referred to 200-MW Lake Turkana Wind […]
