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San Francisco's iconic Transamerica Pyramid, a unique silhouette on the city skyline for almost 40 years, celebrates a green building milestone.
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Each year vendors introduce a new element into the science-fair-on-steroids spectacle of the Greenbuild trade show. Here are highlights of some of the big attention-getters in Toronto.
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The iconic skyscaper, whose green retrofit and refurbishing have become almost as celebrated as the landmark, achieved the certification under Leadership for Energy and Environmental Design standards today.<br />
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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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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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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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A new global standard for energy management systems goes on the books this year. What will it mean for your company? A recent GreenBiz.com webcast examined ISO 50001.
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The drive to make government facilities more energy and resource efficient is an important force in the green building movement and offers significant opportunities for business that partner with city, state and federal agencies in their efforts.<br />
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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 controversy over wood certifications standards fired up again today with an announcement from the advocacy group ForestEthics that Office Depot, Symantec, wholesale business products distributor United Stationers and four other companies are backing away from the Sustainable Forestry Initiative -- a report that left SFI unfazed.
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Digital media software giant Adobe has added another LEED-Platinum green building rating to its tally of top certifications from the U.S. Green Building Council.<br />
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For a second consecutive year, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C., and San Francisco took the No. 1, 2, and 3 spots at the head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's list of 25 cities with the most Energy Star rated buildings in the country.
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New resources from the Institute for Market Transformation, the Natural Resources Defense Council and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy offer a range of tools and information about policy on energy performance and rating of buildings, enabling users to dig deeply into the subject.
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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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As an attorney, I tend to think the contract is the key element to a successful construction project. Upon further review, I am convinced that to successfully manage a LEED project, an owner needs to ensure a clear RFP is drafted.
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The first wave of GreenBuild announcements that began trickling in last week has grown into a deluge, ranging from product certifications and awards to new tools and resources.
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Rigorous environmental product declarations are relatively new in the U.S., and Bekaert Specialty Films is among the early adopters of the practice. BSF completed a climate declaration with the lifecycle analyses of 32 of its solar window films.<br />
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Office Depot has opened its first store registered as a green building project under LEED standards for commercial interiors -- the latest move in the company's program to make its sites more environmentally friendly.
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The headquarters of the International Finance Corporation, the World Bank member that provides financing for private sector investment in developing countries, has earned a LEED-Platinum rating, the most prestigious of the U.S. Green Building Council certifications.<br />
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The Green Building Council Italia has become the first organization in the European Union to implement the LEED green building rating system.
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The highrise housing the Phoenix Companies' headquarters has become the first historic building in New England to be certified under the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED system.
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A brace of buildings ranging from a highrise to potato chip factory have recently earned LEED ratings.
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The Sustainable Forestry Initiative says it has gathered more than 5,000 signatures for its online petition calling for the U.S. Green Building Council to recognize wood products bearing certification from a variety of groups, including the SFI.
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Given the overwhelming evidence about the dangers of second- and third-hand smoke, a case can be made that a hotel cannot truly be considered a green lodging until it is free of tobacco smoke poisons.
by Glenn Hasek
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Support for green construction and LEED certification dipped slightly in 2009 but remains strong across the past three years despite the recession, according to the latest green building survey by Allen Matkins, Constructive Technologies Group and the Green Building Insider.<br />