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The New Millenium's Emerald City: The City Center

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 12.21.2009 | Green

Read More: Mandarin Oriental Hotel, Leed, Forest Stewardship Council, City Center, Sustainability, MGM Grand, Vdara, Las Vegas, Green News
Jennifer Schwab

I just entered the new Emerald City. The proprietor here, however, isn't The Wizard of Oz, and this sure ain't Kansas. This is the MGM Grand's City Center, located on the Las Vegas Strip.

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When Does Green Real Estate Development Finally Take Hold?

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Green, Green Business, Real Estate, Leed, Retrofitted-Buildings, Pricewaterhousecoopers, San Francisco-California, Urban Land Institute, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

The Urban Land Institute convenes each November for its annual fall meeting. Much of this year's meeting focused on the impact of the great recession, and, of course, green and sustainability.

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Taipei 101 To Be World's Tallest Green Building

inhabitat.com | Bridgette Meinhold | Posted 11.09.2009 | Green

Read More: Energy Efficiency, Taiwan, Taipei 101, World's Tallest Building, Green Technology, Taipei, Green Building, LEED Certification, Leed, Green News

Taipei 101, famous for being one of the world's tallest buildings, is set to get some major eco-upgrades in an effort to save money, reduce its impact...

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The Garden Conversations

Jamie Kalven | Posted 10.28.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Wendell Berry, Leed, Invisibile Institute, University of Chicago, South Side of Chicago, Sustainability, Community Gardens, Wallace Stegner, Green Politics, Chicago News
Jamie Kalven

For the last few weeks, I've been talking with gardeners at an imperiled community garden on the South Side of Chicago. Last spring, the University of Chicago informed us it wants its land back.

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Green Government Is Not a Partisan Issue

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 11.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainability, Leed, Green Energy, New York State, Green Buildings, Governor David Patterson, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

Politics today is polarized, especially in the federal government. However, what is becoming quite clear is that going green is no longer a fringe or even partisan issue.

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When Your Dorm Goes Green And Local

nytimes.com | CHARLES WILSON | Posted 11.28.2009 | Green

Read More: University, Permaculture, Leed, Local Food, College, Ecodorm, Sustainability, Warren Wilson College, Green Living, Schools, Ecodesign, North Carolina, Green News

Thoreau said education often made straight-cut ditches out of meandering brooks. But not at the EcoDorm, which houses 36 undergraduates and is the spi...

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We're Still Light Years Away

Jennifer Schwab | Posted 11.22.2009 | Green

Read More: Sustainable Living, Green, Leed, Sierra Club Green Home, Cfl, Green News
Jennifer Schwab

A recent experience tells me that we have a long way to go before even the top level of architects and developers really understand how to design and build a sustainable property.

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Green Jobs In America

Sandra Thompson | Posted 11.11.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Jobs, Phil Kerpen, Van Jones, Leed, Acorn, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, China, Green News
Sandra Thompson

It is patriotic to support green jobs -- and we shouldn't need to call them "Red, White and Blue Jobs" to convince anyone otherwise.

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Vancouver 2010: Going For Green? (VIDEO)

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

Read More: Green-Sports-Events, Sports, Leed, Vancouver, Green Olympics, Green Olympic Village, Vancouver Olympics, Green News

The organisers of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and Whistler are hoping for gold stars as they seek to set new environmental standards for the...

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ECO CITY: World Class Sustainable City Plans Unveiled

inhabitat.com | Posted 09.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Leed, Green Architecture, Green Design, Germany, Hamburg, Eco City, Green News

Today Germany's historic Hamburg-Harburg Harbor announced the development of a sustainable ECO CITY that combines industry, entertainment and pedestri...

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McDonalds Goes McElectric

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 08.21.2009 | Business

Read More: Fast Food, Usgbc, McDonald's, Green Business, Biodiesel, Leed, Electric Cars, Green Energy, Business News
Jonathan A. Schein

The world's largest fast food franchise corporation is continuing its move into the green era by offering an electric charging outlet for cars at its Cary, NC, location.

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NYC's Greenest Buildings (SLIDESHOW, POLL)

The Huffington Post | Cara Parks | Posted 09.08.2009 | New York

Read More: Bank of America Building, Slidepoll, Hearst Tower, Visitor and Administration Center, The Empire State Building, Green Building, 11 Times Square, Queens Botanical Garden, Leed, The Visionaire, LEED Certification, Morrisania Homes, Greenest Buildings New York, The Riverhouse, Green Technology, Sustainability, New York News

New York doesn't get much credit as an environmental oasis, but the city is a leader when it comes to green buildings. From low-income housing in the ...

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From Tallest to Most Efficient

Jonathan A. Schein | Posted 07.31.2009 | Green

Read More: Business News, Sustainability, Sears Tower, Leed, Green Buildings, Chicago, Green News
Jonathan A. Schein

The owners of the Sears Tower have announced plans to upgrade the building for sustainability, which will make it the tallest building in the western hemisphere to undergo such an overhaul to date.

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Sears Tower Getting $350M Green Overhaul, New Hotel

AP | CARYN ROUSSEAU | Posted 07.25.2009 | Chicago

Read More: Sears Tower, Sears Tower Green Renovation, Leed, Willis Tower, Green Building, Sears Tower Hotel, Chicago News

CHICAGO — Wind turbines, roof gardens and solar panels will join the pair of antennas atop the Sears Tower's staggered rooftops, said building o...

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A First: LEED Platnum, Solar Powered, Affordable Housing Now Open

treehugger.com | Posted 06.07.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Living, Solar Power, Leed, LEED Platinum Homes, Green News

Los Vecinos, the first LEED-Certified Platinum, 100% solar-powered affordable housing in San Diego, offer 42-units of state of the art in green housin...

