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New report says venture capital investment in low-carbon building startups hit a record $2.2 billion in 2022.
by Amber Rolt
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How can your company obtain its share of local, state and federal energy benefits? Learn how here.
by Bob Zak
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As of this month, the more than 3,750 properties that are part of Hilton Worldwide are participating in the company's LightStay sustainability management program. Christopher Corpuel, Hitlon's green guru, tells GreenBiz how they made it happen.<br />
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Autodesk is on a mission to dispel any doubts about the power and possibilities that cloud computing brings to sustainable design. The technology and its impacts on design are Topic A at company's user conference in Las Vegas.
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The first day of the world's biggest green building event brought out more news from more companies and organizations than could conceivably be covered. Here are some of today's highlights.
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Japan's industrial firms offer cleantech solutions to step up recovery efforts from the earthquake and tsunami last spring, environmental groups slap the EPA with lawsuits over pollution standards, and more make green headlines today.
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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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While green has become the new black and cleantech is now viewed as sexy, affordable housing -- as fundamental to societal well-being as energy security -- maintains a reputation as a dowdy old aunt. But that can change as new views emerge of the social return on investment provided by green, affordable housing.
by Sara Olsen
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An international roster of leaders from city and state governments and business shared their best strategies for financing large-scale deployment of low carbon technologies in the built environment to create smarter grids, buildings, transportations systems and urban infrastructure.
by Molly Webb
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Sierra magazine has released its annual list of the "Coolest Schools" in the U.S. -- a roster of colleges and universities that the publication scored the highest in combatting climate change and teaching students about sustainability.
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SunRun's solar leasing program has removed two obstacles to solar -- the upfront cost and hassles. Yet despite more than $155 million in funding, the company only has about 5,000 customers -- so far.
by Marc Gunther
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The combination of retrofit, accelerated tax depreciation and carbon tax risk analyses needs to become an integrated part of portfolio assessments. Whether a portfolio includes millions of square feet, or a series of small facilities, it invariably has untapped values in these areas. As Richard Locke said of sustainability, "You pull a thread and everything comes together."
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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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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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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.