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One of the world's largest design gatherings touted environmental concepts around every corner, but real green goods were few and far between.
by Evelyn Lee
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For the past few years, self-powered wireless technology has been gaining traction in building automation applications. Self-powered wireless technology allows a faster response to changes in how a building is internally configured -- cutting cost by saving time and expense in needed retrofits.
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One of my favorite books on leadership is “The Art of Possibility” by Rosamund and Benjamin Zander. Ben, the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, writes about how the energy from any musician in the orchestra can inspire others to step up and perform their best. So too is it in the greening of buildings.
by Rob Watson
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Los Angeles may have the most green buildings in the U.S., but San Francisco has the best market conditions across a range of considerations, according to new research.
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As a recently-minted author, I now understand you can never receive enough publicity for your new book. I've resolved to do my part to promote other new books on the sustainable real estate front. Here, then, are some recommendations for insightful green reading.
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What happens when green business meets cleantech? When those companies are like Best Buy, Autodesk and Serious Materials, you get firms that align their products and services with efforts to foster sustainability -- and in some cases guide the marketplace toward broader and deeper adoption of environmentally responsible practices.
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Design software developer Autodesk, Vestas, the East Japan Railway and Henkel are among the firms that have made the Top 10 Green Companies list compiled by global mutual fund Portfolio 21.
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I'm reading Gavin Menzies' fascinating book "1421" and was thinking about the challenges of early explorers: How do you get somewhere without a compass or a map? And if you could have only one, which would you prefer?
by Rob Watson
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I'm reading Gavin Menzies' fascinating book "1421" and was thinking about the challenges of early explorers: How do you get somewhere without a compass or a map? And if you could have only one, which would you prefer?
by Rob Watson
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Reusable and transformable facilities and materials were the top prize-winners in the 2009 Lifecycle Building Challenge awards handed out by the U.S. EPA and its partners; additional awards went to the greenest building product and the best job-creating product in the country.
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The vision: green rooftops, not just as gardens, but as urban agriculture hubs for herbs and edible greens, grown in renewable energy-powered greenhouses, allowing city dwellers to grow and sell food locally.
by Joel Makower
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In this in-depth interview, Interface founder and CEO Ray Anderson explains what it takes to be a 'radical industrialist,' and how the very first green project his company undertook both paid for and paved the way for every project since.
by Marc Gunther
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Energy efficiency is not as sexy as solar power or wind turbines or electric cars. It's not even as sexy as plastics. In fact, it can be stupefyingly dull. It's not much of a punchline. But it matters. It matters a lot.
by Marc Gunther
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Wells Fargo & Company's environmental financing has exceeded $3 billion, hurdling past its goal of providing $1 billion in commitments to Earth-friendly projects and doing so two years earlier than expected.
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Wells Fargo & Company has doubled its commitment to high performance, LEED-certified buildings in the past 19 months, bringing its total financing of green structures to more than $2 billion, the firm said today.
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The newly-formed Design Green Alliance offers sustainable furniture makers and vendors sales and marketing opportunities to increase their presence in the industry.
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The U.S. Green Building Council is compiling the top green building educational programs and is looking for classroom courses to support with grants.
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The Energy Efficiency Partnership of Greater Washington will spend millions identifying and retrofitting existing to make them more energy efficient. Partners include Hannon Armstrong and Pepco Energy Services, among others.