Sustainability & Resilience: Page 48
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"Safe" Flame Retardants Show Bioaccumulation Potential
Researchers at Canada’s National Wildlife Research Centre and multiple Canadian universities have detected what may be traces of second-generation brominated flame retardants in gulls’ eggs from colonies across the Great Lakes.
Jan. 3, 2012 -
JLL: Green Now Makes Sense, Can Save Cents
Dan Probst, Jones Lang LaSalle chairman of energy and sustainability, says green has proven itself.
Jan. 3, 2012 -
Recurrent Energy Secures Financing for Ontario Solar Projects
The $250 million in financing is evidence that solar is a mainstream energy source attracting significant investment from established financial partners, says the San Francisco firm.
Jan. 3, 2012 -
10 Innovators Who Find New Ways to Make, Sell Homes
Firms and individuals are finding ways to make the market work with high-performance building.
Dec. 30, 2011 -
Putting $$ Where Their Green Is
A Pennsylvania design-build firm decided that it had to walk the walk if it was going to talk the LEED talk.
Dec. 28, 2011 -
800 Brickell Office Tower Gets LEED Certification, New Tenants
Stiles' Richard Stein tells GlobSt.com's Jennifer LeClaire it's still a tenants market for larger, multi-floor tenants in Miami.
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Iconic Treasury Building in D.C. Earns LEED Gold
One of America’s most iconic buildings earned LEED for Existing Buildings.
Dec. 22, 2011 -
LEED Professionals: Remember to Renew Every Two Years
LEED certification is good to have, but it's only good for two years and needs to be renewed.
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Tapping the Zoning Code to Get Greener Buildings and Communities
Many communities are opening up their zoning codes to identify and remove barriers and adopting language that will encourage greener building and greener living outcomes.
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ENR's 2011 "Best of the Best" in Design, Construction
The magazine selected 18 projects from around the country as the top design and construction work for 2011.
Dec. 20, 2011 -
USGBC Explains Who’s Who at COP17
The Green Building Council's Roger Platt looks at who the players were at the recently completed climate conference in bSouth Africa.
Dec. 19, 2011 -
400 home builders sign on to new Energy Star standards
A number of large and small home builders have signed on the implement the Environmental Protection Agency's newest Energy Star guidelines for homes, the Phoenix Business Journal reports.
Dec. 19, 2011 -
Seattle 2030 District: The Next Big Thing in Green Building
The green building movement has made great strides in recent years, but it’s not enough.
Dec. 16, 2011 -
LNR Snags Last Piece in $2.5B Puzzle Near Boston
LNR says it has closed on 830 acres of former Navy property, giving it the final piece of property earmarked for the planned $2.5 billion SouthField development near Boston.
Dec. 16, 2011 -
The Future of Home Construction Is in Efficiency
Energy-savings techniques will probably steer the future of home construction in the coming years, according to Builder Online's Nigel Maynard.
Dec. 15, 2011 -
Belfer Research Building Tops Out in New York
The project is a $650-million, 19-story building comprising 480,000 square feet that will house significantly expanded bench-to-bedside translational, medical research initiatives.
Dec. 14, 2011 -
Americans Still Want to Own a (Green) Home
In a poll, Yahoo! Real Estate found Americans still dream of home ownership, but they dream green.
Dec. 14, 2011 -
USGBC Announces First Graduates of Emerging Professionals Leadership Academy
William Nutt - Associate, Marketing and Communications, U.S. Green Building Council. This week, the U.S. Green Building Council celebrated the first graduates of the USGBC Emerging Professionals Leadership Academy. The Academy identifies future leaders in sustainability and fosters their...
Dec. 13, 2011 -
NYC Readies Pro-Green Zoing Changes
In its first big zoning change in 50 years, New York City is planning to get regulations out of the way of green building technology.
Dec. 13, 2011 -
Good COP, Bad COP
The Green Building Council's Jason Hartke writes his final blog from global climate talks in Durban, South Africa. "COP" is Conference of the Parties.
Dec. 12, 2011 -
U.S. Makes 2010 ASHRAE Standard the Reference for State Energy Codes
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has ruled that the 2010 American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) energy efficiency standard is to be the commercial building reference standard for state building energy codes.
Dec. 12, 2011 -
LEED for Existing Buildings Outpaces New Construction
Energy-efficient and money-saving LEED standards are definitely not just for new construction anymore. retrofitted LEED-certified square footage now outstrips new construction.
Dec. 12, 2011 -
HOK elevates the green office standard
HOK's new 35,000-square-foot office in Manhattan has achieved LEED Platinum certification under the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating system.
Dec. 8, 2011 -
Can the Private Sector Play a Bigger Part at COP17?
UNFCCC Executive Secretary Christiana Figueres summed up this weekend the hope and frustration that climate change negotiations uniquely embody.
Dec. 6, 2011 -
Lights...Cities...Action
International negotiators and other delegates are hearing from local leaders with stories that defy the intransigency of the status quo.
Dec. 6, 2011
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