LED lighting a bright idea? According to the Pike Research report, “Energy Efficient Lighting for Commercial Markets”, nearly half (46 percent) of the $4.4 billion commercial lighting business will be given over to LED lighting, by 2020.
Local architecture firm, GBBN, wears green colored glasses in the city of roses.
Recently awarded ‘Gold’ certification for three local projects, and the highest rating for their Louisville offices, GBBN is setting the standard for sustainable practices in the Derby City, our region, and worldwide.
GBBN Louisville earned a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification using the Commercial Interiors Rating System from the US Green Building Council (USGBC).
I hate Earth Day.
While the first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970, no one save a few stinky hippies gave a smoldering compost pile about it until the early 1990s. And by that time, April 22 had become an important day for another reason: in 1976 it became my birthday.
