GSA Awards Over $1 Billion in Green Stimulus Projects

<!--break--> If you are looking for green building projects resulting directly from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, then the General Services Administration is the agency for you. The GSA received $5.5 billion to support its High Performance and Sustainable Buildings program. Previously, I had reported that the GSA was... [read more]

Weatherization Funding Announced, Competition Fierce

<!--break--> Back in March, I highlighted that $5 billion in funding had been dedicated to weatherization assistance as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  Six short months later, the weatherization funding is scheduled to begin flowing:   Final applications for the federal weatherization funds were due... [read more]

The Green Impact Zone

<!--break--> As readers may know, I am a die hard Kansas Jayhawk basketball fan.  Our main rival is the Missouri Tigers.  So if I discuss something that originates from Missouri, you better believe that the Missourians have come up with something extraordinary.  U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver has established a... [read more]

Stimulating Green Guide to the ARRA

<!--break--> Back in March, I gave a presentation about green building funding available through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ("ARRA").  I had planned to convert the presentation to a guide of sorts, but more pressing matters arose.    I have now discovered what I hope the guide would have looked like... [read more]

Housing: The Road Ahead

<!--break--> Attendees at ULI’s Spring Council Forum received an update on various efforts by the federal government to aid the housing recovery, including funding in the recently enacted economic stimulus package to support the weatherization of affordable housing, aid communities in neighborhood stabilization through the acquisition... [read more]