DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE:DFT) today announced it has earned LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) for its SC1 data center located in Santa Clara, California. This is the Company’s third LEED Gold certification. (Logo:  http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120104/MM29780LOGO ) One of the largest data centers in Silicon Valley, SC1 is constructed in two identical phases, each comprising of 18.2 megawatts of critical load power capacity [...]

Addressing the needs of architects seeking more energy efficiency and flexibility in HVAC solutions, LG Electronics is highlighting its award-winning variable refrigerant flow VRF product line, as well as new high Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rated (SEER) models for residential and light commercial applications at this week’sAmerican Institute of Architects National Convention & Design Expo (booth # 4126). Catering to LEED®*-focused architects, these commercial [...]

Stafford Associates, a Long Island-based network integration and data hosting company, has received LEED Gold Certification at its new headquarters location, making it the first privately-owned commercial office building to receive the prestigious honor from the USGBC’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program in the town of Brookhaven. The building was completed in 2010. Designed by WFC Architects, LEED consulting [...]

Chabot Community College in Hayward, Calif., recently achieved LEED(R) Platinum certification for their sustainably-designed student center building with the help of SageGlass(R) dynamic glazing. The Community and Student Services Center (CSSC) is the centerpiece of the college’s “green intelligent building initiative,” serving more than 15,000 students, staff and faculty. Architects at tBP/Architecture wanted to incorporate as much glass as possible [...]

Just as you can look at a newspaper photograph and see both the image and the tiny individual dots that give it its shapes and shadings, city leaders look at their municipalities in terms of both the big picture and the individual citizens that comprise it. The majority of us live in cities, and the percentage is growing. Municipal leaders [...]

Here’s the latest standards and compliance news affecting corporate environmental and energy executives. Today’s briefing includes 10 items. The EPA and DOE’s Energy Star program has introduced a specification for uninterruptible power supplies (UPS). ??Using an Energy Star-certified UPS in a data center can save a company hundreds of thousands of dollars over the product’s lifetime, recouping from 25 to 50 percent of [...]

Change is not always easy. The new version of the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) rating system, which has undergone several comment periods and revisions since it was first introduced in the fall of 2011 is certainly no exception. LEED, while not mandatory, has certainly set the direction of the green building movement [...]

Efficiency in sustainable building design and construction has finally been realized at Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital with the announcement of the facility’s LEED Silver certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Le Bonheur becomes just the fifth children’s hospital in the country to achieve LEED certification. Additionally, only one other hospital larger than 600,000 square feet has been awarded the certification. [...]