Contrary to popular belief, there is no highbrow technology needed to achieve a successful energy-efficiency retrofit, and the Empire State Building’s 2009-10 whole-building upgrade stands as…
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There are approximately 5 million existing commercial buildings in the U.S., comprising more than 70 billion square feet of space. According to the World Business Council…
The World Business Council for Sustainable Development reports roughly 60 percent of U.S. office buildings were built after 1970, making them much more apt to contain…
Metal Proves to Be an Appropriate Substrate for Retrofitting a DoD Test Roof The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), Washington, D.C., manages more than 500,000 buildings…
Duke University Successfully Converts a Coal-powered Steam Plant to Natural Gas When Durham, N.C.-based Duke University’s steam plant was built 100 yards from the railroad tracks…
After Five Months in Operation, Goodfellow Air Force Base’s Solar-power System Is Achieving Expectations There is growing interest in renewable energy, such as solar, to reduce…