Eco-Friendly Storage

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...

Update 2/13/18 – Farragut has sold its environmentally friendly self-storage facility on Ben White Boulevard to an unidentified buyer. The property received a four-star rating from AEGB and has been submitted for Leadership in Energy and...

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...

Madison Development LLC, a Manhattan, N.Y.-based self-storage developer, has entered a 25-year lease agreement with renewable-energy company Altus Power America to add solar panels to its property in Bronx, N.Y. The community solar-panel system...

Since opening in 2011, Giba Storage has grown aggressively to keep pace with the demand for self-storage in Westmead, South Africa. Now the operator is meeting yet another need—clean energy—with the addition of solar panels.

Several New York self-storage operators have joined an initiative from Monolith Solar Associates LLC in which the company will lease their rooftops as a way to reduce the ecological footprint of its solar farms. Boat N RV Condos, Luther Road Self...