Rick Fedrizzi, CEO and founding chair of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), has announced that he will be stepping down as CEO at the end of 2016 to make way for a leadership transition that will take place in January 2017.

Only half of employees believe their workplaces are prepared for a severe emergency, according to the third annual workplace safety survey by Staples Inc. Nearly two-thirds of those polled said recent natural disasters have not led to their employers reassessing company safety plans.

REC Solar announced it has acquired Stellar Energy, a leading solar provider in the western U.S., through an asset purchase agreement. REC Solar is a national solar provider, focused on the commercial market, that provides customers with integrated solar solutions ranging from financing and design to operations and maintenance.

The global market for demand response-enabled smart home energy management devices is forecast to grow to $4 billion by 2025, according to a new report published by IHS.

In a study at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), exposing certain thermoelectric materials to alpha-particle radiation has been shown to transform the materials into far more powerful versions of themselves.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has selected Siemens as one of the contract holders for a base contract award that now gives the company the opportunity to bid on the design, construction, and operation of a variety of energy savings projects across the U.S. government.

The Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors — National Association (PHCC) Educational Foundation announced its third annual HVAC Apprentice Contest will be held Sept. 30-Oct. 1, 2015 during PHCC’s CONNECT 2015 conference in Hollywood, Florida.

As device manufacturers continue to embed communications technologies, sensors, and intelligence into an array of products, the residential Internet of Things (IoT) market continues to grow, notes Navigant Research.