All New Office Depots to be Built to Energy Efficient, LEED Standards

All New Office Depots to be Built to Energy Efficient, LEED Standards

All New Office Depots to be Built to Energy Efficient, LEED
Standards
Office Depot is adopting an energy efficient and green building model
for the interiors of all new stores.
Office Depot recently unveiled
a prototype energy efficient store in Austin, Texas, that was LEED
certified.
That store achieved a 23 percent redu...ction in carbon emissions per
square foot through energy efficiency efforts and solar power.
This year 14 scheduled new Office Depot locations will be built to
LEED for Commercial Interiors standards, according to a press release.

South Carolina Publisher First to Use 100% Environmentally Certified Paper

South Carolina Publisher First to Use 100% Environmentally Certified Paper

San Francisco Launches Nation's Largest PACE Program | GreenerBuildings.com

By GreenerBuildings Staff
Published February 10, 2010
San Francisco, CA — San Francisco has established the nation’s largest green financing program to allow businesses and homeowners to pay for efficiency, water conservation and renewable energy improvements through future property taxes.

The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) program will make $150 million in bonding capacity available to the city’s property owners beginning March 1.

The low-cost loans, which are paid back through property taxes over their lifetime, typically within 20 years, are attached to the property, not the property owner. Eligible property owners will have paid their property taxes on time for the previous three years.
San Francisco Launches Nation's Largest PACE Program | GreenerBuildings.com

Confluence Solar announces $200M plant in Tenn

Tennessee Governor Phill Bredesen announced Jan 21st that Confluence Solar Inc. plans to build a $200 million solar manufacturing plant in Clinton, Tennessee.
Tennessee is positioning itself to be a US leader in solar energy with the Hemlock Semiconductor polysilicon plant under construction in Charksville, TN and Wacker Chemie AG. in Cleveland, TN producing the material used by Confluence Solar to make silicon ingots for solar cells.
Sharp Electronics in Memphis is the second largest manufacturer of photovoltaic solar cells in the world. This is Sharp's first panel manufacturing facility outside of Japan. Albeit, 75% of the panels it produces are sold outside the US.

LEED Green Associate Prep Class

The LEED Green Associate, GA, prep courses will be 5, two hour classes and a practice exam that will assist you in preparing to pass the LEED GA Exam. This course will be taught by a group of knowledgeable instructors who will review LEED credits, provide sample exam questions, present synergy overviews and equip you with strategies for taking the test. Certificates of completion will be given to those who attend all five sessions and take the practice test.

Space is limited to the first 40 people that sign up. Sign up in person ONLY
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chattanooga, tn 37408
Chattanooga USGBC

Chattanooga Has Been Doing More Than Its Share In Water Quality

Read the article in Chattanooga Times by Vance Travis posted January 14, 2010

The new Blue Ribbon Committee has made headway looking into the new and updated Water Quality Fee in Chattanooga. >>Read More