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Green Retail Boom

The demand for sustainable retail properties is growing, demonstrated by an influx in applications at accreditation organizations, top tier rents, and high trade rates. According to Lux Research, green building is now a $260 billion market with retail as one of its most vigorous verticals. Green building certification programs such as LEED for Retail have […]

11 / 25 / 14

Solar Roadways

If you ever played with electric slot cars as a kid, this idea may resonate. An inventive couple has reimagined the world’s roads as the source of solar/electric power for vehicles. Think the idea is out there?  Read on to find out what they’ve envisioned. With global warming in mind, Scott Brusaw (right, driving a […]

08 / 21 / 14

Measuring Payback

Investing in earth-friendly energy solutions is an ongoing trend in real estate, across all market sectors.  Political and ethical reasons for implementing green building and utility systems notwithstanding, investors and owners of real property assets are often motivated to use new technology for monitoring and controlling energy use for an even simpler purpose: to cut […]

07 / 23 / 14

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Net-Zero Design

Architectural design and build are art forms of a functional sort, the kind that balance creativity with budget constraints.  Perhaps if budgets weren’t an issue, there’d be nothing but beautiful, environmentally-friendly buildings. More realistically, sustainable design for the earth must also be sustainable for the company’s bottom line. According to Scientific American, homes and commercial […]

09 / 05 / 12