Posted by at Jun 17th, 2010 in Green Design
HARTFORD, CONN.—Do “green” buildings protect human health from environmental hazards? The answer is “not necessarily,” according to a recent report released by environment and Human Health, Inc. (EHHI), titled “LEED Certification: Where Energy Efficiency Collides with Human Health.” EHHI is a nonprofit organization composed of doctors, public health professionals and policy experts who specialize in [...]
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Posted by at Mar 4th, 2010 in Green Design
SANTA BARBARA, CALIF.—CMC Media Inc., publisher of the Green Building Journal and host of GreenBuildingPro.com, a social media community for green building professionals, has announced Green Building Expo 2010. The online conference and exposition, which will take place May 19 to 20, 2010, is available free to attendees anywhere Internet connectivity is available. According to [...]
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Posted by at Jan 27th, 2010 in Green Design
SACRAMENTO—Continuing California’s efforts to fight climate change and protect the environment, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently announced that the California Building Standards Commission (BSC) unanimously adopted the first-in-the-nation mandatory Green Building Standards Code (CALGREEN) requiring all new buildings in the state to be more energy efficient and environmentally responsible. Taking effect on January 1, 2011, these [...]
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Posted by at Sep 14th, 2009 in Green Design
LAS VEGAS—CityCenter announced that it has received three Leadership in Energy and environmental Design (LEED) Gold Certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council for: ARIA Resort’s hotel tower; ARIA Resort’s convention center and theater; and Vdara Hotel. ARIA and Vdara will open in December on the Las Vegas Strip and are the first of CityCenter’s [...]
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Posted by at Jul 1st, 2009 in Green Design
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) is commending the House of Representatives for passing landmark energy and climate legislation that includes several significant provisions to incentivize and accelerate the benefits of green building across the country. “From programs that would generate billions of dollars to spur and scale green retrofitting of our existing building [...]
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Posted by at Jun 3rd, 2009 in Green Design
NAPERVILLE, ILL.—Following an extensive evaluation process, Naperville’s Hotel Arista has received official LEED certification (Leadership in Energy and environmental Design) from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), becoming the state of Illinois’ first hotel to achieve this status in green design. “We are thrilled to have accomplished this certification, which not only demonstrates that being [...]
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Posted by at Jan 19th, 2009 in Green Design
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Even as the dire financial news continues to dominate headlines, a cascade of newly released studies and reports points to green building as one of the growing bright spots for the U.S. economy. In fact, as economic experts call for a recovery plan focused on green jobs and infrastructure, as consumers look to live [...]
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Posted by at Dec 22nd, 2008 in Green Design
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) annual Greenbuild conference welcomed nearly 30,000 attendees in November at its show in Boston, the most robust crowd in the show’s seven year history. Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building, and convenes the building industry for three days of educational sessions, renowned [...]
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Posted by at Oct 13th, 2008 in Activism
Filed under: Home , Local , Activism I have been following the REX project from it’s very first blog post in. It is a inspirational story…
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Posted by at Oct 2nd, 2008 in Green Design
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Two leading nonprofit organizations—the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and Island Press—have teamed up to launch GreenWorks, a book club that will offer the newest and best books on green building at discounted…
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