Sustainability
Workplace Design: Space Standards Are Critical Focus Areas
Principal Dan Perruzzi of Boston-based Margulies Perruzzi Architects shared his view on sustainable office design in an interview with CPE. The company has roughly three decades of experience in designing energy-efficient working spaces.
ACCIONA Plans 2nd Texas Wind Farm
The 145-megawatt Palmas Altas wind park is estimated to cost around $200 million and is slated to produce about 524 gigawatt-hours of clean energy yearly.
Australia Approves Solar Park for Bitcoin Mining
Located some 130 miles south of Perth, in Western Australia’s Shire of Collies, the 20-megawatt facility should come online within the next six months.
Top 10 Green Office Buildings in the Bay Area
As property owners strive to implement sustainable practices across their portfolios, Yardi Matrix compiled a list of the largest LEED-certified assets in the Bay Area.
Disney Goes Solar to Power 2 Theme Parks
The 50-megawatt facility in Central Florida could supply as much as 25 percent of Walt Disney World’s power needs.
New 20MW Solar Farm to Power Pearl Harbor Navy Base
The facility, dubbed West Loch, will consist of 80,760 fixed-tilt solar panels spread across 102 acres of land owned by the U.S. Navy. Upon completion, the farm will produce the lowest-cost renewable energy in the state.
Dual-Branded DC Hotel Achieves LEED Gold
The property, which features a 238-key Hyatt House and a 175-key Canopy by Hilton, has outperformed its original USGBC certification target.
SunPower to Buy U.S. Competitor SolarWorld
The firm hopes the acquisition will not only increase it.s U.S. manufacturing business, but also increase the likelihood that its products will be excluded from the Trump administration’s new solar tariffs.
Alliant Energy to Invest $1.8B for Wind Energy in Iowa
The energy company has received approval to expand its wind energy capacity in the state by 1,000 megawats by 2020, enough to power 430,000 Iowa homes.
PGIM Real Estate’s Net-Zero Milestone
A Silicon Valley office property is the first asset owned by an institutional investor to earn a place in the New Buildings Institute’s registry.