Beginning this week all construction projects pursuing LEED certification will be subject to new, stricter standards. The biggeset change is how energy usage is reported. Building owners must now report their total annual energy and water consumption or be recertified every two years. The idea is more reporting [...]

 
It may seem as though the green movement has caught lightning in a bottle and exploded onto the mainstream overnight.  However, Trish Riley of GoGreenAlternatives.com, has been connected with nature for quite some time now.  Ms. Riley will be featured during the Open Space Technology session of Green Cities Florida on May 21st.  Founder/CEO of [...]

Mills 50, Green Cities Florida and The Dandelion Communitea Café invite you to join us for a fun evening of networking at the Dandelion Communitea Café at in the Thornton Park neighborhood!
If you represent or have been looking to connect with the growing ‘green’ business and government community in Central Florida, join us for the second Green [...]

Need more incentive to attend Green Cities Florida? Get a load of this: The American Planning Association has approved 17 of the Green Cities Florida courses for AICP CMs (the Continuing Education designation for Planners) for a total of 20.5 hrs of credits. Here is a list of those courses:

Achieving Climate Neutrality: The [...]

Advocates of the sustainability movement may tell you that bigger is not always synonymous with better, but when it comes to solar power one Florida developer would beg to differ.  Kitson & Partners, in collaboration with Florida Power and Light (FP&L), have recently announced their plan to construct the world’s largest solar array in Desoto [...]

The Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant program (by way of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act) will provide over 3 billion dollars to projects in US territories, which reduce total energy and promote energy efficiency. The city of Fort Lauderdale will be receiving $2 Million to put towards energy efficiency and conservation projects.
This grant [...]

March 6th will be a very special day in Baldwin County, Alabama.  Habitat for Humanity will begin construction on it’s first unit seeking LEED certification.  The organization has always tried to focus on efficiency to lower future cost for their clients, but the recent push in sustainable development and knowledgeable green builders has reduced costs [...]

Popular Science (the magazine) recently named San Francisco the USA’s second greenest city. They also profiled 6 of the top contenders and explored how they made the list.
[ 50 Greenest Cities in America: Full Rankings ]
Gavin Newsom and Jared Blumenfeld discuss SF Forward in the video window below:

Have you heard? The price of cardboard has dropped by almost $100 per ton. It is just one more teensy economic shift that is costing billions of dollars to simply disappear from the promise of a green economy. Many municipalities that (commendably) implemented curbside recycling are now caught in a difficult situation. Back when the [...]