The Green Building Top 5 - August 5, 2015

Opportunities in China’s green building boom

Green buildings – with their energy-saving technologies, temperature-optimising insulation, solar panels and smart appliances, among other features – are popping up everywhere in China, from Xinjiang in the west to Heilongjiang in the north. Unheard of as recently as a decade ago, they are quickly becoming a feature on China’s vast and varied landscape. Read Full Article

Stanford engineers develop state-by-state plan to convert U.S. to 100% clean, renewable energy by 2050

Stanford Professor Mark Z. Jacobson and other researchers have calculated how to meet each state's new power demands using only the renewable energies – wind, solar, geothermal, hydroelectric, and tiny amounts of tidal and wave – available to each state. Read Full Article

Germany Generated 78% of it's Power From Renewables

The figures are preliminary. But assuming they're correct, solar and wind will have produced 40.65 gigawatts of power in Germany last Saturday. Adding biomass and hydropower, total renewable power generation reached 47.9 gigawatts. At that point in time, Germany's domestic peak power demand was 61.1 gigawatts. Read Full Article

Prudential Adds Green Wall To New Jersey Headquarters

When employees and visitors come to the new Prudential Tower in Newark, New Jersey, they will see the familiar Rock of Gibraltar logo that has been the symbol of the company for generations, but instead of being carved from granite, it is represented by living plants carefully assembled into a 1,760 square foot green wall facing the building’s main entrance. Read Full Article

Three tips for increasing tenant engagement around energy

Building occupants directly and indirectly control a significant portion of a facility’s energy use. Positive engagement with building tenants is smart energy management, to be sure—but it’s also a sound business strategy. Read Full Article