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Innovating for Better Buildings requires the application of new technologies, materials and systems to an old trade. This investment area focuses on opportunities emerging from the need to make our buildings more sustainable, less energy intensive, and, well, better.
AllConnect offers a free and simple service that helps customers select and order home utilities and communications services from trusted brands based on their individual needs. AllConnect is committed to becoming the most widely accepted method for consumers to select and order brand name utility and communications services.
TerraPass is the largest consumer retailer of voluntary carbon offsets. With TerraPass credits you can balance out your carbon footprint and help fight against global warming.
Tioga Energy owns and manages commercial-scale renewable energy solutions for companies, government and non-profit organizations. Tioga Energy Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) minimize the risk associated with the up-front capital investment and operational concerns of installing a solar facility and fast-track organizations so they can run their operations using renewable energy—today. website
CalStar Products, Inc. develops and manufactures sustainable bricks and pavers that allow green architects and specifiers to dramatically reduce the energy waste and carbon pollution of their projects, without compromising building performance or budgets. CalStar fly ash bricks and pavers have been recognized as an outstanding new building product in McGraw-Hill’s SNAP magazine and as an Editor’s Pick in Architectural Record. Compared to conventional clay bricks, CalStar’s products use 85% less energy and generate 85% less CO2 in their manufacturing, and they incorporate 40% post-industrial recycled material. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, with a manufacturing plant in Wisconsin, CalStar believes that sustainable brick cladding can be the most visible green building material choice for project owners.
Nth Power successfully exited its investment in Northern Power when it was acquired by Distributed Energy Systems (DESC). Northern Power Systems is a full-service systems integrator and engineering procurement and construction contractor that designs, installs and services standalone and grid-connected electric power systems utilizing a variety of established and emerging generation and control technologies.
Propel Biofuels builds, owns and manages a network of biodiesel filling stations providing drivers convenient access to renewable, clean-burning fuels. The Seattle-based company was founded in 2004 to offer drivers, station owners and fleet operators a cleaner fuel choice that both reduces carbon emissions and America’s dependency on foreign oil. website
ARXX Corporation is a provider of green building envelope solutions that includes tested and certified Insulated Concrete Forms (ICF) for building walls and foundations. ARXX green building systems consist of ARXX forms, APEX recycled block, scaffold and alignment systems, waterproofing and accessories. ARXX products are used in commercial, residential and institutional construction applications to make high-performance, sustainable buildings that are safe, healthy, comfortable and energy efficient. |
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