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Solar Cell Efficiency of 40 percent reached
Sunday, January 14, 2007Last week, the U.S. Department of Energy announced that DOE funding had produced a 40% efficient concentrating photovoltaic solar cell.
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A green (building) letter day
Wednesday, January 10, 2007Three important articles on green building caught my eye today, involving private equity investments, green building renovations and the City of Palm Desert (California) imposing tougher energy conservation rules on new housing that state law.
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I’m releasing my 2007 green building predictions! What are yours?
Sunday, January 07, 2007Today, I’m releasing my 2007 predictions for major developments in the green building industry this coming year. As a consultant to many leading companies in this industry, I have a great vantage point to see what’s been happening and what’s likely to occur in the coming year. I wanted to release these predictions to encourage others to share their expectations for the growth of green buildings. What are yours?
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California Launches $2.2 billion Solar Electric Program
Thursday, January 04, 2007Effective the first day of 2007, the California investor-owned utilities will buy down the cost of residential and commercial solar power systems in the first phase of a $2.2 billion program to install solar on one million rooftops over the next 10 years.
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Green Home Market Ready to Surge
Wednesday, December 27, 2006All indications are that the green home market is going to surge in 2007 and 2008. My recent article gives 12 trends at work to promote green homes…
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If it’s not a green building, is it obsolete?
Tuesday, December 26, 2006This week’s Barron’s financial weekly has a great story making the business case for green buildings. Basically, if it’s not green it’s obsolete the day it opens.
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The 10 million home Internet power drain
Friday, December 22, 2006Worldwide Internet servers’ energy use is the equivalent of 10 million homes and growing rapidly. Time to do something about it.
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Banned In Boston
Thursday, December 21, 2006Boston will effectively ban any large-scale construction (over 50,000 square feet, basically more than a two-story office building) that is not at a minimum LEED-Certified.
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Show Me the Money, or What the “Do Nothing” Republican Congress Just Did
Saturday, December 16, 2006Little noticed in the hoopla about the Democrats’ pending takeover of the House and Senate is what the lame-duck Congress did earlier this month that will benefit green buildings. What, you say? They did. Yessiree, they sure did. Read on…
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Are green homes endangered by market conditions?
Monday, December 11, 2006Industry insiders report that major homebuilders are pushing suppliers to lower costs by 10%, in a bid to keep some profits from home sales.
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Should green buildings be mandated?
Wednesday, December 06, 2006The Washington, DC, City Council this week required private developers of more than 50,000 sq.ft. of new buildings and major renovations to meet the LEED certification standard by 2012.
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World’s Largest LEED Platinum (to be) building opens in Portland
Wednesday, December 06, 2006How about a green building that uses 60% less energy and 50% less water than a conventional building, yet is built on a conventional budget?
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Green Building and Sustainability Consulting
Monday, December 04, 2006Sometimes a green building and sustainability consultant gets to eat the food he recommends to others. People ask me, “Who are your target clients?”
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LEED vs. Green Globes, Part Two
Saturday, December 02, 2006As much as LEED dominates the commercial and institutional green building certification arena, the opposite is true for the residential green home certification market.
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LEED vs. Green Globes, Part One
Friday, December 01, 2006Recent conversations and developments seem to make it clear that, in comparison with the dominant LEED standard, the Green Globes rating system is going to be primarily a niche player in the energy and environmental attribute ratings of commercial and institutional projects.
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