green building

Green building, is a term used to describe the practice of building various structures with environmentally safe products and using processes that are environmentally responsible from the very first stages in design, all the way through to full construction.

Green builders pay close attention to the energy efficient heating and cooling systems in green homes because the benefits are two fold. There are obvious savings to the home owner and at the same time there is a reduction in the carbon footprint.

There are many building materials that would be considered 'green' including bamboo, straw, lumber from forests that are certified to be sustainably managed, ecology blocks, dimension stone, recycled stone, and recycled metal.

You'll find bloggers talking about green building at sites like The Green To The Scene Blog and The Go Green Tool Shed Blog.

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Original Technorati articles tagged “green building”

• in Green
  Eco-Home Trends for 2010
  The trend toward greener, more sustainable building underlies many design choices of today’s home buyers
  by Roselind / on Jan 9, 2010
• in Lifestyle
  Remodeling Decisions That Add Value: Improving Living Areas
  A great living area draws people into it in a natural way, and provides a center for common activities.
  by Roselind / on Oct 25, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “green building”

 

• Qatar Concrete Company

  
  Business Excellence — Authority: 118
  Qatar Concrete Company is pioneering a new concrete mixing technology that may well revolutionise the production of this essential construction material in hot countries. Executive directorAntoine Abboud talks to Gay Sutton about the challenges and solutions.   Thumbnail Image:  ...
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• Pike Research: Building Energy Management Systems to Reach $6B by 2020

  
  Daily clean energy briefing from eBoom — Authority: 116
  Energy Star-certified building, Smithsonian headquarters, image courtesy Smithsonian.com Pike Research , a global consulting firm, has issued a new report noting that global revenues from building energy management systems are expected to rise almost 14 percent, year over year, through the end of ...
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• First Pictures of the New Siemens Headquarters at Masdar City

  
  Green Prophet — Authority: 544
  The new Siemens Headquarters in Masdar City will be 65, 617 square feet when completed by the end of this year. We recently reported that Siemens has teamed up with Masdar to develop a new generation of sand-resistant solar panels that will make more sense for desert environments, and that building the firm’s ...
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• The Ultimate Green Building Material: Dirt?

  
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  Dwell Earth has high aspirations for a humble building material: Dirt.
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• Fears over green building standard for new schools

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  UK Green Building Council and Aldersgate Group urge Education Secretary not to scrap BREEAM requirement for new schools Businesses have made a last-ditch attempt to prevent the Education Secretary scrapping a rule requiring new schools to meet the globally recognised BRE Environmental Assesment Method (BREEAM) ...
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• The Green Building Council of South Africa

  
  Witness This — Authority: 92
  The Green Building Council of South Africa aims to ensure that all South Africans can work and live in healthy, efficient and productive environments Related Posts : The Greenest Building in the Southern Hemisphere Green gadgets on show at Stuff Live! Heat pumps vs. air conditioners
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• Justice Is Served With A LEED Gold Touch

  
  EarthTechling — Authority: 616
  Justice is golden in Rockingham County, N.C. , in a way that few other communities can claim. The county’s Judicial Center, in the town of Wentworth, has  earned LEED Gold designation from the U.S. Green Building Council. Not only is it the first judicial center in the state of North Carolina to gain that ...
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• Try to remember To Select the correct Countertops For A Columbus Kitchen Remodeling Project

  
  Oriental Bamboo - The home of Eco-Logic Bamboo — Authority: 112
  Read more @ Eco-Logic Bamboo When you’re selecting points for your Columbus kitchen remodeling projects, you’ve a great deal of options to make prior to the project even gets started. While you need to pick appliances, sinks and fixtures, you also must choose the right countertops to your counters and island if ...
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• Green Building Trends for 2012

  
  Norsteel — Authority: 94
  Leaves. Image Source: Public domain. After identifying the primary discussions on green construction , urban awareness, and environmental consciousness among varied sectors (architects, developers, policymakers, appraisers, lenders, builders, homeowners, etc.), the Earth Advantage Institute , a nonprofit green ...
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• NEW GREEN GOLD @ LAX

