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GREEN BUILDING

Green building is the practice of increasing the efficiency with which buildings use resources -- energy, water, and materials -- while reducing building impacts on human health and the environment, through better siting, design, construction, operation, maintenance, and removal -- the complete building life cycle.

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Common Carbon Metric: A Common Carbon Language for Allmore

Sunday, 22 November 2009 | Levent OZLER: Leading green building organizations have reached a ground-breaking agreement...

Pa. Residents Sue Gas Driller for Contamination, Health Concerns | Cle...more

Pennsylvania residents whose streams and fields have been damaged by toxic spills and whose drinking water has...

Architects lobby for change at Copenhagenmore

Next month’s United Nations conference in Copenhagen will see the architectural profession deliver 15 demands for...

USGBC Announces Winner of First-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competit...more

USGBC Announces Winner of First-ever Sustainable Suite Design Competition The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) in...

Gensler Wins Award for Greenhouse/Hydrogen Generating Bridge | Design ...more

Gensler Wins Award for Greenhouse/Hydrogen Generating Bridge BY Cliff KuangFri Oct 30, 2009 at 1:27 PM The architecture...

Energy Efficiency And Its Hidden Dangersmore

A recent event sponsored by the British High Commission on climate change and low-carbon business drew out into the...

Green Office Creationmore

Green web hosting providers need to walk the talk – Not only providing green hosting, they need to green their business...

Green Building to Spur 8 Million U.S. Jobs Over Next Few Yearsmore

The U.S. Green Building Council predicts that green building will support 7.9 million U.S. jobs and pump $554 billion...

Al Gore Addresses Green Building Community at Greenbuildmore

Al Gore delivered the keynote address to green building professionals at the Greenbuild conference. He praised the...

Greenbuild 2009 Previewmore

We’re in Phoenix for Greenbuild 2009, and we’ve already seen some exciting new companies and products on the show floor.

Green Job Seekers Share Job Hunting Tips at Greenbuild’s Job Fair | Th...more

This is a round-up of on-the-spot interviews with job seekers who attended the job fair at the Greenbuild Conference...

Fortune Data Centers Lands LEED Gold Certification, Facebook as Tenantmore

SAN JOSE, CA — Fortune Data Centers' San Jose facility earned the prestigious LEED Gold certification from the U.S.

'LEED for Landscapes' Aims to Green the Nation's Greensmore

Washington, DC — The United States' first voluntary rating system for sustainable landscapes launched last week, a...

Green Buildings Lead to Increased Productivitymore

Workers in “green” buildings more productive than those in traditional structures. They take less sick leave and...

Future sustainable lifestyle of boomers?more

Whatever Baby Boomers are doing, people want to figure it out.

Green University: Saudi Arabia’s KAUST With Eco-friendly Environment |...more

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia may still be considered as one of the most conservative from a religious standpoint.

Business Owners Beware: Quick Fixes Can Cost More Than Smart Energy Sa...more

MILWAUKEE, WI — Looking to save a little money this fall and winter by turning down the thermostats in your offices?...

Huge Growth in Retrofit Buildings Predicted: 10-15$ Billion Market by ...more

The market for green buildings is exploding and the lion’s share of the opportunity exists in retrofits, not new...

Free Webinar By LEED Founder Robert Watson This Thursday Nov 5 2009more

You're invited to a free sneak-preview webinar on Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 12:30pm EST about green commercial...

Can “Green Cities” Like Masdar Really Translate In Abu Dhabi? | CleanT...more

It sits in the middle of a harsh, barren desert, sweltering in searing heat. It has no clean water, its sea is...

Sustainable Housing Designmore

Providing a vast variety of green building techniques and sustainable house designs. Including eco friendly articles,...

Passivhaus: The Top 5 Barriers to Growth In The US - Jessalyn Dingwellmore

The Passivhaus movement is an exciting building design concept that offers tremendous energy savings due to reliance on...

SCI Beta Tests Solution to Deliver Super Accurate Predictions of Energ...more

BERKELEY, CA — Scientific Conservation Inc., the Berkeley firm that launched its innovative Sciwatch solution to tackle...

EPA Sets WaterSense Standard for First Commercial Building Productmore

WASHINGTON, DC — The Environmental Protection Agency has set its first WaterSense specification for a commercial...

Green Building: Air Leaking, Utility Bills and a Caulk Gun | CleanTech...more

“Ah-ha moments”, those times when something is triggered in one’s mind that opens up a new understanding or...

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