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No, it's not a new LEED standard. A first-of-its-kind trademark program aims to cut both the red tape and the risk associated with energy efficiency retrofits.
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Understanding the differences among a range of product disclosure types will help building teams avoid confusion.
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As the technology to manage building performance and efficiency evolves, so do the voluntary initiatives that provide standards for the new solutions. Companies that take a hand in the process can accelerate the pace and adoption of building innovation.
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During a webcast organized by GreenBiz.com this week, representatives from the US Department of Energy and Underwriters Laboratories walked through the details of the just-released energy management standard, and how companies can get on board, quickly.
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The U.S. Green Building Council's streamlined LEED certification for large groups of existing buildings became official this week, and Cushman & Wakefield, Bentall Kennedy and Kohl's are already reporting strong savings from the program.
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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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With this week's news of seven major companies dropping their support for the Sustainable Forestry Initiative, a war of words has heated up between SFI and the Forest Stewardship Council, the other wood products certification on the market.
by Marc Gunther
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Why do some green buildings perform as designed or better, while others might barely make the grade, even if certified? It turns out that even the most sustainably designed, intelligent building is only as smart and green as the people who occupy and operate it.
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Procter & Gamble has pledged to seek LEED certification for all new facilities in the company's latest move to pursue its recently announced sustainability vision. The consumer packaged goods behemoth made the commitment as it broke ground on manufacturing plant in China.
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More than a decade ago the U.S. Green Building Counci launched the LEED green building certification program, and since then LEED has certified more than 13,500 green commercial buildings and homes with nearly 60,000 more seeking certification. Today, 42 percent of all LEED-certified homes qualify as low-income housing as part of an effort to make health, green housing more accessible.
by Nate Kredich
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The Bank of America Charitable Foundation and the U.S. Green Building Council have launched a grant program to support the creation of healthy, green neighborhoods that integrate business districts and commercial buildings with residential areas, retail, services and public transit all within walkable distances.
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With a new-found awareness of the potential of energy efficiency, 2010 promises to be a year of action to green buildings. There are three key factors that get people to act: incentives, funding and solutions that are proven to work.
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As the sun began to set on 2009, we asked some of our readers and partners to share their innovations, commitments, and passions for the coming year.
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Johnson Controls Inc. has honored building science thought-leader Philip Fairey with the firm's Building Efficiency Lifetime Leadership Award for his three decades of wide-ranging research, innovation and standards development involving energy and energy efficiency.