You’re aware of the major changes that are coming to the LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) system. If you pass the exam now, you come on board through the older, more familiar system that doesn’t require actual LEED project experience.
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March 31st, 2009 | Posted in LEED
The National Historic Trust wants historic buildings to be more efficient.
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March 31st, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized
In a recently released corporate responsibility report, the Disney company has set its sites on going green and reducing its carbon footprint. The report looks at everything from the nutritional content of the meals it serves, to “green standards,” to the working environment of the manufacturer’s that make Disney licensed products.
Disney, which owns theme parks, [...]
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March 31st, 2009 | Posted in Business, Disney, corporate responsibility, corporations
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March 30th, 2009 | Posted in Bulletin
My friends over at Sensible City recently offered me the opportunity to interview Eric Corey Freed. It’s not everyday I get to interview someone who was just interviewed by the New York Times so I jumped at the chance. Even better, Eric is an "organic architect" and studied under a former student of Frank Lloyd [...]
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March 30th, 2009 | Posted in Articles, Dallas, Design, Eric Corey Freed, Events, Legal Developments, Taliesin West, Urban Revision
Post-secondary education is luring thousands of laid-off workers with the promise of readying them for jobs in the highly touted “green” jobs sector.
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March 30th, 2009 | Posted in Uncategorized
We recently tested several new homes for formaldehyde in the air. The newest home, advertised as a “green” home, had 300 ppb of formaldehyde. Children in homes with only 30 ppb can have decreased lung function. Between 60 ppb and 120 ppb, children are more likely to have asthma and chronic bronchitis. At 100 ppb, [...]
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March 29th, 2009 | Posted in Health, Illness, Uncategorized, Ventilation & Indoor Air Quality, formaldehyde, new home
Green is heading into overdrive over the next 10 years!
At the 11th annual Greenprints Conference and Trade show in Atlanta, Georgia this past Wednesday and Thursday, the overall message was loud and clear; building and retrofitting green is and will be the only way forward for commercial real estate and home owners.
As I made my [...]
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March 28th, 2009 | Posted in Building green, Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers, Cost of going green, Energy Efficiency, Greenprints, Greenprints Conference, News, Sustainable Atlanta, Sustainable Options LLC, department of energy, energy efficient homes, green building, sustainable living
It may surprise you to learn that I have a real job. Seriously, I do and I love it! I am a construction litigator and I am currently involved in a major construction delay claim. I have been preparing a motion the last few days, hence the late filing of today’s post.
There is a lot [...]
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March 27th, 2009 | Posted in Bond, City, Codes and Regulations, Federal, Green Building Introduction, Jayhawks, Kansas, LEED AP, Stimulus, Surety
This post was originally posted on Eco-Libris blog on March 24.
Green buildings have never been so popular, at least when it comes to public policy. Looking at the stimulus plan you see how a concept that until lately was relatively marginal suddenly becomes a significant policy tool, which is expected to stimulate the economy, lower [...]
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March 27th, 2009 | Posted in Avrim and Vicki Topel, Construction, Green Beginnings, Green Building Tours, LEED, Northeast & New England, USGBC, eco-libris, ecolibris, green building