Articles Tagged with ''green buildings''

The $9.6-million Common Ground School’s Community Arts and Science Building is not just an educational facility, it’s also a teaching tool.

The updated facility is projected to have more than a 70% decrease in energy use on a per-square-foot basis compared to the older facility.

Windows guru Stephen E. Selko-witz is on a new campaign to usher to market super-energy-efficient insulated-glazing units.

The Center of Excellence for Energy Technology is a green building landscaped with bioswales and native plantings and shaded by solar panels.

Located on the South Shore of Staten Island, the 68,000-sq-ft Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground is a two-story elementary school with the capacity to seat 444 students from pre-kindergarten through the fifth grade.

The upgrades program is projected to save $392,000 in annual utility and operational costs.

As San Diego County’s first zero-net-energy (ZNE) building, the Alpine Library is an open book on sustainability.