Monthly Archives: September 2010

Beijing Style Energy Management

Posted on 29 September 2010 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

What does energy management mean to you, turning off the lights? When the mandatory efficiency improvements were considered too hard or too difficult some twenty provinces in China decided that simply cutting the power supply to industrial undertakings was one … Continue reading →

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LEED is not a standard

Posted on 2 September 2010 by John Herbert, BEAM Faculty, BEAM Professional

In a piece posted by Reuters [link/GreenBiz.com] the author fails to understand that USGBC’s LEED is a NOT a standard. Item number 9 in the piece says, I quote: 9. Meet LEED standards. Build, renovate, and operate your facilities according … Continue reading →

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