Palm Beach State College has gone green, really green. The new technical education center at Glades campus is their first building constructed entirely to the Gold LEED standards of the U.S. Green Building Council. The two story, 33,982 square foot building includes classroom areas for automotive learning, criminal justice corrections, construction trades specialists, and cosmetology. [...]
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Building Automation Design
Friday, May 18th, 2012A Website for Buildings, Honestly
Friday, March 23rd, 2012Really 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 [...]
Read MoreBaseball is Going Green
Thursday, March 8th, 2012Finally they yelled “Play Ball!” at the new Miami Marlins stadium! The stadium opened this week with a game between rival high school teams. This high tech is the first LEED-certified pro sports stadium with a retractable roof. This LEED certification has not been cheap adding about $8 million to the final bill. Existing LEED-certified [...]
Read MoreSave 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 [...]
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