What We Can Learn From NYC’s Latest Energy and Water Benchmarking Data
While New York City buildings are responsible for 74 percent of citywide greenhouse gas emissions, 94 percent of total electricity use, and 85 percent of potable water consumption in the city, these...
View ArticleGreenbuild: The Next Level in Sustainable Design and Construction
November marks the next phase in Hanley Wood’s progress as a leader in the sustainable design and construction market. We will host the 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in...
View ArticleGreenbuild: Three Takeaways
I have Greenbuilditis and I’m pretty sure I’m not alone. Symptoms include sore and sometimes swollen feet from walking convention center halls; achy shoulders from carrying an oversized bag to carry...
View ArticleProduct Transparency Movement Gets X-Rayed at Greenbuild
Big names (Hillary Clinton, Bon Jovi) and big themes (climate change, disaster recovery) tended to get the big headlines at the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo in Philadelphia late in...
View ArticleUtility Companies are About to Catch up to Cars and Cabins
SolarCity, the nation’s largest PV installer, has another good idea: use batteries to store the power. Just like the golf cart batteries that stored energy from the little PV panel I had on the roof of...
View ArticleHanley Wood Announces 2014 Sustainability Council
Leading Industry Thinkers to Advocate for Deepening the Industry Commitment to Sustainable Building February 4, 2014 (Washington, DC) – Hanley Wood announces the selection of ten remarkable individuals...
View ArticleGreen Home Building Valued at $36 Billion, Expected to Double by 2016
Ca-ching! Green homes comprised 23 percent of the residential construction market in 2013 and had a market share valued at $36 billion, according to a new “Green Home Builders and Remodelers Study”...
View ArticleStudent Home Design Competition Puts Sustainability First
As part of its Building America Program, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is engaging college students across the United States to participate in the DOE Challenge Home Student Design Competition...
View ArticleIs Nanotechnology the Next Sustainability Wave in Design and Building?
Since the advent of computer modelling in the early 1990s, architects have been able to conceptually manipulate not just the very large, but also the very small. Already, nanotechnology is found in the...
View ArticleHome Buyers Consider Sustainable Features to be ‘Very Important’
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