Green Building

SAN JOSE, CA-- After years of planning, design and construction, San Jose's Park and Zoo has gone gold. 

SCOTTSDALE, AZ--iGo, a leading provider of smart, energy-efficient power management solutions, has announced that the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) purchased more than 800 units of the iGo Power Smart Tower with iGo Green Technology for the DOE’s new Research Support Facility (RSF). The RSF is among the world’s most energy efficient office buildings and NREL plans to incorporate the energy efficient iGo surge protectors in offices throughout the new facility.

BOSTON, MA--Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) has announced its Virtual Environment (VE) is approved energy simulation software for LEED® Canada. 

AUSTIN, MN--Hormel Foods Corporation has announced its Progressive Processing LLC production facility (Dubuque, Iowa) was awarded LEED Gold. Progressive Processing is one of the first manufacturing plants to be a LEED-certified project at any level.

LATROBE, PA/RALEIGH-DURHAM, NC-- Officials of a joint venture that includes Palmer Hospitality, L.P., owned by golfing legend Arnold Palmer, Concord Hospitality Enterprises, and Keith H. McGraw,have announced plans to build a LEED-certified 109-suite Springhill Suites by Marriott hotel in Latrobe, PA. Located near the intersection of Route 30 and Route 981, the four-story hotel will be directly across from one of the area's largest employers, Kennametal Inc., and in close proximity to Latrobe Country Club, Palmer's home course.

NEW YORK, NY--Optimum Energy, LLC, provider of heating, ventilating and air conditioning (HVAC) software solutions that set a new standard in energy efficiency, has announced that its OptimumHVAC™ solution is being employed in six New York State commercial facilities, including the 1271 Avenue of the Americas building in New York City; a GE Healthcare manufacturing facility in Troy; and Westfield Group’s Sunrise shopping center in Massapequa. 

DENVER, CO--Weifield Group, an electrical contractor located in Denver, Colorado, has completed a new design-build 222,000-sf, $64 million Research Support Facility (RSF) for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). 

RADNOR, PA--Brandywine Realty Trust has earned two U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Energy Star labels for 2010 for its 5 Greentree Centre, Marlton, New Jersey project and its Concord Airport Plaza - a project in Concord, California. Both buildings had previously earned Energy Star ratings and were re-commissioned and re-certified again for 2010.

BETHESDA, MD-- The Courtyard Charleston/Summerville in South Carolina will be the first hotel built using Marriott International's  green hotel prototype, in partnership with the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). 

BOSTON, MA--The Christian Science Board of Directors at The First Church of Christ, Scientist, have released a Draft Project Plan (large pdf) for the Christian Science Plaza in Boston. The Church has been in the Boston community for over 130 years. <!--more-->