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Anyone Listening? -- My Green Home Building Experience

Tom Schey | Posted 05.13.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Building, LEED Certification, Green Construction, Leed, Green Living, Green News
Tom Schey

We will come out of this economic mess, but the environment does not need to be on hold. At least for the time being, we should incentivize the heck out of people's buying decisions.

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Pittsburgh Suddenly On Cutting Edge Of Green Buildings

nytimes.com | CHRISTINE H. O’TOOLE | Posted 05.02.2009 | Green

Read More: Green Building, Green Infrastructure, Pittsburgh, Leed, Pittsburgh-Pennsylvania, Green News

Though the southwestern Pennsylvania metropolitan area is only the 22nd largest in the United States in terms of population, the city employed energy-...

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Smart Growth: Three Simple Steps to Help the Economy and the Planet

Bill Shireman | Posted 02.14.2009 | Business

Read More: The Internet, Cell Phones, Wind Power, Economy, Green, Renewable Energy, Cars, Jobs, Obama Administration, Pollution, Green Energy, Facebook, Income, Internet Servers, Solar Energy, Green Technology, Electric Cars, Waste, Green Growth, LEED Certification, Low-Carbon Energy, Technology, Energy, Twitter, Leed, Carbon Emissions, Computers, Web, Petroleum, Tax Reform, Stimulus, Barack Obama, Financial Growth, Software, Economic Stimulus, Savings, Business News
Bill Shireman

Taxes aren't just too high, they're too dumb. Whenever we put a tax on something, we get less of it. Yet, incomprehensibly, we continue to tax the things we want more of.

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Magic Takes on the Economy

Paige Donner | Posted 11.20.2008 | Business

Read More: Property Acquisition, Economy, Chlorine-Free Paper, Soy Ink, Los Angeles Convention Center, Credit Crisis, Hsbc, Global Ecnomony, Wachovia, Leed, Fedelity Charitable Services, Association for Financial Professionals, AFP Conference, Magic Johnson Theaters, Finance and Treasury, Midnight Mission, Earvin Magic Johnson, Capital, Lakers, NBA All Star, Business News
Paige Donner

"Minorities have to get out of dominating sports and entertainment and get into dominating money," said Johnson who is part-owner of the Los Angeles Lakers.

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Greening Hollywood: Ecopreneur Deirdre Wallace's Ambrose Hotel

Paige Donner | Posted 11.18.2008 | Green

Read More: Environment, Nrdc, Usgbc, Vosges Chocolate, Santa Monica, Greening Hollywood, Deirdre Wallace, Burt's Bees, Environmental Entrepreneurs, Bio-Diesel, LEED Certification, Craftsman-Style Hotel, Ambrose Hotel, Sustainable Works, Moa, Ecopreneur, Leed, Ambrose Collection, Green Hotels, Buying Local, Green News
Paige Donner

"In building the hotel, we just made really smart choices. Not necessarily thinking, 'Oh, this is a green choice,' but thinking this makes sense on an economic level."

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HOTELS TAKING "GOING GREEN" TO NEW TOPS WITH GREEN ROOFS

Stefanie Michaels | Posted 11.10.2008 | Green

Read More: Stefanie Michaels, Shanghai, Chicago, Audubon Society, Green, China, Greenlodgingnews.com, Mirror Lake, Leed, New York, Reuse, Golden Arrow Lakeside Resort, Green Seal Certification, Lake PLacid, Recycle, Hotels, Environmental, Adventure Girl, Environment, North America, Green Weddings, Reduce, Songjiang Hotel, Wildlife, Intercontinental Hotel, Baltimore, Green Roofs, Hvac, Hilton, Green News
Stefanie Michaels

Hotels are looking for new ways to run more efficiently and looking to nature to give them some ideas. The latest in green technology is allowing hote...

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America's Greenest House Of Worship Is In Evanston

Posted 10.27.2008 | Chicago

Read More: LEED Synagogue, Leed, Jewish Reconstructionist Synagogue Evanston, Green Synagogue Chicago, Green Religion, Green Synagogue Evanston, Green Synagogue, Green Living, Chicago News

An Evanston synagogue has become the first house of worship in North America to get a Platinum LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) ra...

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Green Housing Project Sprouts Up in New York

The Highbridge Lowdown | Sarah Maslin Nir | Posted 10.25.2008 | Green

Read More: Energy Star, Bronx, Environment, Housing Projects, Multifamily Building Performance Program, Green Housing, Low-Income Housing, New York, Leed, Nyserda, Green Living, Green News

A vacant lot in the Highbridge area of the Bronx heralds the latest installment of what some say is the future of low-income housing. XX Avenue* is to...

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Agape Choir Singing The DNC's Song

Paige Donner | Posted 09.24.2008 | Living

Read More: Democratic Convention, Environment Now, T. Boone Pickens, Barck Obama, Choral Earth Choir, The Love Train, Alliance for Sustainable Colorado, Green Jobs Now, Carl Pope, Agape Choir, Leed, We, Living News
Paige Donner

A bit of LA's sunshine, in the form of song, will be brightening up Denver's Democratic National Convention come Monday morning. The Agape Choir, kno...

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Cities' Green Building Catching On

Laurie David | Posted 06.28.2008 | Green

Read More: Natural Disasters, Leed, Climate Change, Green Building, Green Rebuilding, Crazy Weather, Extreme Weather, Midwest Flooding, Global Warming, Green News
Laurie David

For those rebuilding green after the devastation of extreme weather and those who are looking for ways to protect their city's future by going green -- we salute you.

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