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By Nathanael Baker on May 7, 2010
Tags: Facebook, Gulf oil, Residential Solar, United Kingdom, United States, AIA, BP, British feed-in tariff, Cash for Caulkers Bill, Clean Energy Cashback scheme, FTL Solar, green architecture, green building, Gulf oil spill, Home Star Energy Retrofit Act, Louisiana, offshore oil drilling, offshore oil spill, Air Spill, American Institute, Blow, BP, energy, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, oil, U.S. Congress
There has been no news story as big as British Petroleum's offshore oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. For over a week the world's current events have been fixated on the evolving details of the story.
The spill could well be the worst ever, and this disaster is affecting multiple industries, in particular the renewable energy sector.
By Alison Pruitt on May 3, 2010
Tags: Manitoba Hydro, Saudi Arabia, United States, AIA, American Institute of Architects, COTE, energy efficiency, green architecture, green building, KAUST, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Kroon Hall, LEED certification, Manassas Park Elementary School, Manitoba Hydro Place, Oregon, Portland, sustainable building awards, sustainable buildings, Twelve West, U.S. Green Building Council, Yale University, American Institute, ascii, Connecticut, energy, Manassas Park, Manitoba, Oregon, Virginia, Yale University
The American Institute of Architects’ (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) has selected the top ten examples of sustainable architecture and green design solutions that protect and enhance the environment.
By Alison Pruitt on November 26, 2009
Tags: AIA, United States, USD, AIA, American Institute of Architects, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, DOE, Energy Efficient and Conservation Block Grant, Energy Star, EPA, green building, Green Building Policy in a Changing Economic Environment, report, United States, American Institute, Christine McEntee, Congress, energy, George Heartwell, Michigan, U.S Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Energy
Despite a global economic crisis, or maybe because of it, more and more municipalities are getting religious about building green – and developing policies to promote energy-efficient building.
