Western U.S.

County Expects $9 Million in Solar Savings


(08/23/2010)
Yolo County could save an estimated $9 million in energy costs following the completion of a one-megawatt solar installation that will supply power to the county’s justice center.

Seattle Children's Plan Moves Forward


(08/20/2010)
Seattle Children’s Hospital released an artists rendering showing what the campus could look like when the $175 million first phase of a planned expansion is completed.

Solar Partnership


(08/20/2010)
Oldcastle Precast, a U.S. manufacturer of precast concrete, has teamed with DEGERenergie, a Germany-based producer of sensor-controlled solar tracking systems.

Green and Happy


(08/20/2010)
Several renovated areas of downtown San Jose’s Happy Hollow Park & Zoo were recently awarded LEED Gold certification.

UCSF Project Given $100 Million


(08/18/2010)
Upon completion in 2014, a $1.8 billion, 878,000-square-foot medical center will house a 183-bed children’s facility.

Firms Commit to School Solar Projects


(08/06/2010)
A joint venture has committed to building approximately $100 million in solar energy projects at U.S. Schools.

Firms Commit to School Solar Projects


(08/06/2010)
A pair of solar energy development firms have committed to building approximately $100 million in solar energy projects totaling 20 megawatts at schools across the United States.

Sustainability, Hawaiian Style


(07/30/2010)
The recently completed Hawaii Preparatory Academy Energy Research Laboratory is billed as the first K-12 school facility in the world to meet the Living Building Challenge.

Desert Library Awarded LEED Gold


(07/30/2010)
The first thing that a visitor might notice when stopping by the recently completed $10.6 million Appaloosa Branch Library in Scottsdale is the building’s exterior seems to shift colors.

Sustainable Flight


(07/22/2010)
Los Angeles International Airport is now home to the nation’s first LEED Silver for Existing Buildings certified airport terminal, according to reports.