DULUTH, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–NCR Corporation (NYSE:NCR) announced today that it has been awarded Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) certification for speed and innovation in delivering a number of green design and construction features in its Columbus, Ga., North America manufacturing plant. NCR’s facility is one of the very first LEED-certified, retrofitted manufacturing …
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NCR Awarded Prestigious LEED® Green Building Certification for Its North American Manufacturing Facility
Clark County taking green ‘to the masses’
Clark County commissioners last year adopted the National Green Building Standard as a voluntary code for residential buildings; builders had been asking the county for a uniform set of green guidelines to appease customers seeking more efficient homes. Now, the county will take its energy-efficiency act on the road to get more homeowners to think green.
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Green Mountain Energy Company Launches Renewable Rewards® Solar Lease Program in Texas
AUSTIN, Texas–(BUSINESSWIRE)– Green Mountain Energy Company is making it easy and affordable for residential customers in Texas to install solar arrays on their homes. The company today launched Renewable …
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Audubon program focuses on ‘green’ roofs in series
The Audubon of Greenwich’s next ‘Green Homes, Green Building’ event will be on Wednesday, May 11, with a focus on design durability for green roofs. The first program advocating for bird-friendly window and building design will take place from 3 to 5:30, followed by a presentation by GreenDrinks Greenwich from 5:30 to 7:30. Green roof system performance, particularly with regard to durability …
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JWU building gets green award
By: Jordan Hendricks Johnson and Wales University’s new million Cuisinart Center for Culinary Excellence was awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S . Green Building Council this month. …
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Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. Reports First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
OMAHA, Neb. — Green Plains Renewable Energy, Inc. announced today its financial results for the first quarter of 2011. Net income attributable to Green Plains for the quarter ended March 31, 2011 was .7 million, or .20 per diluted share, compared to .6 million, or .58 per diluted share, for the same period in 2010.
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Going green in Washington
Stuart Freudberg chats at 11 a.m. about ways to make your community cleaner and greener.
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Gulf Organisation for Research & Development To Establish Qatar as Middle East ‘Capital of Green Building’
DOHA, Qatar–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Gulf Organisation for Research & Development to establish Qatar as Middle East ‘Capital of Green building’
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County Helps Miami’s Red Cross To Go Green
Miami-Dade County’s Grants to Green Nonprofits program kicks off Thursday with the delivery and installation of a new air conditioning system at the American Red Cross building in Little Havana.
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