  
  Southern California Green Real Estate Blog — Authority: 89
  by Jodi Summers Los Angeles International Airport has the world’s first LEED Gold Aircraft Rescue and Fire Fighting facility.  The Gold certification recognizes the project’s efforts at maximizing operational efficiency while minimizing negative environmental impacts. Also known as LAFD Station 80 at Los Angeles ...
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• 8 Amazing Hidden Rooftop Houses in New York City

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 695
  From the world’s largest rooftop farm to stunning private gardens , we’ve seen a lot of amazing designs on New York City rooftops, but who would have thought to place an entire house atop a Big Apple building? More people than you would think, that’s for sure. The idea of a rooftop house may seem ...
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• Globe Trotting: Inside Paris Insanely, Utterly Bonkers "Tropical Greenhouse"

  
  Curbed National — Authority: 629
  Click here to view the full photogallery. Designed by the French firm ARTUR Architectes, Maison 14 wears its eco-friendliness on its sleeve: it was the first house in Paris to achieve 14 HQE (High Quality Environmental) standards, a mark that has become the benchmark for green building in the country. This ...
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• SOM Unveils Soaring Daylit Tower for China’s Greenland Group Suzhou Center

  
  INHABITAT — Authority: 695
  Read the rest of SOM Unveils Soaring Daylit Tower for China’s Greenland Group Suzhou Center Permalink |Add to del.icio.us | digg Post tags: "sustainable architecture" , atrium , building lungs , china , eco design , eco skyscraper , eco tower , green architecture , Green Building , green design , ...
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• Clean Energy Challenge: And Then There Were 10

  
  EarthTechling — Authority: 616
  Despite it being January, the Midwest is heating up – at least in cleantech circles. The  Clean Energy Trust (CET) has selected the 10 finalists who will duke it out for a total of $250,000 in prizes in the 2012 Clean Energy Challenge. Independent evaluators picked through  more than 100 applications before ...
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• Happy New Year! My New Year’s Resolutions

  
  GreenAR by the Day — Authority: 112
  Happy New Year, everybody! I know, I know. It’s been over 2 weeks since we welcomed 2012. What have I been doing? Celebrating, of course! New Year is the most important holiday for us Japanese, and we generally celebrate anywhere between 3 days to a week. I celebrated extra long and took a vacation from the blog ...
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• How green is their valley? Ebbw Vale residents sought to test eco homes

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 962
  United Welsh Housing Association is running a competition to find people to live in two eco-homes rent free for 12 months to assess the buildings green credentials Two families will have the opportunity to live rent free in one of two new eco homes in return for evaluating how well the properties function. The ...
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• Front Door Security

  
  Oriental Bamboo - The home of Eco-Logic Bamboo — Authority: 112
  Read more @ Eco-Logic Bamboo Door Security measure 67% of break-ins take place through the front door. Standard door locks (Yale variety) on its own is actually not really enough. The door should also be fitted other locks at points along the door. These types of locks should become some thing similar to a five ...
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• Rio+20 Sustainable Development Agenda Leaks

  
  Eagle Mat Blog — Authority: 89
  United Nations Agenda for Upcoming Rio+20 Hits the Web and Spreads Environmentalists and policymakers from around the world are well aware of the upcoming United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development.  Referred to by industry insiders as the Rio+20, the event serves as a 20-year follow-up to the United ...
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• The Greenest Building in Vancouver?

  
  James Glave — Authority: 79
  Photo: Lucas Finlay, lucasfinlay.com Is the new Van Dusen Botanical Gardens visitors’ center “the greenest building in Vancouver,” as the headline on my new article on the place claims? That depends on how you slice it. Van Dusen’s architecture team,  Perkins + Will , also designed the incredible   CIRS ...
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• Is Training the Answer? Not always, says Kelly Kirkland, CSBA, ASTD, LEED AP O+M

  
  Building Capacity — Authority: 92
  The green building industry is slowly coming to realize that the most efficiently designed buildings in the world won’t operate at peak efficiency without well-trained building operators, managers and occupants. With technology evolving and people turning over, ongoing training is generally required to achieve peak ...
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