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The U.S., despite its technological prowess, might be falling behind other nations.
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A Ceres roundtable on energy efficiency retrofits resulted in three types of recommendations for spurring movement.
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Even if you favor reducing federal expenditures, sequestration is bad news for both green and conventional businesses.
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If we heed the hurricane's devastating warning, we'll get serious about upgrading the U.S. electrical grid, increasing our use of renewable energy, and improving energy efficiency.
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Federal officials' opposition to the PACE financing program for energy efficiency improvements was highlighted in a recent rulemaking notice inviting public comment on the program.
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I’m taking a detour from my typical commentary on green buildings and building energy efficiency to weigh in on the controversy concerning labor conditions at Chinese factories contracted to assemble <a href='http://www.apple.com/'>Apple’s iPhones and iPads</a>.
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From nature preserves to eco-friendly hotels and sustainable building projects, there are plenty of examples of green businesses and recovery in the greater New Orleans area.
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Though the French Quarter and Bourbon Street are booming, as much as 40 percent of eastern New Orleans is vacant. Six years after Katrina, work continues to revive the community.
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Amidst the bleakest economy in memory, the construction industry in the US needs all the good news it can get. Fortunately, there have been a couple glimmers of hope in recent weeks.
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While American media and pundits are bemoaning our inability to create any jobs or compete on green technologies, Asian countries are putting to work -- with great results -- the same ideas that have been killed in US political skirmishes.
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The president last night laid out a balanced and pragmatic program to boost the economy through creating green jobs. But -- even if it is approved by Congress -- is it going to be enough?
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The president will make a high-profile speech on Thursday night that is expected to focus entirely on job creation. Here are several easy building energy-efficiency programs that will create significant economic growth and employment.
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With the debt ceiling negotiations bringing all eyes to bear on the $3.5 trillion federal budget, it's prime time to look at how a measly $12 million investment can boost building energy efficiency for years to come.
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Sustainable agriculture comes in many forms. Urban farms, vertical farms and community supported agriculture are just a few of the ways to fulfill a common mission: bringing produce to areas dominated by pavement.<br />
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What's it like to go from greed to green, then to green your life? Author and sustainability expert David Gottfried offers up his experiences as lessons learned for folks who want to travel a more sustainable life path.<br />
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Controversial budget-related in legislation in Wisconsin, criticized for the restrictions it would place on collective bargaining rights of state and local employees, could also have a broad ripple effect on investment in commercial real estate and green properties.
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Over the past two weeks, the Obama Administration has unveiled policy proposals affecting green real estate that have left me cheering in one case and gravely concerned in another.
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If we're lucky, President Barack Obama's speech allows us to resume a national conversation -- largely held in abeyance during the fury of the 2010 election year -- that recognizes green business as an appropriate vehicle for economic renewal.
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Green real estate has gone mainstream but finding financing for it -- as with conventional property and projects -- can be challenging. The Urban Land Institute Conference offered strategies for pursuing scarce dollars in a tight economy.
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Should the federal government have a role in developing green product standards? The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency wants to hear from you on subject and will accept public comment until October 17.
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On Maryland's Eastern Shore, the future of the seafood business is intertwined with the ecosystem of the Chesapeake Bay. Oystering is a key aspect of the Bay's heritage -- the early Native Americans called the bay "great shellfish growing water." But the Chesapeake's heritage of abundance has been threatened by decades of ecological imbalance.<br />
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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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The already nightmarish Gulf oil spill from BP's deepwater drill is only getting more complicated with the arrival of hurricane season. A few new guidelines will make disaster planning easier and prevent future catastrophies.
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Gritty realism has tempered but not daunted hopes on the green job front. Advocates concede the ramp-up of stimulus-funded initiatives, such as the weatherization program, has been slower than anticipated. But they point to the 2 million jobs that have been saved or created and investment in renewal energy projects as signs of success
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Environmental product declarations, though in their infancy in the U.S., are becoming must-haves in the German building industry. As the demand for transparency in product design and manufacturing grows, can standardized environmental labels be far behind?