Green Buildings

Green Building News - USGBC to Accredit LEED Certifiers - Two Cheers!

John Tepper Marlin | Posted 06.06.2008 | Green

Read More: Usgbc, Sallan Foundation, Certification, Accreditation, Green Buildings, Leed, Gbci, Breeam, Green News
John Tepper Marlin

Last week it went unnoticed in the Mainstream Media, but it was very big green news. The U.S. Green Building Council announced that starting next year it will abandon certifying green buildings to the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standards.

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Memo to Obama or McCain: Pick Amory Lovins As Energy Czar

Chris McGowan | Posted 06.05.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy Czar, Green Business, Green Living, Energy Policy, Oil Addiction, Energy Efficiency, Natural Capitalism, Barack Obama, Amory Lovins, Greenhouse Gases, Rocky Mountain Institute, Secretary of Energy, Green Buildings, Global Warming, John McCain, Oil Dependence, Hypercar, Green News
Chris McGowan

Energy guru Amory Lovins has the know-how to strengthen our economy and also spread vital energy-efficiency technologies to other countries. And that just might save the planet.

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Keeping Students Awake ... and More Productive ...

A. Siegel | Posted 04.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Economic, Architecture, Green, Education, Environmental, Building, Going Green, Green Living, Green Schools, Green Buildings, Living News
A. Siegel

Energy savings are not even the tip of the iceberg in real benefits, in measurable impact from "going green".

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Take Your Medicine. Now Develop!

Richard Thomas | Posted 12.06.2007 | Business

Read More: Green Living, Municipal Development, Green Buildings, Economic Development, Business News
Richard Thomas

Despite the benefits of development, the truth is that very few projects are approved and most are rejected for unfounded non-economic reasons.

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Goldman Sachs Leads Charge Among Banks For Building "Green" Offices

Fortune | Marc Gunther | Posted 09.12.2007 | Business

Read More: Goldman Sachs, Sustainable Buildings, Green Buildings, Business News

Waterless urinals! Plants on the roof! Recycled carpets! Since the first U.S. building was formally certified as good for the planet in 2000, "green" ...

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