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New Energy Bill Promotes Green Buildings and Energy Efficiency in Federal Buildings
Thursday, December 20, 2007The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, signed yesterday by President Bush, requires the federal government to adopt a green building rating system for all public buildings. Odds are that the LEED system will emerge as the clear winner, although the bill doesn’t specify LEED by name.
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Development Industry Continues to Push for Green Buildings
Wednesday, December 19, 2007A survey by the magainze National Real Estate Investor reveals that not only is green building gaining momentum as a commercial real estate strategy, but it is also vying for status as the new industry standard. The survey, which drew responses from 218 corporate users and 166 developers of commercial real estate, reveals that 52% of corporate respondents and 39% of developer respondents currently own, manage or lease at least some “green” properties. The focus on sustainable real estate is clearly on the rise with 84% of corporate users and 77% of developers expecting to own, manage or lease at least some green properties five years from now.
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Local Incentives Push Green Building Development Ahead
Tuesday, December 18, 2007Yudelson Associates’ study for the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties NAIOP Research Foundation, just released, shows that nearly a hundred local government green building incentive programs have popped up around the country.
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New LEED Project Registrations Reach 3,600 in 2007, now top 8,500 total, grow 74% this year!
Monday, December 17, 2007Though December 1st, with the year only 89% done, new LEED registered projects increased by 3,642 this year (cumulative year-over-year growth of 74%) and new LEED certified projects grew by 514 (cumulative growth of 77%). LEED registered buildings and interiors (for the four main certification systems) now exceed 1.7 billion square feet of project area.
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San Francisco Goes Deep for Green Buildings! Just the Beginning, says Consultant.
Sunday, December 16, 2007Striving to regain its reputation for being the greenest city in the U.S., San Francisco’s Mayor Gavin Newsom submitted legislation to the City/County Board of Supervisors requiring LEED-certified green buildings from the private sector by 2012.
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Salvage Materials: An Excerpt from Jerry Yudelson’s “Green Building A to Z”
Saturday, December 15, 2007“A penny saved is a penny earned,” wrote Ben Franklin. We care about reusing building materials because of the energy and resources they represent.
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Canada Green Building Rocks!
Tuesday, December 11, 2007Thomas Mueller, President and CEO of the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC), reports that their membership and activities are growing very fast in 2007; on a “per capita” basis, CaGBC now has more members than the US Green Building Council
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Commercial Market Size
Saturday, December 08, 2007An Excerpt from Jerry Yudelson’s Green Building Revolution: To give a measure of perspective, the residential construction market in the United States was $595 billion in 2006, about 70 percent larger than the total nonresidential market…
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German Green Building Council Advances with Life-Cycle Assessment Tools for Rating Green Buildings
Sunday, December 02, 2007The German Sustainable Building Council is moving rapidly to develop its own green building rating system, the first that will really incorporate European Union directives for eco-design of building products, as well as to fit the continental building climate.
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Restoration of Sites: An Excerpt from Jerry Yudelson’s “Green Building A to Z”
Saturday, December 01, 2007A goal of many green building projects is to leave the land a better place than it was before.
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