After releasing its Climate Action Plan last week, the City of Houston took some action by committing to purchasing 100% renewable energy via a contract with NRG Energy. A “new, third-party utility-scale solar facility in Texas dedicated to City operations” … [Read more...]
Houston Climate Action Plan Released
Houston released its first ever Climate Action Plan today, the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Some two plus years in the making, the Climate Action Plan fulfills part of the city’s commitment to the Paris Agreement with the goal of carbon neutrality by … [Read more...]
Updated NOAA Texas Rainfall Data
In September 2018, NOAA is expected to release the Texas volume of its Atlas 14 project. Atlas 14 is a national update of historical rainfall data that began with the Southwestern US in 2004. Originally scheduled to be published last year, the Texas volume was … [Read more...]
Dow Innovation Center Earns LEED Gold
Dow Officials Celebrate Their LEED-Gold Certification The Dow Research and Development Buildings and Central Services Building unveiled its LEED-Gold plaque on February 26. The celebration marks the Lake Jackson, Texas Dow campus as the only Dow campus with … [Read more...]
2017 LEED Rankings- Houston Passes 500 Projects but Slips in Rankings
Is LEED losing its appeal or is the difficulty of the new LEED version 4 starting to be reflected in the overall LEED numbers? Nationally, all measures of LEED growth were down in 2017. Houston slowed down even more, as it lagged in all national averages, most … [Read more...]
Resiliency Resources for Houston Area
In the rush to recover from Hurricane Harvey, those of us along the Texas Gulf Coast are focused on repair and getting back to normal. However, we should take this opportunity of renewal to spend time to assess and prepare for future disasters. Whether … [Read more...]
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