GreenBuild Blog

Greensburg, Kansas follows the Platinum brick road

Thursday, January 31, 2008

The small town of Greensburg, Kansas, devastated by a tornado last year, has committed to certifying all city-owned buildings as LEED Platinum in the future.

How do green building teams get high-performance results?

Tuesday, January 22, 2008

I?ve been doing a lot of research lately on how project teams are delivering high-performance projects, those that save 30% or more energy against the ASHRAE 2004 standard, with lots of daylighting and other green features.

Water-free Urinals: An Excerpt from Jerry Yudelson’s “Green Building A to Z”

Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Urinals waste more than 150 billion gallons of fresh water per year, equivalent to the water use of 1,500,000 homes, at an average use of 300 gallons per day per home.

Thermal Energy Storage: An Excerpt from Jerry Yudelson’s “Green Building A to Z”

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Thermal energy storage is a simple concept: make ice or chilled water when power is cheap, then avoid buying electricity to operate mechanical cooling systems when it is expensive.