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29 Oct 2014
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Updated November 18, 2014
Extension offers the green building industry additional time to prepare for the newest version of LEED
Category: Industry
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Five ways to follow the chain: How to know if a business is green
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We all have our favorite places to browse, to hangout, to eat and to splurge. We have our favorite products that we reach for day after day.
But how are we, as consumers, to know what our favorite brands are up to behind the scenes, and if they’re walking the walk, rather than just talking the talk about sustainability?
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Rick’s 2014 Greenbuild Journal: Day 4—Thoughts on closing day
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Living, breathing history
While admittedly biased on the subject, as great as Greenbuild 2014 was, I’m not sure any aspect of this year’s conference moved me any more than the magical moment in the closing plenary when new USGBC president Roger Platt introduced eight seminal figures in the Green Building movement—Bob Berkebile, David Gottfried, Scot Horst, Martha Jane Murray, Tom Paladino, Peter Templeton, Kath
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New USGBC Report Estimates More Than 1.2 Million People Experience a LEED-Certified Retail Space Every Day
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‘LEED in Motion: Retail’ report also reveals nearly 8,000 retailers worldwide participate in LEED
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Happy Diwali, and what green building can learn from Gandhi
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Happy Diwali, India (and world)!
This Diwali, USGBC wants to celebrate the tremendous leadership demonstrated by India, now one of the top five largest markets in the world for LEED, in the areas of environmental sustainability and green building.
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Storytelling and green marketing: Walking the talk
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This morning at USGBC’s Annual Greenbuild Conference and Expo in New Orleans the marketing special set: Marketing + Sustainability: The Tools & Tips to Tell Your Story, panelists discussed ways to establish credibility in the world of sustainability marketing.
I had the pleasure of sitting on the panel with leaders from multiple industries including Gabe Wing, Herman Miller; Katie Weeks, Institute for Market Transformation and Jenny Rushmore, Trip Advisor.
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Applying research to boost productivity in your office
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Is your office a “Best Place to Work”—and a green one? The two should go together.
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New USGBC iPad app—now available
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The new USGBC app enables you to read USGBC publications and articles on your iPad through a beautiful, and easy-to-use interface.
With the app you’ll have access to the latest news and articles published on usgbc.org, and you’ll have access to all publications associated with your usgbc.org site user account. With our enhanced search, you can also search within your library for the specific publication you’re looking for, or search within a publication for a specific topic.
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Building green careers at Skanska
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Green building doesn’t only improve the built environment—it betters people too. With green, people stretch their skills in any number of ways to develop the best green solutions, and some—maybe you—are lucky enough to devote their careers to this aspect of sustainability.
Below are stories of how some professionals at Skanska—a national leader in construction and development—are using their green expertise to make a better world for us all.
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Is algae the answer? A different approach to on site renewable energy
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Talk of algae arriving on the scene as a game-changing source of energy is nothing new; for years there has been significant discussion but not nearly as much action as supporters might like. However, things may be shifting, albeit slowly, toward a more favorable environment for algae to bloom as a viable, large-scale energy alternative.