LEED

This is the final part of my three-part series with Scot Horst, senior vice-president at the USGBC. Here Scot talks about the Harvard report "The State of the Nation's Housing 2010", energy efficiency, and the future of renewable energies.

This is segment of a three-part interview with Scot Horst, senior vice-president, LEED, at the U.S.Green Building Council (USGBC). In this part, Scot comments on the global sustainability movement, Architecture 2030, and green jobs in the U.S.

This is the first segment of a three part interview with Scot Horst, senior vice-president, LEED, United States Green Building Council (USGBC). In this part, Horst talks about the mission of the USGBC, why green buildings are so important, and LEED.

An American chain of grocery stores recently announced it is going solar. In an effort to reduce carbon emissions by 20 percent by 2015 using 2008 as a baseline, the Stop & Shop Supermarket Company has completed the installation of solar panels at eight of its stores in the northeast United States.

In the second part of my three-part interview with SCI's CEO Russ McMeekin, he talks about the state of energy efficiency in the U.S., Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED), and the SCIwatch.

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s (NREL’s) new, 222,000-square-foot Research Support Facility (RSF) on the NREL campus is a zero-energy facility.

The Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) and Canadian Solar Inc. (NASDAQ: CSIQ) recently announced the completion of a 1.12 MW solar electric system installation.

SJC Terminal Area Improvement Program

Recently New York City’s Bloomberg administration announced the completion of a benchmarking project for the city’s municipal buildings that will insure every city-owned structure in excess of 10,000 square feet meets very strict energy efficiency requirements.

The U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) recently reached a landmark US$4 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funds that it has invested in energy efficiency for federal buildings nationwide.

Ask anyone in construction or building design today and they will tell you that “green building” is the most prevalent trend.