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I am gearing up for moderating the VERGE conference in Shanghai next week, so integration is on my mind
by Rob Watson
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In the environment, as in business, timing is critical. This is perhaps no more true than in the issue of anthropogenic climate change, and GreenBiz articles this week discuss the alarming news on carbon emissions and their impacts on cities.
by Rob Watson
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GE, four VC firms, the GSA, Wales and the city of Las Vegas might not seem to have a lot in common, but all are involved in efforts to advance green building and green building operations.
by Rob Watson
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Strategies to make buildings greener will abound at the upcoming GreenBuildingsNY conference -- a gathering that's designed to help owners, managers, architects and contractor stay competitive in these challenging times.
by Rob Watson
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From corporate real estate to organizational leadership to the potential for intelligent organization of larger-scale energy and water systems, recent articles illustrate the integration of green building into daily practice.<br />
by Rob Watson
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Even in the era of green lighting, a picture of Edison's screw-base A lamp is a near universally recognized symbol of someone having a bright idea -- although it is less than half as efficient as a compact fluorescent or LED.
by Rob Watson
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Helping one another is really the way things get done green-wise, and the only way we will solve our "you-bet-your-species" proposition of unmanageable climate change. We need to foster "coopetition" where people work together to hit a target.
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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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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I came across a Tweet for a blog about an owner of some LEED buildings that aren't performing as expected. My interest was more than a little piqued since said owner is my alma mater Dartmouth College. What's striking about the (albeit pained) tenor of the post is that LEED is to blame!<br />
by Rob Watson
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<font><font size='2'>In honor of Climate Week and World Green Building Day, I thought I would highlight several internationally oriented articles. <a href='../../../../../../news/2009/09/23/green-building-councils-around-globe-call-action-climate-change'>World Green Building Day</a> coincides with the UN General Assembly meeting in New York City, which is celebrating Climate Week by creating general gridlock in Manhattan for an entire week, thereby significantly raising CO2 mitigation requirements for future generations.</font></font>
by Rob Watson
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<font><font size='2'>There are definitely some very cool things coming down the pike in terms of materials, many of which are "available" in the market -- just not at anything resembling market prices.<br />
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by Rob Watson
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Today, Rob Watson begins an indepth look at the 12 points Donella Meadows outlined in her seminal piece published by the Sustainability Institute, 'Leverage Points: Places to Intervene in a System.' He starts with an examination of 'constants, parameters (and) numbers” in the form of gas and carbon taxes.
by Rob Watson