SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger presided over the dedication ceremony of a 2-megawatt solar power system at Applied Materials, one of the largest corporate installations of its kind in the country.
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. -- San Francisco has joined a small but growing number of communities that promote rainwater harvesting and clarified city rules to permit capture of the resource for non-potable use.
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Green Building Council and Island Press have partnered to create GreenWorks, an online book club and resource that offers books on green building for industry professionals.
In 2004, Davis Langdon examined the cost of green from three perspectives: the cost of incorporating individual sustainable elements, the cost of green buildings compared to their original budget.
This paper provides an updated look at the cost of green by examining a larger sampling of buildings and looking at additional building types. In both this and the earlier paper, the USGBC's LEED rating system is used as a parameter for determining level of sustainable design.