Month: March 2012
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USGBC and AIA Accomplish Shared Goals for 2011
Jason Hartke Vice President, National Policy U.S. Green Building Council Last week, hundreds of architects stormed Washington as part of the American Institute of Architects’ annual Grassroots Leadership and Legislative Conference. Grassroots serves…
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A Green Building Opportunity: Three Million Strong
Doug Gatlin Vice President, LEED U.S. Green Building Council It’s a great time to be an existing building. First: President Obama released last year’s Better Buildings Initiative, focusing financing opportunities on commercial retrofits. Then: …
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Power of Supportive Policy: California Could Get 66% of Electricity From Renewables, Double It’s Already Aggressive Goal
By 2017, the projects in the queue would double California’s country-leading Renewable Energy Standard.
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Sustainia: The World We Want to Live In
A venture between Arnold Schwarzenegger and Connie Hedegaard hopes to ignite action on climate change by helping us visualize a better world instead of simply avoiding a nightmare.
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Push-Button Window Tinting An Energy Saver
The new Mercy Corps headquarters in Portland is 69 percent more energy efficient than conventional buildings, in part due to electronically tintable windows.