Alternative Energy

Alternative Energy

• Multifamily Apartment Firms Remain Committed to Green Despite Economy

  Multifamily Apartment Firms Remain Committed to Green Despite Economy

   

• Payback Time

  Affordable developers who meet the Enterprise Green Communities Criteria can expect an eight-year ROI.

   

• Architect Association Requires Members to Take Yearly Sustainable Design Training

  Move could result in more energy-efficient and healthy single- and multifamily buildings.

   

• More Than $467 Million in Recovery Act Funding Will Go to Geothermal and Solar Energy Projects

  Money will be used to help the industries overcome technical barriers, demonstrate new technologies, and support clean-energy jobs.

   

• Apartment Industry Ready to See Green Stimulus Money Put to Use

  Obama's economic stimulus package is on the cusp of injecting some much-needed capital into greening Main Street.

   

• Top Priorities in Housing Policy for 2009

  Policy watchers task the Obama administration with rebuilding HUD, managing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, juicing up the low-income housing tax credit market, and addressing green building.

   

• News Bites: February 2009

  Tom Bozzuto honored by ULI, an ingenious roommate fridge, 2011 construction outlook, and more news.

   

• ANSI Green Lights NAHB's National Green Building Standard

  The National Association of Home Builders' national green building standard is officially open for business.

   

• Doris Koo's Community-Oriented Vision Reshapes Enterprise

  Doris Koo's Enterprise is a departure from the company's 25-year-old paradigm. Here's how this community organizer plans to reinvent housing in her backyard—and yours.

   

• Green Building Program Profile: Austin Energy Green Building

  The first comprehensive sustainable building program in the U.S., Austin Energy Green Building still breaks ground.