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22 hours ago ago from Carpenters Center
The green building movement arose out of the desire for more energy efficient and environmentally friendly building practices. It is a way to minimize both resource consumption and the impact building has on the environment. Green construction methods can be integrated into buildings at any stage, from design and construction, to renovation and demolition. Green design and building practices significantly reduce or eliminate negative ...
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Called Lake June Pointe House, a lakefront home was designed by Bluarch (architecture, interiors and urban planning) and completed in March 2009 is Modern green house with modest budget uses traditional air-cooling methods for greater energy efficiency. Lake June Pointe House in Lake Placid, Florida, United States, is the first modern non-speculative house to be certified Green' by the Florida Green Building Coalition. Given the low budget ...
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Experts say the federal government needs to "smarten" up its buildings if it wants to achieve real energy efficiency and higher performance in its facilities . Pundits attending this week's "Designing Government Buildings for the 21st Century" event recommend government officials integrate all the systems that control the day-to-day functions of their buildings into their enterprise network, Government Computer News reports. ...
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23 hours ago ago from Great Building
It has come to the knowledge that Norfolk Southern Corp. has joined the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and has become USGBC's first Class I member as a result. What is S. Green Building Council (USGBC) then? It happens to be a non-profit organization that is engaged in the promotion of benefits of “green” buildings. Aside from this it has also been learnt that as part of its planned Crescent Corridor domestic intermodal route, NS ...
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Gavin Newsom: A San Francisco Landmark Goes Green
7 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
Today, the most famous building in San Francisco is also one of the most environmentally friendly in the country. The Transamerica Pyramid building has achieved a LEED Gold certification. Even in these difficult economic times, green building is taking off in San Francisco, thanks to our aggressive green building regulations for new construction and large-scale retrofits, the strongest in the nation. In 2009, LEED certified square footage ...
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20 hours ago ago from PopEater
WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- The Copenhagen climate change talks should focus on the existing building sector to create massive reductions in global emissions and create new jobs, say the authors of a new book on property retrofits around the globe. "The existing real estate sector is typically overlooked at the climate change table," says Leanne Tobias, founder of Malachite LLC, a leading green real estate consultancy. "That stance ...
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