Washington D.C.’s Department of the Environment (DDOE) and the Anacostia Watershed Society recently launched two new rebate programs to assist property managers…
ENERGY: Five Steps in Five Years Energy efficiency is one of the biggest keys to sustainability. If you want to green your…
If buildings affected by hurricane Sandy and other disasters had solar thermal hot water systems, they might have stood a better chance…
Great Forest has recently built another custom metrics site for a hospitality client with multiple locations in the greater New York area.…
With the federal government shutdown over, access to the EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager tool is now restored. The deadline to apply…
Notification to current Benchmarking clients: UPDATE Oct 17, 2013: The federal government shutdown is over. Access to the EPA’s Energy StarPortfolio Manager or…
In a ranking of 34 of the country’s largest cities, Boston has emerged on top for its efforts to reduce energy use, according to…
Chicago introduces “pubic shaming” energy benchmarking laws Starting next year, owners of buildings in Chicago larger than 50,000 square feet will be required to…
Ten years ago this month, a massive electrical blackout struck the northeastern U.S., affecting some 55 million people. The cause? An outdated…
This fall, the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) is rolling out the G4, a new set of sustainability reporting guidelines. This is the…