Filed under: Sustainability
On May 31, 2011, federal agencies joined retailers, such as Walmart and Target, in embracing sustainability in their acquisition policy. An interim rule amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) (more…)
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), The Real Estate Roundtable (RER), and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) commissioned the Political Economy Research Institute (PERI) to conduct an analysis of the Better Buildings Initiative announced by President Obama (more…)
The US Environmental Protection Agency expanded from ENERGY STAR© products to ENERGY STAR buildings in the mid-1990’s. Following a pilot program that showcased buildings implementing measures to reduce energy use, EPA began developing an approach designed to objectively benchmark (more…)
The estimates of the quantity of natural gas existing in the Marcellus Shale and other domestic shale formations reach levels in the hundreds of trillions of cubic feet. Yet, basic economic principles of supply and demand dictate that without adequate demand for all of this supply (more…)
Judging by recent events of the past week, the forecast for solar power is looking bright in the years ahead. Earlier this week, German chancellor Angela Merkel announced that (more…)
