Categories: Green Buildings, Green Roofs

DOE Report Estimates Energy Savings Potential of SSL

By CostBenefit on Mar 1, 2010 | In Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Green Buildings, Government Report, U.S., Costs and Benefits, Free Report at Time of Entry, Socio-Political-Cognitive-Economics | Send feedback »

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released analysis findings of the energy savings potential of solid-state lighting (SSL) sources for general illumination applications compared to conventional light sources (e.g., incandescent and fluorescent). Us… more »

New York City UrbanGreen Code Panel Suggests 100 Ways Buildings Can Be Greener

By CostBenefit on Feb 13, 2010 | In General, Air, Water, Health, Green Buildings, Legal, Fines, New York City, Regulatory Analysis, Savings, Research Institute NGO NonProfit, Costs and Benefits, Multimedia -- Audio and/or Video, Free Report at Time of Entry | Send feedback »

On February 1st, the NYC Green Codes Task Force released a report which it claims is "the most sophisticated and comprehensive analysis of building codes ever conducted by a municipality anywhere". Convened at the request of Mayor Bloomberg and Council S… more »

Boiler scrappage to benefit jobs, climate and bills

By CostBenefit on Feb 9, 2010 | In Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Green Buildings, Government Report, U.K., Costs and Benefits, Press Release (May be biased) | Send feedback »

On January 5, 2010 Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband kick started a national scheme to upgrade household heating systems to cut carbon, save money on fuel bills and sustain work for the heating industry. U… more »

In Portland, Growing Vertical

By CostBenefit on Feb 7, 2010 | In Water, Energy, Green Buildings, Real Estate Construction Housing, Agriculture, Forestry and Food, Washington & Oregon, Newspaper/Mag/TV/Media Story, Savings, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Urban gardening used to seem subversive.... Yet ... the federal government plans to plant its own bold garden directly above a downtown plaza. As part of a $133 million renovation, the General Services Administration is planning to cultivate “vegetat… more »

Life cycle inventory of buildings: A calculation method

By CostBenefit on Jan 15, 2010 | In Air, Energy, Climate Change GHG Carbon CO2, Green Buildings, Europe, Real Estate Construction Housing, Academic Study/Journal Article, Computer Software/Database, Cost-Benefit Analysis, Costs and Benefits | Send feedback »

Abstract: Traditionally, life cycle assessment (LCA) is mostly concerned with product design and hardly considers large systems, such as buildings, as a whole. Though, by limiting LCA to building materials or building components, boundary conditions, suc… more »
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