Schneider in talks to buy Luminous for $800M

Schneider Electric is in talks to take control of privately held Indian power and energy storage company Luminous Power Technologies.

U.S. Architecture Billings Index falls in January

Cautious optimism for design industry: January ABI 50.0, down 3.9 pts, new projects index falls 5 pts to 56.5.

Ivy League school performs campus-wide mass notification system test

University of Pennsylvania successfully conducts a campus-wide mass notification system test in less than 10 minutes.

Summit on high-performance educational buildings coming soon to New York City

Summit on high performance educational facilities announced for Sept. 16th in New York City.

PepsiCo opens green plant in China

PepsiCo opens LEED-certified plant in Chongqing, and expects to open five more plants in the next two years.

U.S. to spend $3.9 billion on smart grid

DOE Secretary Steven Chu has announced $3.9 billion in smart grid funding.

Increase of solar and wind power heading to Calif.

Southern California Edison has acquired 960 MW of solar thermal and wind power, with plans of opening plants in the coming years.

LEED may be coming soon for data centers

The U.S. Green Building Council is considering adjusting LEED to incorporate the energy used by commercial data centers. 

Italy earthquake exposes poor building standards

A 9-year-old hospital building collapsed, bringing into question building standards in Italy.