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Wood for Biofuel: Not So Green?
Logging may lead to sizable carbon releases, according to a new study. -
“HACK-ing” LEED project experience
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“We’re looking for more experience.”
Those five gut-wrenching words are the bane of every entry-level professional seeking gainful employment. It’s the classic chicken-and-egg scenario that all young graduates face — how does one gain experience without an opportunity to gain said experience?
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Friday Roundup: Keep Las Vegas code, chemical industry attacks, Walgreens’ green goals
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Las Vegas should stick with its energy code, Las Vegas Sun. The president of the USGBC Nevada Chapter and the executive director of the American Institute of Architects Nevada explain why rolling back the city’s energy codes for buildings constructed before 2009 is a bad idea.
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Net-zero house opens at Clover Park Technical College
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This past May marked a very significant event for the students and staff at Clover Park Technical College (CPTC) in Lakewood, WA. The college’s Zero Energy House opened, and was visited by a special guest, Governor Jay Inslee, who remarked, “for every one of these houses, there will be ten more built in the market.”
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Register for Greenbuild today
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Join us in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Nov. 20-22 for USGBC’s 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.
Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together at Greenbuild for three days of outstanding education sessions, renowned speakers, a vast expo floor, green building tours, special seminars and networking events.
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Register for Greenbuild today
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Join us in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Nov. 20-22 for USGBC’s 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.
Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together at Greenbuild for three days of outstanding education sessions, renowned speakers, a vast expo floor, green building tours, special seminars and networking events.
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Register for Greenbuild today
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Join us in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from Nov. 20-22 for USGBC’s 2013 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo.
Greenbuild is the world’s largest conference and expo dedicated to green building. Thousands of building professionals from all over the world come together at Greenbuild for three days of outstanding education sessions, renowned speakers, a vast expo floor, green building tours, special seminars and networking events.
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Federal agencies get mixed results on White House green building report card
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Late last week, the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) and the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) released their annual agency sustainability scorecards. These scorecards track how federal agencies are doing in complying with the requirements of Executive Order 13415, which set goals to show reductions on metrics like energy, water and waste in the agencies’ operations. The agencies get red, yellow or green to show how they are faring.
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Colombia Green Building Council: Taking and offering inspiration in equal measure
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“It is not true that people stop pursuing dreams because they grow old, they grow old because they stop pursuing dreams.” Gabriel Garcia Marquez (1927- present, Colombian/global literary phenomenon/Nobel Prize winner)
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LEED in new and existing markets
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LEED Earth is a new campaign designed to bring LEED, the most widely recognized and used green building certification program, around the world.
We are offering free LEED certification to the first projects to certify in the over 100 countries (See Below) where LEED currently does not exist. Additionally, LEED Earth is offering free LEED certification to the first Platinum project—in any country–to certify using the newest version of LEED.