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Creating a Market for Energy Efficient Homes: The SAVE Act to the Rescue
The SAVE Act provides home ownership cost transparency - and rewards energy efficient owners at the same time. ***Today’s post comes from good friend and colleague, Corey Fitch. Corey is an...
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Today’s Chat: Talking to Construction Managers About Green Building Risk
Today I am speaking before the Construction Management Association of America’s Pacific NW chapter. I will be sharing the microphone with fellow attorney Meghan Douris (Oles Morrison), as we wax...
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The 2012 IgCC Is Finally Here – And I Hope We Are Ready.
The 2012 IgCC is here - hopefully your local government is ready for it. (Photo: ICC) It’s here. The ICC has finally released the 2012 IgCC, the world’s first widespread green construction code. As...
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Performance Matters: International Living Future Institute Certifies First...
Two building go net zero It started as a Challenge to construct buildings that consume no more energy then they produce. That Challenge required actual performance, not just modeling the building and...
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Excited for LEED 2012?! Well, Keep Waiting
LEED 2012 is being pushed to 2013, where it will take a new name - LEED v4 In a not so surprising move today, the USGBC announced that it will delay the release of LEED 2012. The delay pushes the...
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Happy 4th: What’s More American Than……..The Official Comment From the USGBC
Have yourself a wonderful 4th! Today is a wonderful American holiday. It is also a Wednesday, so some of you might have decided it wasn’t worth stopping your workflow to enjoy some hot dogs,...
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Federal Trade Commission Offers Up New Green Guides
New Green Guides, hot off the presses. Well, I’m back. After a month on the road, I have to say that it’s good to be behind the keyboard once again. I thought that it might be nice to ease my way...
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This Week’s Big LEED Conversation Is A Scary One
Another black eye for LEED? USA Today article might have dire consequences. If you follow the green building world, you most likely have already heard the news from the USA Today. The national paper...
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Greenbuild Announcements: Search Engines, Grants and Final Comments on v4
Greenbuild 2012 brings a lot of good for the USGBC. Wow, my Google Reader account was stuffed full of LEED today. Not that it’s incredibly strange to see LEED painted all over the news – because that...
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The GSA’s Big Green Building Decision Is, Rightfully, A Public One
The GSA is out of the hole. Let them hear you! Every 2 months, I reemerge from my heavy workload to talk to you all on this blog. For years I was better at it; you could expect a post every two days....
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