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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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An Urban Garden Grows In The Bronxmore

Over 40 Alcoa volunteers including CEO Klaus Kleinfeld, created planter boxes & built concrete barbecue pits to...

Could Solyndra Happen To Green Building Policy? | CleanTechies Blogmore

Of course it could -- it already has. But first lets recap the Solyndra saga. Solyndra is the solar panel manufacturer...

Los Angeles: Unveiling Of The First Building Retrofitted Through The A...more

LOS ANGELES, Calif. /California Newswire/ — Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Councilmember Herb Wesson...

Time to “Like” the Energy Internet | CleanTechies Blogmore

We hear a lot about the upcoming democratization of energy.  But with the average consumer thinking about energy only...

Top Ten Clean Tech Highlights of Applied Materials | CleanTechies Blogmore

Applied Materials is a capital equipment producer that services a number of manufacturing industries, including...

Social Networking Reaches the Building Sector | CleanTechies Blogmore

It was only a matter of time before someone in the smart building space took the best aspects of Facebook and the...

Empire State Building Becomes Tallest LEED Structure in U.S. | CleanTe...more

The Empire State Building in New York City has been awarded LEED Gold certification following a two-year retrofit that...

The Extraordinary Growth of Green Building - A Rebuttal to The Green ...more

Argues case that growth rate for green building has been very high, citing how the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)...

With Hybrid Capacitors, LEDs Have a Bright Future | CleanTechies Blogmore

LED lights, or light emitting diodes, are increasingly more common in newly manufactured devices. A beneficial addition...

Appraisal Institute Issues Green Appraisal Form | CleanTechies Blogmore

On September 29, 2011, the Appraisal Institute issued a Green/Energy Efficiency Addendum to its standard Fannie Mae...

The Obama Effect: Green Buildings Power!more

Noted green building expert Jerry Yudelson explains how the Obama administration will impact green buildings.

The Greenest City in America!more

Looking at the various facets these cities were judged on, I can’t help but smile. Every day, I work with companies to...

Clayton Homes Readies Launch of Stylish, Green Manufactured Homemore

This is a new, modern, green home designed and soon-to-be offered by Clayton Homes, the largest manufacturer of...

Gardeners on the roofmore

Gardeners on the roof Vegetables, flowers to grow atop West Garage in sustainable agriculture exercise Patrick...

Energy Efficiency Economics: Beyond 101 | CleanTechies Blogmore

At first blush, the economics of energy efficiency seem straightforward. A business installs lighting controls or some...

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Less Energy, More Efficiency | CleanTechies Blogmore

Are we entering a new era of energy efficiency? That’s what economists Ahmad Faruqui and Doug Mitarotonda of The...

New Case Study: Central Karakorum National Park, Pakistanmore

E + +, an expert company in energy technology, focused on renewable sources and energy efficiency, and ILA studio...

The Most Overlooked Green Building Site Practicemore

Site erosion control is an important part of sustainable building practices; minimizing it is critical for achieving...

In pictures: London's pioneering zero-carbon house | Environmentmore

Will Anderson was studying for an MA in energy and sustainable design when he began his ambitious self-build,...

Supertrees of Singapore Elevate Renewable Energymore

The Gardens by the Bay project will set new standards for using sustainable and renewable energy in a ground up systems...

C3 Wins GoingGreen Company Of The Yearmore

C3 wins the GoingGreen 2011 Company of the Year award from AlwaysOn for its unique enterprise-driven approach to the...

Windows of the Future: Saving Energy and Consumer’s Money | CleanTechi...more

With an impending energy crisis, the need for modernized insulation methods has reached an all-time high.

Six Sustainable Site Planning Fundamentalsmore

Using a framework for creating sustainable site designs is one of the most realistic and effective ways for architects...

Energy Efficiency and the Solyndra Effect | CleanTechies Blogmore

Not so long ago the green energy movement celebrated because President Obama used words like ‘renewable energy’ and...

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