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I've found a new favorite place for juicy green info... David Chu's Facebook Notes Page (aka Secretary of Energy or our proverbial "Energy Tsar"). He posted this little chart the other day that...
Water conservation is kind of a big deal, no matter what your climate. One of the big ways to save water is to get rid of your water-hog lawn and replace with xeriscaping. But, not everyone is...
By now, we're getting to be more cognizant of our commuting habits to and from work....but what about to and from meetings?!
I'm lucky to work in a very transit-friendly city (Washington, DC),...
I have to say, I've been very impressed by Burger King recently. First, their social networking genius idea of unfriending people on Facebook for free food, and now this: electricity generation...
The National Resources Defense Council (NRDC) recently came out with their list of top sustainable cities.
This list is based on scoring criteria that were used to evaluate a number of categories...
The talk shows yesterday were all abuzz with the announcement that greenhouse gas emissions have reduced globally by 3% in 2009 due to the slowdown in the economy (according to the Global Carbon Project). They likened it to hundreds of power plants...
Last week at Greenbuild, my company decided to host a booth as we always do. Usually at our booth we talk about how great our green buildings are, what fabulous books we've written, etc. But not this year. This year we decided to capture on video those...
I just noticed this photograph of the Asian Pacific countries gathering in Singapore this weekend talking about their emissions pledges in advance of Copenhagen. Now, does anything seem strange to you about this photograph? Yeah, disposable water...
So you want to be green? Sometimes it involves a trade-off...there's only so much money and time available for upgrades! A new survey indicates that more homeowners are likely to invest in kitchen and bathroom renovations or floor finish replacement...
Last year, we shared a fun favorite: walkscore. A cool tool then...even cooler now. Walkscore now incorporates transit information like bus stops in its calculations. Pretty awesome.
Check out what came up for the HOK WDC Office:
A score of 98...
