Tag: LEED

WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver, a premiere builder serving the Western U.S. since 1919, has broken ground for the new 103,500-square-foot Life Sciences building at Loyola Marymount University (LMU) in Los Angeles. The ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Research Support Facility (RSF) on the campus of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in Golden, Colo. has earned its second LEED® Platinum des...

Washington, DC - August 22, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has partnered with Pearson to launch USGBC’s online workforce education program for the LEED Green Associate credential. The program includes online course...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New Buildings Institute (NBI) today announced the official release of one of the first LEED Automation tools available to LEED project teams. The COMNET Energy Modeling Portal is an online platfor...

DENVER, CO - June 25, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- RE/MAX, LLC, the global franchise company with its headquarters office in Denver, CO, recently joined an exclusive group of projects in Colorado that are LEED® Certified, a prominent program that accept...

IRVINE, CA - February 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- KTGY Group, Inc., Architecture + Planning, is pleased to announce its latest achievements in home design excellence. Primera Terra community has been honored by the National Association of Home Build...

San Diego, CA - September 21, 2011 - (RealEstateRama) -- C.W. Driver’s work building the Ramona Library in the San Diego town has resulted in the 21,000-square-foot structure being granted LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council....

NEWARK, DE - February 2, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Girl Scouts of the Chesapeake Bay Council, Inc. (GSCBC), was joined by civic and community leaders today in dedicating the Council’s Science and Technology Lodge in honor of former Council Board President and lifelong environmental advocate Lynn W. Williams.

Mixed-Use Apartment Community Expected to Achieve LEED Certification. Greenbelt, MD - February 1, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Bozzuto Group today announced The Fitzgerald at UB Midtown is on track to become the most sizeable LEED certified apartment community in the Baltimore area.

Trenton, NJ - January 26, 2010 - (RealEstateRama) -- Tuesday, January 19, 2010 – Urban Word, LLC and its development partners, Trenton Makes, Inc. and WSP Associates, LLC will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on January 27th at Noon to mark the renovation of the Sterling Building at 811 South Broad Street. The project is a mixed-use redevelopment project attempting to achieve LEED Certification.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - November 18, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- Scott Perez, an experienced architect, is Indiana's new building code compliance officer. He will oversee building construction and fire code enforcement, elevator and amusement ride inspections, review of construction plans and boiler and pressure vessel inspections for the Indiana Department of Homeland Security (IDHS).

Roosevelt School the gold standard in sustainability October 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Mayor Menino today celebrated the Franklin D. Roosevelt K-8 School in Hyde Park and the City receiving $100,000 to build additional green school buildings. The award is from the US Green Building Council (USGBC), which gave the Roosevelt School [...]

Roosevelt School the gold standard in sustainability October 16, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) — Mayor Menino today celebrated the Franklin D. Roosevelt K-8 School in Hyde Park and the City receiving $100,000 to build additional green school buildings. The award is from the US Green Building Council (USGBC), which gave the Roosevelt School [...]

Greenbelt, MD - October 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Views at Clarendon Corporation will hold a ceremony to commemorate the groundbreaking of the Views at Clarendon. This innovative mixed-use, mixed-income development, located just a half block from the Clarendon Metro station, marks a significant step in addressing Arlington's affordable housing shortage. Construction is scheduled to commence in November 2009

New office was designed with sustainable green design principles. San Diego, CA - October 9, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- MERIT, a leading provider of professional community association and rental management services, announces the relocation of their San Diego office due to rapid growth in the region. The relocation also created the opportunity for MERIT to design the new office space with sustainable green design principles

Minnesota facility awarded LEED EB O&M Silver rating. SHAKOPEE, MN, September 24, 2009 -- The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded a LEED® Silver designation to the BASF Construction Chemicals - Building Systems headquarters and office/research complex located in Shakopee, Minnesota, a suburb of Minneapolis. This is the first BASF building to earn LEED Certification and only the third building to earn LEED EB O&M certification in Minnesota

WASHINGTON, DC - September 21, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Senators Barbara A. Mikulski and Benjamin L. Cardin (both D-Md.), today announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development is awarding the Hagerstown Housing Authority $9,879,750 in a competitive Public Housing Capital Fund grant for construction of a “green” public housing project for seniors at the site of the former H.L. Mills Station in Hagerstown. This shovel-ready project will be a 60-unit, four-story, LEED Certified building. The energy efficient design calls for using geothermal energy for heating, Energy Star appliances and construction standards, and other techniques for water and energy conservation. Construction is expected to begin before the end of this year.

TAVARES, FL - September 15, 2009 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Lake County Property Appraiser’s Office will close its downtown Tavares office in the Lake County Historic Courthouse, located on the third floor of 317 W. Main St., on Friday, Sept. 18, as it moves its offices to its new quarters across the street at 320 W. Main St.