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• Environmentally Responsible Windows Feature Recycled Materials and with SmartSun Glass Offer Energy Efficiency

  
  Green Life Smart Life — Authority: 130
  The Andersen 100 Series WIndowf features environmentally responsible and third-party-certified construction, economical price, and energy-saving performance. Recycled content is an important component in the construction of 100 Series products.  The overall amount of recycled content is certified by Scientific ...
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• Help Build a Stronger Case for Tiny Houses

  
  Tiny House Design — Authority: 425
  The other day I posted a story about Michael Mehta’s small house on Gabriola Island in British Columbia . Michael is currently working on a short article focused on small-scale, sustainable housing for a newspaper article and is hoping to leverage some of the tiny house community’s knowledge and experience. ...
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• Growing Green: An Entrepreneur’s Guide to Cleantech Innovation in San Diego

  
  Xconomy — Authority: 712
  cleantech , innovation , renewable energy Robert Noble wrote: [ Editors note: Architect Robert Noble wrote this article with Glenn Croston ] The San Diego area is the home of numerous cleantech businesses that are developing innovative green cars (Aptera, V-Vehicle Co.), developing alternative fuels ...
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• Pizza Fusion is Atlanta’s First LEED Certified Restaurant

  
  Atlanta Real Estate Forum — Authority: 483
  Pizza Fusion, located in the Aramore building on Peachtree, isn’t your typical pizza restaurant. They are not only concerned with serving exceptional quality pizza, but also with being socially, economically and environmentally friendly, which is why they are the first LEED certified restaurant in Atlanta.As you may ...
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• A Look at Green Roofs: DaVinci Roofscapes

  
  Green Life Smart Life — Authority: 130
  DaVinci Roofscapes is famous for their slate and shake tile.  DaVinci Roofscapes began in 1999; they are located in Kansas City, KS.  DaVinci prides itself on being the lead provider of authentic looking and durable synthetic slate and shake tile roofing.  They are maintenance free and backed by a 50 year limited ...
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• Sustainability Lessons Learned Hitchhiking the Real Estate Cosmos

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 667
  By Martin MelaverRecently, I’ve been reading with my son The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. We’re at that point in the story when our travelers arrive on the planet of Magrathea. Magrathea, you may recall, made a name for itself millions of years ago by specializing in building designer planets for the ...
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• Links for November 14th through November 19th

  
  Elemental — Authority: 414
  These are my links for November 14th through November 19th: Welcome to amazonails – Enerything you ever needed to know about straw bale building. Footprint » Common carbon language – "The ‘Common Carbon Metric’ will be piloted by the leading green building rating tools and made available to anyone ...
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• LivingHomes Delivers KieranTimberlake Prefab in Orange County

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  LivingHomes had the honor of building the first LEED Platinum certified home in the US, and now they’re on schedule to deliver the first LEED Platinum certified home in Orange County. The new KieranTimberlake LivingHome 1.5 (KTLH1.5) was erected earlier this month in a single day. Located in the city of ...
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• Plans for the Green George W. Bush Presidential Center Released

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 741
  All U.S. Presidents get a center named after them upon completion of their term in the White House, and George W. is no exception. Plans for his presidential center were just revealed, and considering how energy efficient his ranch in Crawford is, it really should come as no surprise that the new center is chock ...
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• Hospital upgrades

  
  Centre Flow — Authority: 139
  Two Ontario hospitals are undergoing renovations that will cost millions now, but save a ton of money – and emissions – over time. Partnered with Honeywell, Cambridge Memorial in Cambridge and St. Joseph’s Healthcare in Hamilton plan to decrease their overall energy costs with upgrades that will hopefully pay ...
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• Majestic 12 Brings Green to the Cinema

  
  TakePart Social Action Network — Authority: 622
  Good news for fans of movies and fans of sustainability, a movie theater in Tennessee called Majestic 12, part of Carmike Cinemas Inc., is the first real green cinema! From the Huffington Post : U.S. Green Building Council spokeswoman Ashley Katz said Carmike has applied for LEED certification for the ...
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• Interview: Tony Gale, Corporate Architect at Starbucks

  
  TreeHugger — Authority: 720
  Via Starbucks As Jaymi noted in Green Mood Lighting for Starbucks! Switching 8,000 Stores to LEDs , Starbucks is going through a big makeover, and is aiming for LEED certification of all of its stores starting in 2010. With over 16,000 stores worldwide, going green is a big deal. Corporate Architect Tony Gale used to ...
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• LEEDing the Way in Downtown Phoenix

  
  Downtown Phoenix Journal — Authority: 502
  Last week’s Greenbuild International Conference and Expo wasn’t all about trade show booths and discussions. On Friday afternoon, conference attendees got out and explored some of the Valley’s green buildings and innovative sites. Of particular interest to DPJ readers was a tour of five urban infill sites in ...
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• Nice One, Misha: Baryshnikov Arts Center at 37 Arts Earns LEED Honors for New Jerome Robbins Theater

  
  greenbuildingsNYC — Authority: 418
  If youve hung around with artists recently -- or at all -- then youve heard someone say, "this is a tough time for the arts." And while its pretty much always a tough time for the arts -- thats why theyre the arts and not, say, arbitrage -- this is New York, which means that theres still plenty of great places to see ...
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• $500 million charity headquarters for the Gates Foundation: Bill blings it up indeed!

  
  Elite Choice — Authority: 490
  The first thing people will say when they hear the news, “Does a charity organization need a $500 million headquarters?” You might debate that all night long and question the decision’s sensibility but we believe that its Bill’s money and he has every right to spend it any way he wants… As simple as that. ...
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• Mars Chocolate Unveils Solar Garden in Hackettstown, NJ

  
  Move Trends Real Estate Blog - The Leader in Online Real Estate — Authority: 143
  Mars Chocolate North America recently announced the installation of New Jersey’s largest solar garden at the company’s Hackettstown, NJ headquarters. The “solar garden” is a 28,000 panel, 2-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic system on 18-acres of a once vacant lot adjacent to the headquarters where the ...
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• First Hospital Lands Green LEED Platinum Certification

  
  GoodCleanTech — Authority: 476
  Dell Childrens Medical Center of Central Texas became the first healthcare facility in the world to achieve LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ) Platinum Certification. Among its various characteristics, the hospital contains 47,000 tons of recycled Mueller airport runway material. Inside, ...
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• Worlds largest charitable foundation has $500m headquarters

  
  Born Rich — Authority: 689
  The generous Gates Foundation also the world’s largest charitable foundation is in middle of building a 900,000-square-foot headquarters near the Seattle Center. The $500m complex is a massive project with a two six storey, boomerang-shaped buildings on 12 acres for nearly 800 employees. In the heart of the campus ...
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• Stubbed Out: Related Companies to Ban Smokers From Six Residential Buildings, Including LEED Gold Tribeca Green

  
  greenbuildingsNYC — Authority: 418
  New Yorks smokers lobby is nowhere near as powerful as, say, the over-the-counter derivatives lobby or bluefin tuna fishery-collapsing industry or whatever, and the citys six-year old ban on smoking in bars and restaurants reflects as much. While we non-smokers who go to bars and restaurants (and concerts and ...
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• How are Marriott’s green initiatives helping to save money?

  
  TerraCurve.com: Go beyond green. | Responsible travel news, places, people and events. — Authority: 127
  Over the next 5 years, hotel giant Marriott International, Inc. is planning to expand its “green hotel” portoflio by 10-times its current size by introducing a “green hotel prototype” that will be LEED pre-certified. Beginning in 2010, the prototype model will save hotel owners arpound $100,000 as well as six ...
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