A report released last week by Jones Lang LaSalle’s 2012 Global Real Estate Transparency Index reveals a renewed impetus in transparency improvements across the world’s real estate markets. Nearly 90% of markets have registered progress in transparency since 2010. The United States ranks as the world’s most transparent real estate market in 2012, followed by United Kingdom and Australia. Read More
Boeing recently signed an $89 million deal with the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to develop an unmanned solar-powered aircraft. The aircraft, dubbed, The Solar Eagle, will have its first flight in 2014. Read More
The US has a number of clean energy companies, the only problem is they focus their efforts overseas, taking with them jobs, investment, and renewable energy opportunities here at home. Foreign government policies in countries like China and France are driving this migration of clean energy companies and skilled labor overseas. Read More
iGO, the company behind eco-friendly universal chargers and power management solutions, has been awarded United States Patent relating to its novel approach to reducing wasted standby power, commonly referred to as “vampire power.” This represents the second patent received on iGo Green Technology(TM), which allows consumers and businesses to automatically reduce vampire power by up to 85%. Read More
According to the most recent report by EL Insights, the U.S. green building market value will balloon from $71.1 billion now to $173 billion by 2015. Of that, commercial green building is expected to grow by 18.1% annually during the same time period from $35.6 billion to $81.8 billion. This explosive projected growth is attributed both to a growing recognition of the potential cost-savings as well as incentives from the government. Read More
The world market for green building materials is expected to reach $406 billion by the year 2015. This growth will be fueled primarily by increased awareness of environmental concerns worldwide, high-energy costs, awareness of well-being and productivity benefits of green buildings, and decreasing costs of green building materials. Read More
Khosla Ventures, the Menlo Park, Calif., firm founded by Vinod Khosla in 2004, stated Tony Blair will advise their portfolio companies on public policy. Khosla is currently investing $1.1 billion in tech firms, including so-called clean technology. Read More
Nissan Motor Co. announced today that its eagerly anticipated, 100% electric car, will cost just over $25,000 in the U.S. This move should benefit US consumers as Nissan’s rivals will be pressured to lower prices on similar vehicles. The Nissan Leaf, is a four-door hatchback which Nissan expects to hit US showrooms later this year. Read More
Going green is not only great for the environment and eco-friendly but investing in green has also become good business. But what is the safest way for investors to get into the green market? Read More
In a working paper by noted economist and professor of public policy at the University of California, Berkley, John M. Quigley shows that historically, rents for green offices have been shown to demand a nearly 2% rental premium over comparable buildings. These premiums, Quigley argues, are related to the building’s energy-saving characteristics. Read More
