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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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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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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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That, according to the Dalai Lama, is what we need to solve the world's environmental problems.
by Rob Watson
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There's a reason why LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. Rob Watson explains.
by Rob Watson
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Green airports are in the news this week as the Indira Gandhi International Airport attains a LEED-Gold rating from the Indian Green Building Council and San Franciso International Airport opens a revamped terminal as a showcase for sustainable air travel.
by Rob Watson
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It seems to be a rite of spring for advocates of the Forest Stewardship Council and the Sustainable Forestry Initiative to go after each other about the relative credibility of each other’s forestry standards. This year the skirmishing has led eight companies to back away from the SFI label.
by Rob Watson
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The new wave of smart meters is going to bring openness and transparency to our resource consumption, and we're not going to like what we see.
by Rob Watson
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A legal victory, new energy regulations and a proposal from President Barack Obama to help green existing buildings are among the early "valentines" for the green building movement this year.<br />
by Rob Watson
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It wouldn't be Thanksgiving without thanks and there is so much for which to be thankful. Naturally, my gratitude begins with my family. I'm also thankful for being a part of something much bigger than myself and witnessing the enthusiasm, energy and knowledge of the emerging green builders at Greenbuild.
by Rob Watson
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On any given day during the school year, about half the country has a connection to a campus. And for the last decade, education has the been the largest sector in non-residential construction. With stats like these, no wonder everyone is falling over themselves to green these facilities.<br />
by Rob Watson
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A Northern California College, snack-manufacturer Shearer's Foods Inc. and Procter & Gamble with a study on green cleaning are highlighted this week for their efforts to raise the bar for greener buildings.<br />
by Rob Watson
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If we look at the fractal stupidity that passes for business as usual, we can make a strong case for institutionalization of those individuals and practices. And there’s no doubt that environmental programs and environmentalists need to be institutionalized, but in a different way: Simple ideas based on sound economic and sociological principles that just work.<br />
by Rob Watson
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In sorting out the controversy about the first third-party challenge to LEED, the first order of business is to understand what LEED is and how it works. Because the dispute about the certification award seems to come down to these questions: When is a LEED building a LEED building, when is it not, how do you know -- and if it's not, what do you do with it?
by Rob Watson
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I had a great day Wednesday . . . just learning. This welcome input-heavy respite came courtesy of the two-day GreenBuildingsNY conference.
by Rob Watson
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The process and adoption of innovation are the result of several forces at work, not all of them necessarily aligned: The need to customize the product to fit the specific needs of the client and the need for scope, scale and speed. You also must understand the group for which you are innovating.
by Rob Watson
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Yogi Berra warned that "It's tough to make predictions, particularly about the future," but this week Leanne Tobias offers her top 10 predictions for the green market in 2010. Myself, I'm particularly fond of predictions ...
by Rob Watson
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This is my last post for 2009 and I wanted to thank all of our readers for visiting the GreenerBuildings.com site and for your kind words, encouragement and constructive criticism. I really enjoy hearing from you and always learn something
by Rob Watson
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In the wake of an article on how SOME LEED-certified projects are not performing well, the Blogosphere and Twittersphere are alive with the sounds of dull, repetitive droning from the anti-LEED crowd.
by Rob Watson