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The Vancouver Convention Centre, a Global Green Icon

By Chris de Morsella on November 28, 2009 3 Comments 2010 XXI Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games, artificial reef, BC, BC Hydro, black water, British Columbia, Building Owners and Managers, Canada, convention center, DA Architects & Planners, desalinization, dual loop heat pump, energy efficiency, energy efficient lighting, energy management system, geothermal heat pump, GO GREEN certificate, gray water, green building, green roof, growing media, heat islnd effect, LEED Gold, living roof, LMN Architects, Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership, natural lighting, natural ventilation, Powersmart Convention Centre, re-cycling, Seattle, sewage treatment, stormwater management, sustainable building, underwater habitat skirt, Vancouver, Vancouver Convention Centre, WA, Water conservation, web-style retention system

The expansion project of the Vancouver Convention Centre was designed to be a showcase sustainable building and has been designed constructed to meet the LEED Gold Standard in sustainable building design. It features a sweeping green roof that is the 2nd largest in North America.

Israel and The DOE Announce $3.3 Million in Cooperative Clean Energy Projects

By Tracey de Morsella on November 24, 2009 Comments Off on Israel and The DOE Announce $3.3 Million in Cooperative Clean Energy Projects Alameda, Bala Cynwyd, bilateral BIRD Foundation Energy Executive Committee, biocatalyst, biodiesel, BIPV, BIRD Foundation, Building Integrated Photovoltaic, California, Capstone Turbine Corporation, Chatsworth, clean energy technology, cost-share, DOE, energy management system, HelioFocus Ltd, Home Area Network, Israel, Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, Jackson, Kfar Saba, micro-turbine, Mississippi, Motorola Israel, Ness Ziona, Pennsylvania, private sector cost-sharing, Purolite Company, Shfar-Am, smart grid, Smart Grid network management software applications, SmartSynch, solar energy, Tel Aviv, Tigo Energy, TransBiodiesel Ltd, U.S. Architectural Glass and Aluminum Co, U.S. Department of Energy

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced a milestone in U.S.-Israel cooperation on clean energy technology. With financial support of DOE and the Israeli Ministry of National Infrastructures, the bilateral BIRD Foundation Energy Executive Committee has selected four cooperative clean energy projects in the United States and Israel. This initiative will award up to $3.3 million in U.S.-Israel funding for these four projects.