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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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In a rare move, the World Green Building Council has invited the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method to join as a member, making BREEAM the only organization that's not a Green Building Council to be asked to participate.
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UL Environment plans to develop sustainability standards for stone, ceramic, clay and glass building materials, as well as glazing materials, windows and their associated hardware and accessories.
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B Lab, the nonprofit that created the sustainable business certification, launched its building industry addenda at the <a href='http://www.greenerbuildings.com/view-term/all/Greenbuild%202009'>Greenbuild </a>conference Thursday, the product of 18 months of development by more than two dozen industry leaders.
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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.
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The first 24 hours of Greenbuild 2009 brought a flurry of announcements, including the latest version of the Living Building Challenge standards, the largest city-sponsored residential solar financing program in the country, and a big push from Electric lighting control firm Lutron to revamp its technologies to take advantage of potential energy savings and smart grid development.
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The owners of Taiwan's landmark skyscraper TAIPEI 101 are teaming up with SL+A International Asia Inc., Siemens and EcoTech International Inc. for an 18-month renovation that project partners say will make the highrise the tallest green building in the world.
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California's green building code, the first of its kind in the nation, will be used as a resource in the development of a proposed international green code for commercial buildings.
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New York has joined the growing ranks of state and local governments in the U.S. to require that new state buildings and major renovations of existing structures conform to green building principles.
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The concept of green meetings should be more clearly defined by year's end under proposed Green Meeting and Events Voluntary Standards that are being reviewed by stakeholders from industries ranging from lodging to transportation.
by Glenn Hasek
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In the wake of an article on how SOME LEED-certified projects are not performing well, the Blogosphere and Twittersphere are alive with the sounds of dull, repetitive droning from the anti-LEED crowd.
by Rob Watson
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Commercial real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle will continue to provide facility and property management for 25 regional U.S. offices of McDonald's Corp. and 831,000 square feet of the restaurant company's office space in the Chicago area.