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Learning from European Green Buidings
Wednesday, June 10, 2009Future green development in the U.S. is going to look a lot more like the European models I profile in “Learning from Europe,” my article in Urban Land Green, Spring 2009 issue.
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Greening existing buildings takes off like a rocket
Thursday, June 04, 2009My new book, Greening Existing Buildings, will be published in October by McGraw-Hill. In researching the book, I’ve taken a close look at LEED for Existing Building Projects, and I’m amazed by how rapidly this program is taking off.
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Clean Tech: Is the Bloom Off the Rose?
Saturday, April 18, 2009Saturday’s New York Times reports that venture investment in the clean tech industry fell 84 percent from the 4th Quarter of 2008 to the first quarter of 2009, back to levels of four years ago.
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Green thinking for a more Sustainable Los Angeles
Wednesday, April 15, 2009Read the text of L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa’s “State of the City” speech this week to get a good look at some of the more advanced thinking in the nation’s second largest city.
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Green Buildings Go International
Thursday, April 09, 2009Check out what the U.S. State Department is doing to promote green buildings through its Office of Building Operations. There is always an inherent conflict between green building openness and the need for tight security at embassies and consulates, but State does a pretty good job with greening its facilities. And making facilities green is pretty good foreign policy as well.
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Is There a Climate Change Tipping Point? Green Buildings May Provide an Answer
Sunday, March 29, 2009Leading climate scientists argue about whether we need to take drastic action in the face of certain climate change, that we have a “planetary emergency.” Count me as an agnostic in this debate over a precise timetable for climate change; it’s clearly going to happen. What’s also clear is that green buildings and energy retrofits are critical to any climate action program.
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What Do They Know (about Sustainable Design) That We Don’t (and Should)?
Sunday, March 22, 2009U.S. and Canadian Building Teams that fail to use green technologies and innovative design approaches already common in western Europe are going to fall behind competitors who adopt them.
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How Will Green Building Fare During the Great Recession?
Wednesday, March 11, 2009See my take on this, via press release and YouTube video. What I found in my research is that green building is accelerating - the numbers keep going up and up. Whether it’s residential construction, commercial development, or retrofitting of older structures, the trend is accelerating. My projections are for a growth rate this year for the overall green building industry of at least 50%.
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European Green Buildings Have a Lot to Teach Us
Saturday, January 31, 2009“As the building industry searches for the next big thing, the likelihood increases that builders, developers, architects and engineers will continue pushing the boundaries of what constitutes sustainable design — and they may look to Europeans for leadership. That is the view of Jerry Yudelson, a sustainability expert. Yudelson said increased demand for sustainable buildings will ‘drive design and construction toward European approaches and toward integrated design.’”
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Green Building To Rocket in 2009! Top Ten Trends
Wednesday, January 07, 2009On top of a growth of more than 80 percent in new LEED projects, there are a number of sectors such as retail, hotel and health care that are likely to join the green building revolution in 2009. See all of my 2009 predictions!
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Raising the Roof for Solar Power
Monday, December 22, 2008Duke Power proposes to make every building a green building by utilizing existing rooftops for solar power installations. What a great idea!
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NAHB Green Homes Certification Program Shows Progress
Tuesday, December 16, 2008According to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB), its green home certification program currently track some 2,500 projects. More than 1,250 people have passed an NAHB exam to become Certified Green Professionals.
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Green Building Growth Continues in 2008
Monday, December 08, 2008Despite all the economic contortions of 2008, green building growth has continued at a rapid pace, as measured by more than 16,000 LEED registered and certified projects.
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First net zero energy commercial green building in the Northeast
Friday, November 28, 2008A small 5,500-sq.ft. commercial office/warehouse for a solar power installation company has declared itself the first net zero energy building in the Northeast, through “banking” enough surplus power from PV panels in the summer to overcome the power consumption during the winter.
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Green Building Construction Skills Lacking, Says WSJ
Thursday, November 27, 2008A recent story in the Wall Street Journal claims that green building is being hindered by lack of skills among architects, general contractors and subcontractors. We’re likely to see this gap grow as green building growth exceeds the ability of building industry professionals to get trained on green construction issues and to learn new skills.
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