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USGBC Announces Vision for LEED Positive

November 21, 2019 - in Buildings, News

ATLANTA  – Today, during its annual Greenbuild International Conference and Expo being held in Atlanta, Ga., the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announced LEED Positive – a vision statement and LEED development roadmap that will lay the foundation…

Five Profile Products Earn USDA Certified Biobased Product Label

November 20, 2019 - in News, Products

BUFFALO GROVE, Ill.  — Profile® Products announced that it has earned the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Certified Biobased Product…

HoloBuilder Announces Partnership with Boston Dynamics

November 20, 2019 - in Corporate, News

Las Vegas, Nevada – HoloBuilder announced today their partnership with Boston Dynamics and released SpotWalk, a new product integration with Boston…

Reliability of Hungarian power system enhanced by Wärtsilä automation upgrade & agreement extension

November 20, 2019 - in Corporate, News

The technology group Wärtsilä and Hungarian utility Tatabanya Erömu Kft. have signed a five-year extension to an existing maintenance agreement, as well as an automation upgrade contract. The signings took place in October 2019. Tatabanya Erömu operates…

South Australia’s Big Battery to Become 50 Percent Bigger

November 20, 2019 - in Energy, News

Renewable energy company Neoen is expanding its 100MW/129MWh Hornsdale Power Reserve in South Australia, strengthening its position as the largest utility scale battery in the world. The 50 per cent expansion will increase capacity by 50 MW/64.5 MWh and is…

Tech’s New Frontier? Oil and Gas

November 20, 2019 - in Energy, News, Oil & Gas

READ THE EXECUTIVE SUMMARY FOR "THE DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION OF OIL AND GAS" BOSTON - According to a new report from Lux Research, the oil companies of the future may resemble the tech companies of today. Moreover, if these companies fail to adapt to the changing…

Leica Geosystems, Autodesk further collaborate to bring even more efficiency to the building construction industry

November 20, 2019 - in News, Products, Technology

Heerbrugg, Switzerland – Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, announced today a new collaboration with Autodesk, integrating the Leica iCON iCT30 construction layout tool and Leica Viva TS13 and TS16, and Leica Nova TS60 and TM50 total stations with the Autodesk…

Orsted’s commissioning of Formosa I marks a milestone for Taiwan’s entry into offshore league, says GlobalData

November 20, 2019 - in Energy, News

Danish power company Orsted has officially inaugurated Taiwan’s first commercial offshore windfarm, Formosa 1. The 128 megawatt (MW) plant is a joint venture (JV) project of Orsted (35%), JERA (32.5%), Macquarie Capital (25%) and Swancor (7.5%). It is the…

British Columbia Tops Provinces in Canada’s First-Ever Energy Efficiency Scorecard

November 20, 2019 - in Energy, News

British Columbia earns top marks in the first-ever Canadian Provincial Energy Efficiency Scorecard, developed by the nonprofit Efficiency Canada to track and rank provinces on their efficiency policies and highlight opportunities for improvement. ACEEE congratulates…

Fluor’s Gordie Howe International Bridge Project Wins Gold for Project Financing in CCPPP’s 2019 National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships

November 20, 2019 - in Awards, News

IRVING, Texas & DETROIT & WINDSOR, Ontario  – Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today that Bridging North America has won gold for Project Financing in this year’s National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships…