Project FROG’s quick-build, energy-neutral classroom of the future came to Greenbuild for its debut and departed the international conference amid announcements that the prototype will be used for a state-of-the-art science complex at a Connecticut school.

Underwriters Laboratories, the 114-year-old organization known for consumer product safety testing, is adding a new dimension to its business and will soon offer assessment and certification of environmental product claims among its array of services.

Energy efficiency giant Johnson Controls is reaching out to the public with interactive online programs that can be used in homes, schools and businesses as teaching tools.

Amyris Biotechnologies Inc., a firm that made its mark developing a key ingredient for an anti-malaria drug, is looking to make diesel fuel derived from sugar cane the next big thing in the biofuel market.

Outdoor gear and apparel company REI has installed solar arrays on three stores in the San Francisco Bay Area — bringing the firm more than halfway to its goal of outfitting 10 percent of its retail sites with systems to harness power from the sun.

Commercial real estate executives are increasingly seeking greener office space -- and are less inclined to pay premiums for it, according to a recent survey by Jones Lang LaSalle and CoreNet Global.

After 18 months of prototype testing, shipping giant UPS has ordered seven hydraulic hybrid vehicles in the first commercial purchase of the technology that combines a high-efficiency diesel engine with a hydraulic propulsion system.

Siemens and TAC Americas, leaders in energy solutions and management systems, are poised to help Houston with green retrofits for 271 city buildings — some 11 million square feet of public space.