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Retrofitting existing spaces to promote health for occupants and diversifying the facilities management workforce will foster the next-generation built environment.
by Holly Secon
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BusinessGreen editor in chief James Murray discusses how the Ukraine power is writing the rules for energy security in European, and GreenBiz Senior Analyst John Davies chats about salary dynamics for corporate sustainability professionals.
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Plus, highlights from our recent interview with Goodyear CTO Chris Helsel.
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Green building construction accounts for 38 percent of new jobs in the so-called green economy and 33 percent of all construction jobs. Here's a look at why this boom is happening.
by Dan Probst
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Facebook and Google already know that information workers want freedom to roam outdoors. Preserving public lands is good for business.
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A new study finds that the president's plan to make existing buildings more energy efficient could also create more than 100,000 green jobs at the same time.
by Meg Waltner
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Over the past two weeks, the Obama Administration has unveiled policy proposals affecting green real estate that have left me cheering in one case and gravely concerned in another.
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In New Orleans, I recently met a woman known in the Crescent City as the "Demo Diva," an entrepreneur who took her personal tragedy from Hurricane Katrina and turned it into a woman-owned and -run demolition business, complete with hot pink front loader and giant Dumpster.
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I often speak to law students or prospective law students interested in green building careers. This post includes my standard advice ... First and foremost, green building is not a fad.
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Amid fanfare at Sunnyvale green building firm Serious Materials, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger announced on the eve of Earth Day that he signed legislation to establish a statewide program for the popular retrofit loan option known as PACE.
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The Obama administration is awarding $100 million in Recovery Act funds for smart grid workforce training to prepare an estimated 30,000 Americans for the jobs that are expected to help transform the country's utility and electrical manufacturing industries.
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We have upon us the next Industrial Revolution, where companies who make products that embody energy efficiency now have a worldwide advantage. We can’t let other countries lead the world in this next Industrial Revolution, because this is our calling.
by Kevin Surace
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The U.S. Labor Department's release this week of $100 million in Recovery Act funds for green job training includes a nearly $3 million grant to New York City's innovative energy efficiency education program for building superintendents.<br />
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With world leaders poised to begin climate talks, it's time to apply lessons learned locally to the global playing field. We need critical thinking and action by leaders who are willing to apply those local solutions to drive change at a global scale.<br />
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Serious Materials, the California company that specializes in energy efficient, eco-friendly building products, is supplying its super-insulating SeriousWindows to the Community and Economic Development Association of Cook County, the largest weatherization agency in the United States.
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The United States could make its buildings more environmentally responsible and create more green jobs by taking a cue from programs in the European Union and Australia, according to new research by the Rand Corporation.
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Thin film solar-panel maker Solyndra Inc., recipient of the DOE's first loan guarantee to back innovative technology, has begun construction of a second manufacturing plant.
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The House of Representatives passed a sweeping energy bill Saturday that included a provision directing millions of dollars toward training a "green" workforce.