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Finding Your Force Multiplier

Terry Tamminen | Posted 07.02.2012 | Green
Read More: Solar Panels, Grid, Energy Efficiency, Solar, Rio+20, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gases, Force Multipliers, Clean Energy, Cbs, Retrofit, Global Warming, Sustainable, Ecomedia, Westech, Green News
Terry Tamminen

Finding force multipliers for your company may not be obvious, but the thing these examples have in common is that they look at existing resources and ask, "What more could we get out of what we already have or already spend?"

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Hidden Costs of Design Decisions

Molly Miller | Posted 03.10.2012 | Denver
Read More: Societal Costs, Life Cycle Cost Analysis, Boulder Green Building Guild, General Services Administration, Athena Institute, Embodied Energy, Life Cycle Analysis, Gsa, Costing, Retrofit, Lca, Lcca, Steven Winte Aassociates, Denver News
Molly Miller

The price of new equipment is an easily comprehensible but incomplete cost. Life cycle cost analysis adds in maintenance, energy use, tax incentives or rebates, and any salvage value.

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Living City Block Denver: A Glimpse of a Greener Future?

Ben Holland | Posted 05.25.2011 | Denver
Read More: Energy, Efficiency, Lodo, Renewable, Green, Design, Sustainability, Walkable Cities, Buildings, Retrofit, Cities, Denver, Urban, Denver News
Ben Holland

Smart growth. Sustainable cities. These terms get tossed around a lot, typically used in reference to new buildings and new communities. But what about existing buildings and our aging cities?

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Q&A with Green Collar Economy Author Van Jones

Terrence McNally | Posted 05.25.2011 | Green
Read More: Sergey Brin, Infrastructure, Inner City, Unemployment, Green for All, Climate Change, Renewable Energy, Jobs, Green Energy, Van Jones, Stimulus, Retrofit, Sustainable, Green News
Terrence McNally

The economy is in crisis. Climate change calls for massive changes in the way we supply and use energy. VAN JONES believes that these crises together present an enormous opportunity.

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