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Living buildings go beyond LEED
Friday, November 24, 2006The Living Buildings challenge, articulated by the Cascadia Green Building Council, goes well beyond the LEED green building standard, toward broader environmental sustainability goals. The USGBC has adopted this challenge for a “Living Buildings Design Challenge,” with the winners to be announced at the 2007 Greenbuild conference.
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A Sudden Cessation of Stupidity
Wednesday, November 22, 2006Founded in 1937 by inventor Edwin Land, Polaroid Corporation embodied American ingenuity for many decades. Land is famously reported to have said, “Every creative act results from a sudden cessation of stupidity.” I love this phrase and have certainly seen it at work in my own life on many occasions. In terms of the green building movement, it seems particularly apt.
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Rocky Mountain High, Colorado
Tuesday, November 21, 2006Greenbuild 2006 was a “watershed” event, not only in terms of attendance, but in the rapid acceptance of green building into the mainstream of design, construction and development practice. Yet, much needs to be done to realize the potential of the green building movement.
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USGBC Announces Major Initiatives at Greenbuild Show
Monday, November 20, 2006The U.S. Green Building Council announced several major initiatives at the Greenbuild show held in Denver last week.
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Greenbuild Show Draws 13,000 to Denver
Monday, November 20, 2006The U.S. Green Building Council’s annual “Greenbuild” conference and expo drew more than 13,000 green building professionals to Denver last week.
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94 percent of Americans want to work in healthy, energy-efficient buildings
Friday, November 10, 2006A recent poll by the Mortgage Lenders Network USA showed strong preferences among workers for eco-friendly buildings.
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Thunder along the Potomac
Thursday, November 09, 2006Tuesday’s election results bode well for renewable energy and green building advocates.
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“Houston, we have a problem”
Wednesday, November 08, 2006I was in Houston giving a presentation to the USGBC chapter. The group generally laments the lack of interest in green building by the development community there. The reality is a bit different.
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The Eyes of Texas
Tuesday, November 07, 2006I visited today with Overland Partners, San Antonio, and learned more about their “values” approach to designing green buildings.
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Stern Medicine
Monday, November 06, 2006UK report on climate change underscores the necessity for a green building revolution.
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Green Real Estate Rocks!
Thursday, November 02, 2006Take-away from the NAIOP national real estate conference, Development ‘06, in San Francisco: LEED Silver projects are being built by serious developers at a cost premium of 0.5%, essentially in the “noise level.”
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Sitting by the Dock of the Bay
Tuesday, October 31, 2006In San Francisco on Halloween for my first meeting as a GSA national Peer Professional, finding out about the amazing new Federal building designed by Thom Mayne of Morphosis, Santa Monica, CA.
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Greening the Mormon Empire
Friday, October 27, 2006Jerry was in Salt Lake City October 26th to conduct a half day workshop for the local chapters of AIA and the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS). Green buildings are just gaining some traction in Utah.
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Is Global Warming Causing More Intense Hurricanes?
Thursday, October 26, 2006Slate Magazine, posted October 13th, carried a great review of two diametrically opposed viewpoints on the effects of global warming on hurricane intensity. Green buildings are a key factor in reducing the global warming impact of human settlement.
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Epidemic of Obesity?
Tuesday, October 24, 2006Many green building approaches featuring natural ventilation may run counter to people’s comfort.
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