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Isn�t it Time for a Slow Building Revolution?

Mon, April 09, 2007 - 12:03:00

Just like the slow food movement, the “slow building” revolution focuses on creating designs that are appropriate for a given bioregion, taking into account climate, natural resources, local economies, indigenous building styles and cultural values.
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The Business Case for Greening Your Facilities � As Fast as Possible!

Mon, April 02, 2007 - 9:25:00

Facilities managers and executives everywhere are discovering the business-case benefits of “going green.” In addition to saving energy, these organizations are realizing savings on water use, chemical use, waste disposal, and other environmental measures.
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And the Greenie Goes To…

Mon, March 19, 2007 - 12:14:00

Watching the Oscars recently and seeing a corpulent Al Gore accept the best documentary Oscar for the film, An Inconvenient Truth, I was inspired to think about awards in general and particularly about awards architects give each other for their projects.
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Thunder From Down Under

Mon, February 26, 2007 - 12:23:00

For me, the biggest takeaway understanding is that green building is being embraced big-time by the development community in Australia. The head of the APC, Peter Verwer, in his closing remarks, claimed that the development community in Australia is sold on the importance of green buildings and is fully committed to building them.
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Who Is Your Competitor?

Wed, January 17, 2007 - 6:38:01

Recently, I was reading an article about the growth of the competitive intelligence industry, and I began to think about how our industry deals with the issue of competition.

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Green Development � Time to Learn the Art

Wed, December 13, 2006 - 2:12:01

Many local governments are signing onto measures to reduce their “carbon footprint” over the next 15 to 20 years, and an easy place to start is to begin asking new residential and commercial developments, to begin reducing their environmental footprints

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Rainwater-Harvesting Questions Answered

Tue, November 07, 2006 - 1:10:01

Best Practices In Sustainability. Jerry Yudelson answers questions on rainwater harvesting systems and approaches for Buildings Magazine.

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Future Bright for Green Industry

Mon, November 06, 2006 - 11:09:00

Green-building market enjoyed renewed development in 2005. Jerry’s analysis and predictions for green building in 2006 and beyond.
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