AHRI Certified Mark: Blue Is the New Green 

Mar 1, 2010, BY STEPHEN R. YUREK, AIR-CONDITIONING, HEATING, AND REFRIGERATION INSTITUTE, ARLINGTON, VA.

In January 2010 at the Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigerating Exposition (AHR Expo) in Orlando, Fla., we at the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration...

What's New With LEED Professional Credentials 

Mar 1, 2010, BY ERIN EMERY, GREEN BUILDING CERTIFICATION INSTITUTE, WASHINGTON, D.C.

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Professional Credentials program is the industry's agreed-upon way of identifying professionals...

Estimates of Wind Potential Revised 

Mar 1, 2010, EDITED BY SCOTT ARNOLD, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently released new estimates of the nation's potential for wind-generated electricity, tripling previous estimates....

10 for 10: Consultant Publishes List of Top Green-Building Trends 

Feb 1, 2010, EDITED BY SCOTT ARNOLD, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

Jerry Yudelson, widely acknowledged as one of the nation's leading green-building and sustainability consultants, says green building will continue to...

Preparing a Successful Energy-Savings Proposal 

Feb 1, 2010, By JACK BURTON, LEED AP Century Engineering Inc. New Cumberland, Pa.

Convincing a client to incur the additional first cost of an energy study during systems implementation is as much about marketing as it is about technology....

SOUNDING BOARD 

Feb 1, 2010, EDITED BY SCOTT ARNOLD, EXECUTIVE EDITOR

The Cost of Building Green The article The Cost-Effectiveness of Building (October 2009) examines available research on the cost of green buildings. Using...

The Greenhouse-Gas Impact of Various Chiller Technologies 

Jan 1, 2010, By GERALD J. WILLIAMS, PE, LEED AP 8760 Engineering LLC St. Louis, Mo.

Editor's note: The following article is based on a presentation given by the author during HPAC Engineering's 2009 Engineering Green Buildings (EGB) Conference...

Greening Your Cooling Tower 

Dec 1, 2009, By PHILIP VELLA, PHD VRTX Technologies Schertz, Texas

In commercial and institutional buildings, cooling systems are not exactly top of mind when it comes to conservation and the use of technologies. Yet...

Specifying Piping Systems 

Dec 1, 2009, By STEVEN J. CLARK, PE, P.Eng. • Aquatherm Inc. • Orem, Utah

Engineers are under pressure like never before to generate mechanical designs that are energy-efficient and environmentally friendly. Of course, first...

Existing-Building Commissioning 

Dec 1, 2009, By RON WILKINSON, PE, LEED AP AKF Group LLC New York, N.Y.

Accounting for about 40 percent of energy consumption in the United States and contributing more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere than entire nations,...

Greenbuild Exhibitors Weigh in on Future 

Dec 1, 2009, By TRISH HOLDER www.trishholder.com Special to HPAC Engineering

Former Vice President Al Gore spoke to an audience of more than 28,000 during the U.S. Green Building Council's (USGBC's) eighth annual Greenbuild International...

Building Information Modeling 

Nov 1, 2009, By ROBERT E. MIDDLEBROOKS, AIA, Autodesk Inc., Waltham, Mass., and LORISA L. BEHRENS, LEED AP, Smith

Editor's note: The following article is based on the session Sustainable Design and Energy Retrofits: A Collaborative Digital Workflow, presented by the...

The Cost-Effectiveness of Building Green 

Oct 1, 2009, By JAMES D. QUALK, LEED AP, and PAUL MCCOWN, PE, CEM, LEED AP, CxA, SSRCx LLC, Nashville, Tenn.

Editor's note: The following article was adapted from the paper “Busting the Myth That Green Costs More Green,” presented during HPAC Engineering's sixth annual Engineering Green Buildings Conference and Expo, held Sept. 24 and 25 in Nashville, Tenn....

LEED and O&M Budgets 

Oct 1, 2009, By RON WILKINSON, PE, LEED AP • AKF Group LLC • New York, N.Y.

Across the United States, owners are looking to have their existing buildings certified under the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System without bankrupting their operation-and-maintenance budgets. The only way for them reach that goal is to meet the requirements of LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations & Maintenance (O&M) 2009. ...

The New Era of Energy-Efficiency Management 

Sep 1, 2009, By PETER ARMSTRONG Energy-Efficiency Market Strategist Houston, Texas

Waxman-Markey, cap and trade, smart-grid infrastructure, real-time pricing, demand response, on-site energy storage — never has there been a more fascinating — or challenging — time to pursue the field of energy or facility management, as we are experiencing the convergence of three long-gestating trends that will forever change the way we purchase, manage, and consume energy....

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