SJP Properties has unveiled plans to seek LEED certification for its two new class A office towers on both sides of the Hudson River

Rutgers University has kicked off a program to install several energy conservation programs and has created an Energy Conservation Office to oversee the effort.

Simon Property Group has expanded its energy efficiency program at its shopping center properties by hooking up with ConEdison Solutions to provide performance contracting services.

The Somerset County Business Partnership, in late 2006, set up the Green Building Task Force, aimed at encouraging adoption of green building design concepts for county, municipal and educational facilities.

The New Jersey Meadowlands Commis-sion has unveiled plans to begin the first phase of a five-MW solar array with a 700 KW solar energy grid on its own properties.

A new 12,000-sf office building in the Carriage Farm Business Community in Hillsborough has picked up LEED Silver Certification by the USGBC.

The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International used the platform of that organization's recent annual convention in New York City to unveil its Market Transformation Energy Plan.

Lloyd A. Rosenberg, president, CEO and founder of DMR Architects in Hasbrouck Heights, and Charles H. Sarlo, the firm's vice president and general counsel, have teamed up to launch Green Economics, Inc., a professional consulting firm.