Eco-Friendly Storage

Extra Space Storage Inc., a publicly traded self-storage real estate investment trust (REIT) and third-party management firm, has partnered with solar-power company Pivot Energy to add 2.7 megawatts of capacity at 23 of the REIT’s locations in...

BCPStor Development LLC has built an energy-efficient self-storage project at 950 Phenix Ave. in Cranston, R.I. Completed in July, the facility features insulated metal panels (IMPs) on two buildings and a rooftop solar-panel system on its three...

Prime Development Group LLC (PDG) has installed solar panels at College Point Storage, a self-storage facility it owns in Lacey, Wash. The 120-kilowatt system comprises a series of 360-watt, 72-cell photovoltaic panels, which is expected to offset...

Canadian development firm Ulmus Development Ltd. plans to build a mixed-use, eco-friendly project in downtown Kelowna, British Columbia, that’ll include self-storage and co-workspace. Slated to open next summer, the five-story EcoLock...

ezStorage Corp., which operates 52 self-storage facilities in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, D.C., has received silver-level certification for its Burtonsville, Md., location from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) under the Leadership in...

The Ridgefield, Conn., Planning and Zoning Commission approved a mixed-use overlay zone for a three-story building at 35 Old Quarry Road that will house apartments and self-storage. Developer Steve Zemo intends to reserve the ground level for...