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Newly Released Studies Confirm Energy Savings Significant In LEED®, ENERGY STAR Buildings

May 1, 2008

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Two recently released studies, one by the New Buildings Institute (NBI) and one by CoStar Group, have validated what the green building community has known all along: third-party certified buildings outperform their conventional counterparts across a wide variety of metrics, including energy savings, occupancy rates, sale price, and rental rates.

Industry Leaders At The Helm Of SBIC Board

May 1, 2008

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The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council (SBIC) has announced the election of new officers for 2008-2009.

ASHRAE Technical Program Focuses On Benchmarking

May 1, 2008

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Establishing a basis for measuring performance of buildings is the focus of the technical program at ASHRAE’s 2008 Annual Meeting.

CABA Enters Into Cooperation Agreement With The Green Mechanical Council

May 1, 2008

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The Green Mechanical Council is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Continental Automated Buildings Association (CABA).

BACnet Unplugged: Updates Made To Building Controls Standard

May 1, 2008

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Advances related to the BACnet standard, including recommending public review for an addendum that would tunnel BACnet over ZigBee wireless networks, were made during ASHRAE’s Winter Meeting.

ES, Lonmark® International team up for a successful Green Intelligent Buildings Conference

May 1, 2008

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Engineering Systems partnered with LonMark International (LMI) for a well-attended and well-reviewed Green Intelligent Buildings Conference in Baltimore on April 2-3. These events bring together the latest in green, energy-efficient control system design to a targeted audience of building owners, developers, and facility managers, as well as mechanical, electrical, and operating engineers.

IRS issues guidance on commercial building tax deductions

May 1, 2008

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Notice 2008-40 appears in Internal Revenue Bulletin 2008-14 on the IRS website.

HCFCs will become scarce, EPA official predicts

May 1, 2008

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Cindy Newburg of the EPA’s Office of Stratospheric Ozone Protection addressed the 2010 changeover from HCFCs to HFCs.

8th European Conference on Industrial Furnaces and Boilers makes proceedings available

May 1, 2008

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The conference, held in Portugal in March, offered an array of cutting edge presentations from experts throughout Europe.

Vaisala offers one-day humidity training seminars in Michigan

May 1, 2008

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There is no charge for the seminar, but registration is on a first-come, first-served basis.

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