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By 2018, a full 37 percent of building companies expect more than half of their projects green certified, up from 18 percent currently.
by James Murray
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Earth Day may be Hayes's most famous project, but his quest to get the Bullitt Center certified as a Living Building is fascinating.
by Mike Hower
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Envision, a sustainability rating system for public works projects, gives tools to civil engineers and planners.
by Anna Clark
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The new ice cream factory may be the first facility of its kind to be LEED-certified. Here's why.
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A new green-property index promises to put portfolio managers under the microscope.
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The world headquarters for the Hearst media company, the Perkins+Will Atlanta office and a vast Office Depot distribution center are among the eye-catching projects to earn LEED green building certification.<br />
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While American consumers continue to view solar power, wind energy and greener cars favorably, overall support for clean energy concepts is slipping, Pike Research finds.
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The U.S. Green Building Council unveils its tally of the states with the highest concentration of LEED-rated buildings per capita based on certifications in the past year.
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Last week, we reported that Jones Lang LaSalle surpassed its goal of having 1,000 certified sustainability professionals on its books. The USGBC has since told us which companies have the most LEED APs on their payrolls.
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The Korean automaker's US operations are working with the Gensler architectural firm on a design for a new headquarters complex that's to be built to LEED-Gold standards in Southern California.
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The amount of LEED-certified square footage for existing buildings now exceeds that of new construction for the first time in the history of the U.S. Green Building Council.
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There's a difference between a green revolution and a green party, and many in the sustainability movement have been mistaking the latter for the former, Thomas Friedman said at Greenbuild, spelling out a key theme at the event.
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Solyndra takes center stage in D.C., policymakers try to stop glass buildings from killing birds, the EPA chief pays a visit to Method, and more are making green headlines.
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The U.S. Building Council reaches the LEED milestone with more than 1.3 billion square feet of commercial property worldwide now certified under the organization's standards.
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GE unveils a new $48-million data center that serves its global appliances and lighting business.<br />
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I'm in West Virginia spending a week with 100 super bright-green teens at the Student Climate and Conservation Congress (SC3) for my annual renewal of hope -- and I'm getting what I came for.
by Rob Watson
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The U.S. Green Building Council's streamlined LEED certification for large groups of existing buildings became official this week, and Cushman & Wakefield, Bentall Kennedy and Kohl's are already reporting strong savings from the program.
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In Paris neighborhoods, the streets are lined with fresh vegetables stands, fruit stores, butchers, cheese stores. What's striking about these little shops is how local they are -- and it seems to me that we need a lot less urban in the environment and a lot more environment in the urban.
by Rob Watson
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The InterContinental San Francisco has brought carsharing, one of the few available Toyota Prius Plug-In Hybrids and a charging station to the hotel, broadening the environmental portfolio of the LEED-Gold rated property.
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The green dentistry movement takes another step forward with the first LEED certification for a private pediatric dental office, a practice in California's Marin County.
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Undeterred by fractious politics in the Capitol and sometimes closer to home, government agencies at all levels are pushing ahead with green building initiatives.
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With almost 200 LEED-certified projects to its credit and another 230 LEED-registered projects in progress, Turner is one of the biggest construction companies in the U.S.
by Marc Gunther
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In today's contentious environment, everybody seems to have their own version of the truth. I wish there were a corollary to the effect of "and ignorance shall enslave you." And if not enslave, ignorance certainly shall lead us to make bad decisions.
by Rob Watson
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The Department of Education, the EPA and the White House Council on Environmental Quality have created the Green Ribbon Schools program to recognize schools that are demonstrating excellence toward sustainability.<br />
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That, according to the Dalai Lama, is what we need to solve the world's environmental problems.
by Rob Watson