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I’ve been involved with the AIA Top Ten Awards Program for a long time. In the early years, when Gail Lindsey started it as an informal program to generate some recognition for a handful of green projects, Environmental Building News was one of the v…
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When you heard that the Department of Energy would be providing $3.2 billion for Energy-Efficiency and Conservation Block Grants to states, what kind of programs did you have in mind?
I imagined weatherization of the leaky, old buildings in Washington, D.C. I imagined an incentive program to build green in D.C. I am imagined solar panels [...]
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The Obamas put in the first food garden (organic, natch) on the White House grounds since Eleanor Roosevelt’s victory garden during World War II. We dig that.
Skeptics may scoff that’s it just symbolic, but I don’t think so. According the The New…
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How would you design your ultimate green home? My green home is one that incorporates Earth, Wind, and Fire!
Think of what technology might make possible in the next few decades and how we can use it to build homes that have a positive impact on the environment.
The growing awareness of the fact that buildings are responsible for [...]
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This week, I want to tell you about new green building developments in the D.C. metropolitan area.
I like incentive programs related to green building. D.C. recently came out with a solar rebate program that will most definitely increase the installation of renewable energy systems:
Beginning February 23, 2009, the program will provide rebates to eligible applicants [...]
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Even in a tough market, real estate professionals seek green building education.
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The GreenRoofs.org “Green Roofs for Healthy Cities” Conference is on the horizon in Atlanta this coming June 2009! It is just ideal for:
those interested in creating Green Roofs.
studying the future of Vertical Gardens/Green Walls.
raising awareness for green roofs and living walls (vertical gardens).
engineers, architects, landscape architects, landscape designers, property managers, developers, roofing contractors, and students.
anyone interested who wants a 2-day [...]
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On Wednesday, we looked at the best case scenario that can result from the D.C. Green Building Act "performance bond" requirement. We assumed that the green building "performance bond" was created. The scenario was not pretty and involved extensive LEEDigation™ .
Today we look at the worst case scenario.
Imagine no new construction projects in D.C. Imagine [...]
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Today I am speaking once again on the D.C. Green Building Act "performance bond" issues (see slides in this post). I have a new message for this presentation because, frankly, I am not certain we are getting anywhere. If you need some background, here are all of the Green Building Law Update posts regarding this [...]
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