Sustainability
Aid in the Shade: Coming Development Wave to Include Sophisticated Shading Devices
Over more than a decade, commercial property executives in Germany and other European nations have come to rely on an energy-conserving mechanism that has yet to catch on in the United States: exterior sun-shading devices. By Brad Berton.
Dynamic or Static?
Exterior sun-shading devices, long popular in Europe, are just starting to attract a following in the United States. Whether you choose a motorized or fixed option, they carry a number of benefits–if you’re willing to wait for the payoff.
Deutsche Bank's NYC HQ Gets Record-Setting Solar Array
Deutsche Bank’s Americas headquarters is about to get a little greener, as the investment firm has just completed the installation of a 122.4 kW solar photovoltaic array on the roof of its New York City office.
Greenprint Foundation Merges into ULI
The Urban Land Institute has taken over the activities and assets of the Greenprint Foundation and transferred them into the new ULI Greenprint Center for Building Performance, the two organizations announced late last week.
CPE's Top 11 in '11
Taken as a whole, 2011 was something of a tumultuous year, but an interesting time for commercial real estate. CPE presents our top 11 stories from 2011.
Chicago's 896 KSF 321 N. Clark Office Tower Certified LEED Gold
Hines has just achieved LEED Gold for Existing Buildings certification for its 896,500-square-foot office building at 321 North Clark at Riverfront Plaza in Chicago.
First Wind Secures $210M in Financing for Wind Project in Washington State
Lenders are warming up to the alternative-energy market, as evidenced by the $210 million financing package First Wind just acquired on behalf of its subsidiary, Palouse Wind L.L.C.
$4B Better Buildings Challenge Unites Government, Private Sector
Saying “we can’t wait for Congress to act,” President Obama on Friday announced that over the next two years, nearly $4 billion in combined federal and private-sector money will be surging into energy upgrades to buildings.
Private Players to Fund $1B Solar-Energy Initiative for Military Housing
SolarCity and Bank of America Merrill Lynch have agreed on financing terms for SolarStrong, SolarCity’s plan to build more than $1 billion in solar power projects for privatized U.S. military housing communities across the country over the next five years.
Liberty Kicks Off 1.2 MSF Industrial Project in Lehigh Valley
The $62 million project will provide new big-box industrial space to a thirsty market and reclaim a brownfield site that was once home to the Bethlehem Steel Corp.