Articles Tagged with ''Sustainability and HVACR''

What makes certain buildings around the globe our best teacher for how to create high performance green buildings? What lessons can we take away from the world's greenest buildings? Green building consultant Jerry Yudelson believes he knows the answers.

ASHRAE has announced that papers are being sought for an international conference focused on energy-efficient building design and system technologies for energy efficiency.

The 2013 PRISM Awards honored green architecture and mechanical design firm ZeroEnergy Design with multiple awards, including Best Energy Efficient Project and Most Innovative Green Design.

The design of green roofs — including its energy efficiency enhancing and heat island mitigating features — is expected to improve following a two-year research partnership between Portland State University (PSU) and Walmart that will collect in-depth data on the largest green roof installation in Portland.

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced that Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) v4, the newest version of the LEED green building program, launched at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Philadelphia.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that it has issued a Request for Information online to gather input on innovative green building technologies for its Green Proving Ground program.

The Institute of Refrigeration (IOR) has issued a call for papers for the third International Institute of Refrigeration’s Conference on Sustainability and the Cold Chain. The conference will take place at St. Marys University College, Twickenham, London, June 23-25, 2014.

Perdue Farms announced that it has received Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Platinum green building certification — the highest possible ranking — from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for the renovation of its corporate office building.