Building of the week: Albany marine base

Marine Corps Logistics Base Albany is the first US Department of Defense base to reach net zero, it announced in May this year.

The US Marines might not be the first name that comes to mind when thinking of sustainability pioneers, but Albany started work on this project in 2005. It took several years to explain and convince the top brass, but by 2009 the Marine Corps had its own set of energy and climate targets.

This makes a leader within the department, with the US military as a whole...