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• Greenbuild 2009: Al Gore, Sheryl Crow & The Importance of Green Building

  
  New articles on eBoom — Authority: 134
  3048768457_e0866be074.jpg If you went to the American Southwest this fall perhaps you got to see Al Gore and Sheryl Crow. But they weren’t the main attractions. Green building took center stage. The former vice-president and the singer/songwriter were on hand this month for the world’s largest ...
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• US Green Building Council to Honor Hospitality Design Challenge Winners

  
  Renewable Energy News Syndicator — Authority: 163
  USGBC , the Hospitality Industry Network ( NEWH ) and t he American Society of Interior Designers ( ASID ) have admirably joined together to sponsor the Sustainable Suite Design Competition . The goal of this hospitality design contest is to help drive green design practices within the hotel industry. This ...
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• Show Wrap-Up: GreenBuild 2009

  
  Green Life Smart Life — Authority: 130
  Having finally landed in one piece (mostly) on the East Coast after a whirlwind week of traveling to Opportunity Green in Los Angeles and GreenBuild 2009 in Phoenix, I am just now gathering my thoughts and notes from the shows.  I have to say, GreenBuild proved not only to be the best green event I’ve been to all ...
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• LEED Wood FSC Certified

  
  EbioAnt — Authority: 144
  By Chloe Madeiras What is LEED ? LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. This green building rating system was created by the USGBC (United States Green Building Council) . The purpose for this is to provide a set of standards for environmentally sustainable construction. There is only ...
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• Stubbed Out: Related Companies to Ban Smokers From Six Residential Buildings, Including LEED Gold Tribeca Green

  
  greenbuildingsNYC — Authority: 417
  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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• The Truth About Green Jobs

  
  Green Chip Stocks — Authority: 496
  Im not typically one to debate the merits of green jobs because I see the value of green job creation every single day. Sure, there are a number of studies out there that question the validity of some green jobs or seek to find a more precise definition of what a green job is. And this is all relevant stuff. But ...
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• Climate Changes

  
  NEXT100 — Authority: 129
  By: Kory Raftery Several stories on the science and politics of global warming caught our attention this week: Former Vice President Al Gore stumped for sustainable construction practices at the annual U.S. Green Building Councils (USGBC) annual convention in Phoenix. Gore said "building green" would stimulate ...
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• Urban agriculture added to the Living Building Challenge and more

  
  DJC Green Building Blog — Authority: 116
  Yesterday I heard Eden Brukman present briefly on the updates to the Living Building Challenge - v2.0 - and was excited about the inclusion of Urban Agriculture, among other new features. The Challenge now also includes ‘car free living’, ‘biophilia’, ‘human scale and humane places’, ‘democracy and ...
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• Greenbuild Conference News Roundup: Day 3

  
  Environmental Leader — Authority: 635
  As the Greenbuild International Conference and Expo wraps up, more than 30,000 attendees are estimated to have attended the job fair or any one of more than 100 educational seminars, 800 exhibitors’ booths or green building tours of Phoenix, reports The Independent. Here are some more highlights from the show.The ...
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• What others are saying about Greenbuild

  
  DJC Green Building Blog — Authority: 116
  If you want to follow Greenbuild from a couple of other perspectives, check out John Jennings posts on the Betterbricks site: http://blog.betterbricks.com/design/ Penny Bonda’s perspective is always fresh and engaging: http://www.interiordesign.net/blog/1860000586.html#940050494 And if you want the party ...
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• Al Gore and Sheryl Crow start Greenbuild off right

  
  DJC Green Building Blog — Authority: 116
  Amidst the energy, networking and commotion of Greenbuild, last night’s keynote by Al Gore set the stage for the attendees ramping up their time here in Phoenix.  Gore was met with laughter as he told the same old Sheryl Crow sang at Greenbuild this year jokes and then launched into his insightful ‘rise ...
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• 24,000 attendees, 1,800 booths: Critical Mass at Greenbuild?

  
  DJC Green Building Blog — Authority: 116
  Austin, Pittsburgh, Portland, Denver, Chicago, Boston…now Phoenix! Greenbuild has grown by leaps and bounds from the first year I was inspired by this movement, at my first Greenbuild in Pittsburgh. As I look around at all of the people, booths, products, educational sessions - a plethora and flurry of ...
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• The Uncomplicated Modern Green Home that Stole LEED Silver certification

  
  Trends Updates — Authority: 599
  Someone once rightly said, “Simplicity is indeed often the sign of truth and a criterion of beauty” and to prove this fact time and again, architects at Maryann Thompson created this beautiful zero impact home that is not just down-to-earth, but would surely bring its residents the contentment of environmental ...
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• Post Occupancy Results of LEED Buildings in Illinois

  
  Facility Blog — Authority: 430
  The Regional Green Building Case Study Project: a Post-Occupancy Study of LEED Projects in Illinois report summarizes the first year of a multi-year study to analyze the post-occupancy benefits of 25 LEED certified projects in Illinois. by HeidiTFM
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• Triad Expert Answers the Question: Why is Indoor Air Quality Important

  
  Your Story — Authority: 570
  “Clean Air means higher Occupancy Productivity and Bigger Returns for Building Owners and Fewer Legal Issues…”
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• Green Retrofit Chicago Conference

  
  Chicagoland Real Estate Forum — Authority: 132
  It’s great to build green homes, commercial office buildings, schools and city halls, but what about the stock of millions and millions of existing buildings that aren’t green or energy efficient?  Tearing down or ‘de-constructing’ buildings can be green but what if you could just upgrade the building with ...
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• DJC at Greenbuild

  
  DJC Green Building Blog — Authority: 116
  Unfortunately dear readers, I will not be at Greenbuild in Phoenix this year. However, I have recruited two Seattle attendees to keep us updated with news! If anyone else is attending the gigantic annual USGBC conference and would like to contribute, please send an e-mail explaining who you are and what kind of info ...
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• Grey Global Moves Into LEED-CS-Hopeful Toy Building at 200 Fifth Avenue

  
  greenbuildingsNYC — Authority: 417
  Out of the top 50 commercial office leases that were signed in Manhattan back in 2007, the 6th largest was secured by advertising and marketing firm Grey Global Group for a new 370,000-square-foot headquarters at L&L Holding Companys 200 Fifth Avenue. (You may recall that for both calendar years 2007 and 2008, we ...
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• Super Heroes of Green Building

  
  Triple Pundit — Authority: 664
  With unprecedented legislation, forward-thinking design and standards, and many active supporters, one might say that California is a leader in the green building charge. Friday’s 3rd Annual Green Building Super Heroes Award Gala, hosted by the U.S. Green Building Council – Northern California Chapter (USGBC-NCC), ...
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• Volunteers Needed for a Neighborhood Clean-Up to Prepare for GreenBuild 2009

  
  Downtown Phoenix Journal — Authority: 521
  from the city of Phoenix: The city of Phoenix Neighborhood Services and Public Works Departments and the GreenBuild 2009 Host Committee are recruiting volunteers for a community clean-up event 8 a.m. to noon Sat., Oct. 31. Volunteers are needed to remove graffiti, trim trees and shrubs, clean-up trash and help ...
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