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10 Nov 2014
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San Diego community teams up for third annual Green Apple moment
Published on:10 Nov 2014Feature image:
The San Diego Green Building Council (SDGBC) and Balfour Beatty Construction recently partnered with John J. Montgomery Elementary School in Chula Vista, CA, to host the 3rd annual Green Apple Day of Service.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, 2014, the school was abuzz as more than 75 volunteers, including students, came out to green the campus by performing service work and commencing a year-long Green Schools Challenge.
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Top 3 courses you need to take this month (November 2014)
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Looking to grow your green building knowledge?
Check out this month’s top three courses.
1. EarthCraft Sustainable Preservation
An introduction to the EarthCraft Sustainable Preservation regional green building certification program for historic buildings. -
Residential demand response: Be green by saving green
Published on:7 Nov 2014Feature image:
“Do you want to have more food on your table? Get a programmable thermostat.” The students in the mentoring program laughed, thinking my comment must have been entirely facetious. To an extent, it was: some new techno-gadget is not going to make a meal appear at dinner. It might, however, help pay for some of it.
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USGBC Announces the Addition of Six New Members to the LEED International Roundtable
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Washington, D.C. – (Nov. 6, 2014) – USGBC announced today the addition of six new member organizations to its LEED International Roundtable, a team of practitioners, green building experts and organizations from around the world working toward increasing the global application and adoption of LEED.
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USGBC Research: The Drive to Make Healthy Places Investable [Video]
Published on:6 Nov 2014Feature image:
The premiere health policy journal, Health Affairs, released a special issue this week focused on the intersection between community development and public health that was accompanied by a briefing at the National Press Club today. The issue compiles a range of articles focused on building healthy communities, measuring community health and collaborating for community health.
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Making the green choice when creating collateral
Published on:6 Nov 2014Feature image:
It’s a nasty habit we’re all trying to break. The paper habit, that is. We’re all looking to trim our consumption, both at home, and on the job.
But in the marketing and communications world, sometimes it’s not that easy. We build websites and e-books, but sometimes the takeaway that makes the biggest impression is the one that comes printed on paper.
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Standardizing Microgrid Design
ORNL scientists look to the future of renewable energy integration.
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LEED User Groups: Connecting with attendees at Greenbuild 2014
Published on:5 Nov 2014Feature image:
This year I spent much of my time at Greenbuild working with our LEED User Groups—and it was fantastic!
In case you’re not familiar with the User Groups, they are collaborative peer networks with the common goal of working together and with USGBC to share best known practices for green buildings in their sector, to collaborate on how LEED can be more applicable to their use type, and lead the way for greater adoption and efficiency.
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LEED in Motion: Retail — Target spotlight
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143 LEED-certified stores
For Target, sustainability is a principle that drives the decisions made across the company, and LEED has been a key component of Target’s corporate sustainability initiatives. As the most widely-recognized sustainability rating system, LEED has provided an ideal platform through which Target has been able to quantify and validate specific sustainability commitments, and share those successes with guests, team members, and the community.