Tag: building sciences

Source:  PNNL Press Release, April 19, 2012. According to PNNL research, U.S. commercial building owners could save 38 percent of their heating and cooling bills if they installed a handful of energy efficiency controls that make their heating, ventilation and air conditioning systems more efficient.  The savings were based on modeling and simulation of building […]

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Source:  Western Today, Solar panels installed atop Environmental Studies, March 30, 2012. A Western Washington University student-funded solar array is being installed atop the Environmental Studies Building in Bellingham.  The 5kWh array will cost $167,500 and is paid for from the student paid Green Energy Fee.  It is one of four projects being installed this […]

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Source: Miguel Llanos,  MSNBC, March 20, 2012. The Bullitt Center, a six-story, $30 million “living” building designed, maybe a prototype for future buildings.  The Center is designed to use a third of the energy used by a similar, conventional building. It is designed to generate solar electricity, collect rainfall water, and treat sewage and wastewater […]

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ecoFAB announced that it has become a distributor for Indow Windows, a Portland-based company.  Indow Windows are thermal window inserts that press into the inside of window frames to double-pane window performance at a fraction of the cost. Indow Windows was a 2011  Runner Up in the overall global competition, the Northwest Regional Award, the […]

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Source:  SnoPUD press release, March 14, 2012. The Environmental Protection Agency has recognized the Lake Stevens School District with its “Energy Star Leader” Award for building energy efficiency–cutting energy use by over thirty percent.  WCTA Gold Member Snohomish County Public Utility District has worked with the district for several years.  In the past two years […]

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Source:  GreenFab Blog, March 1, 1012.  Seattle PI, March 6, 2012. Greenfab was awarded LEED Platinum certification for  green homebuilding and design. This is Washington State’s first ever certified LEED Platinum, modular home.   LEED-certified homes complete a technically rigorous process that often includes a home energy rating and inspections to verify that the home is […]

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Source: SnoPUD Press Release, February 24, 2012. More than 5,500 homes and 170 businesses are saving energy after working with Snohomish County Public Utility District (PUD) the last two years on a broad range of energy efficiency projects under the utility’s Community Power! program. Customers collectively have saved more than 5.3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity, […]

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Source:  Bill Lemon (Northwest Energy Angels) Xconomy, Jan 04, 2012. Even though our local economy is far from strong, I am pleased to report that at the Northwest Energy Angels, we continue to see and invest in interesting deals across the spectrum of clean technologies. In the past year, we’ve seen and closed deals in […]

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Source: Steve Wehrly, Seattle Business Magazine, December 2011. City’s new benchmarking law requires large commercial and multifamily buildings to disclose energy performance. Seattle officials hope a new city law requiring owners to report on the energy efficiency of their commercial and multifamily buildings will drive owners to make buildings greener, thereby reducing operating costs and […]

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Source: Jerry Yudelson, PE, LEED Fellow, Sustainable Industries, December 4, 2011. Green building will continue its rebound globally in 2012 in spite of ongoing economic difficulties in most developed economies. What we’re seeing is that more people are building green each year, and there is nothing on the horizon that will stop this megatrend or […]

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