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UL Environment plans to develop sustainability standards for stone, ceramic, clay and glass building materials, as well as glazing materials, windows and their associated hardware and accessories.
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B Lab, the nonprofit that created the sustainable business certification, launched its building industry addenda at the <a href='http://www.greenerbuildings.com/view-term/all/Greenbuild%202009'>Greenbuild </a>conference Thursday, the product of 18 months of development by more than two dozen industry leaders.
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Johnson Controls Inc. has honored building science thought-leader Philip Fairey with the firm's Building Efficiency Lifetime Leadership Award for his three decades of wide-ranging research, innovation and standards development involving energy and energy efficiency.
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The first 24 hours of Greenbuild 2009 brought a flurry of announcements, including the latest version of the Living Building Challenge standards, the largest city-sponsored residential solar financing program in the country, and a big push from Electric lighting control firm Lutron to revamp its technologies to take advantage of potential energy savings and smart grid development.
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The United States' first voluntary rating system for sustainable landscapes launched last week, a development its creators hope will do for the landscaping sector what LEED did for the building industry.
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The owners of Taiwan's landmark skyscraper TAIPEI 101 are teaming up with SL+A International Asia Inc., Siemens and EcoTech International Inc. for an 18-month renovation that project partners say will make the highrise the tallest green building in the world.
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It seems like a new sustainability certification or standard is announced weekly. As these increase, along with corresponding logos and taglines, so too have questions about their validity and meaning for stakeholders.
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A panel discussion webcasted earlier today by GreenBiz.com explored the sticky situation that companies face when they're stuck between customers who want but don't understand green products, and a government increasingly enforcing anti-greenwash laws.
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The number of U.S. companies certified as B Corporations soared 80 percent over the last year, representing $1.1 billion in revenue and 54 industries, according to the first annual report from B Lab, the nonprofit that developed and administers the sustainable business standards.
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Former foes Staples Inc. and the nonprofit Dogwood Alliance are joining forces for a pilot project meant to give landowners in the southern U.S. the chance to earn money by conserving their forests and changing their management practices.
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Walmart has awarded the World Resources Institute a $420,000 grant to help create a set of accounting tools for companies to measure the carbon footprint of their supply chains. The WRI will also use the grant to produce the "Green Standards Guide," a resource book examining environmental certifications, WRI said Thursday.
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California's green building code, the first of its kind in the nation, will be used as a resource in the development of a proposed international green code for commercial buildings.
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Working with 11 education and environmental groups, the U.S. Green Building Council has formed the Coalition for Green Schools to launch the third year of its campaign to make America's classrooms more eco-friendly and healthier for students and teachers.
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The city of San Francisco now has over 120 architects, engineers and construction managers who are LEED accredited professionals and are shepherding more than 40 LEED-registered municipal projects through the green building review process.
by Gavin Newsom
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New York has joined the growing ranks of state and local governments in the U.S. to require that new state buildings and major renovations of existing structures conform to green building principles.
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The concept of green meetings should be more clearly defined by year's end under proposed Green Meeting and Events Voluntary Standards that are being reviewed by stakeholders from industries ranging from lodging to transportation.
by Glenn Hasek
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Green Seal's certification standard for restaurants and foodservice operations has been approved by the American National Standards Institute, making the guidelines the first of their kind to be nationally recognized, Green Seal said today.
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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
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Commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle will continue to provide facility and property management for 25 regional U.S. offices of McDonald's Corp. and 831,000 square feet of the restaurant company's office space in the Chicago area.
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Within the industries that create and operate our built environment, the LEED green building certification system has become a positive market force
by Ken Hall
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UL Environment Inc. has become an official certification body for the Business and Institutional Furniture Manufacturers Association and will help makers of building materials attain the NAHB Research Center "Green Approved" product seal.
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With the announcement of Walmart's Sustainability Index and the release of 15 questions for its suppliers, the retail giant has ignited a far-reaching dialogue on supply chain transparency and environmental sustainability.
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Green lodging certifier Green Seal has extended its ecolabeling program to restaurants and foodservice establishments that reduce their environmental impacts, with a focus on responsible food purchasing and waste reduction.
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The Green Building Certification Institute opened registration today for the exams to attain the new LEED Green Associate and Accredited Professional Operation and Maintenance credentials.
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The Minnesota GreenStar program is a new standards program that will certify environmentally friendly building practices for new and existing buildings alike, as well as remodeling and building addition projects.