GRAND RAPIDS ? Van Andel Institute's 240,000 square foot Phase II building has been awarded LEED Platinum status by the United States Green Building Council. The award marks VAI as only the second facility awarded Platinum LEED for New Construction in Michigan, and sets the Institute and its facility apart with a dozen national peers
AUBURN HILLS - Plex Systems said, in honor of Earth Day, it's doing its part to help make the manufacturing community greener by reducing three green measurable: energy consumption, paper and print supply usage and carbon emissions. Plex Systems helps customers connect and manage processes throughout their enterprise and significantly reduces the use of resources
ANN ARBOR - Sakti3 announced the inclusion of its advanced solid state battery technology among MIT Technology Review's 2011 TR10, an annual list of the world's ten most important emerging technologies. Each TR10 winner is drawn from the editors? coverage of key fields, and is based on a simple question: is the technology likely to
NOVI - Michael Finney, President & CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, will discuss the impact of Michigan's economic turnaround on business strategies on May 10 at the DTE Energy and Engineering Society of Detroit Energy Conference & Exhibition at the Suburban Collection Showplace. This conference, which draws an annual crowd of more than
DEARBORN - Recent hiring announcements in the automotive sector are a welcome sign and one that supports the fact that the industry is rebounding. This new hiring and other workforce trends related to the transformation of the automotive industry will be the focus of the Driving Change: Greening the Automotive Workforce conference, May 3-4 at
DETROIT - DTE Energy announced Wednesday that it will build its first three wind farms in Huron and Sanilac counties as part of its efforts to expand the company's renewable energy resources. The Minden, Sigel and McKinley wind farms ? which together will generate approximately 110 megawatts (MW) of electricity ? will be sited on
DETROIT - If you know of someone who has developed an innovative solution that solves the needs of the general business public, whether this person is from industry, government or academia, if they are a technological leader or a pioneer or visionary in their field, here is the opportunity for them to become acknowledged by
AUBURN HILLS - MI Green Team, ecoSTORE USA and the US Green Building Council Detroit Regional Chapter - Green Schools Committee have teamed up to offer kids a chance to show everyone what their school is doing or could be doing to be "green" through the My Green School Art Contest. In conjunction with the
OAK PARK - Azure Dynamics announced that its products will comprise a new half million dollar DHL 80-vehicle "green" fleet in Manhattan. The DHL fleet includes 50 Balance Hybrid Electric powertrains to be retrofitted on existing Ford E450 chassis and 30 Transit Connect Electric vans. The Azure-provided DHL vehicles are part of DHL?s comprehensive GoGreen
ANN ARBOR - Architectural Resource and Meadowlark Builders have teamed up to once again offer, through their popular "Behind the Drywall" tour series, a rare hands-on opportunity to visit an in-progress "Deep Green" whole house gut-rehab remodeling project of a mid-century modern home in Ann Arbor. The tour is scheduled for Saturday April 2. This