Really a website for buildings? Yes, Honest Buildings is a brand new beta website that allows users to find and compare information, rating and reviews for every commercial or residential building in the U.S. Search an address in one of 5,570 cities, and ratings on the building’s walkability, energy use, and LEED compliance shed light [...]
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Friday, March 23rd, 2012Save Energy – Save Time – Get Smart
Thursday, March 1st, 2012In today’s world, the multi-tasking smartphone is the most convenient way to manage from off site. Advanced Control Corporation provides comprehensive telephone based tenant override technology that is personally tailored to fit your building automation needs. The telephone based override module allows tenants the capability to override HVAC, lighting, and temperature controls. Our telephone based [...]
Read MoreRaising Our Children Green
Thursday, February 23rd, 2012Dade County Public Schools are going green! The newest magnet high school, now in its third year is the TERRA Environmental Research Institute. This school is dedicated to empower students with the knowledge required to understand and care for the environment and become problem solvers of our global concerns. Their ultimate goal is to prepare [...]
Read MorePreparing for Climate Change, Chicago Invests in Warm Weather Infrastructure
Thursday, August 4th, 2011Chicago, no stranger to excruciatingly harsh winters, is a city that knows how to roll with the climatological punches. So perhaps it should come as no surprise that the city is spending its temperate summer preparing for the weather it expects down the road–60 years down the road. Chicago, home to regular lake-effect snow and [...]
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