Proximity Hotel Assumes Role as One of the Greenest Hotels in Country Proximity Hotel seems to have found a way to deliver a comfortable, luxury-type experience and still be one of the greenest hotels in the country. It was built to use roughly 36% less energy and 30% less water than a comparable hotel. Proximity Hotel also heats over half the building=92s water with roughly 4,000 sf of solar thermal panels on the roof. In the video embedded below, Dennis Quaintance, Chief Design Officer of Proximity Hotel,
Green Trailer Maxes Out Sustainability This is the McCownGordon Construction Green Trailer. Pretty nice, right?! It was designed to use a fraction of the energy typically used by jobsite trailers and still provides a modern user experience on the inside. The interesting thing about this trailer is that it was designed using Autodesk Revit to get everything just right: the panels were placed at the best angle to capture energy and clear overpasses,
The Union Modern Solar-Powered Lofts This is The Union by architect and developer Jonathan Segal Architect. The project gets its name from its prior life as the union hall for San Diego=92s textile manufacturing business. When the textile union moved away, the building fell into disrepair, and rather than demolish it, Jonathan Segal decided to adaptively reuse the structure to create sustainable live/work units and his own architectural office.
LEED Platinum Home Breaks Records We=92ve seen a ton of LEED Platinum homes on this site, but today=92s home achieves something new. USGBC founder David Gottfried and his family recently finished the green renovation of their 1440 square foot Craftsman bungalow, a home that was originally built in 1915, and took it through the LEED for Homes certification process. In doing so, they received a total of 106.5 points (out of a total 136) and the
Vatican Gets Serious with Solar Maybe Sams=F8 started a trend in becoming a net exporter of renewable energy because it appears that the Vatican is thinking about doing something similar. The curvacious roof of Paul VI Audience Hall, a building that=92s located right by the famous St. Peter=92s Basilica, has been topped with 2,400 photovoltaic panels to source energy for lighting, heat, and air conditioning. The 5,000 m2 (54,000 sf) roof will produce ~300
IBM Predicts Solar Growth in 5 Years IBM is becoming gradually more involved in the world of clean tech, so it=92s not surprising that their third annual =93IBM Next Five in Five=94 includes a mention of solar power. The list includes five innovations that will change the way people work, live, and play over the next five years. Accordingly, IBM thinks energy saving solar technology will be built into asphalt, paint, and windows. Basically, with the advent of thin-film solar cells and advances in technology, everything everywhere will have solar cells and harvest energy. And the technology to do so will be affordable, too. According to IBM: