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Green project requirements can be found just about anywhere in the contract documents. This is also true for green building product requirements that are an important part of any green building project. Just like green project requirements, green building product requirements can be included in the contract documents either explicitly or implicitly.
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Nestled into a hillside near Asheville, North Carolina, the Blue Ridge Parkway Destination Center is projected to use 75 percent less energy than a comparable conventionally designed facility. Trombe walls, a planted roof, bioswales, daylighting, a high-efficiency mechanical energy-recovery system, and other "green" features add up to make this National Park Service facility a contender for LEED Gold certification.
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More Environment Car Buyers Downsize, but Spend Big on Options — New York Times, 2008.0717For Pelosi, a Fight Against Offshore Drilling — New York Times, 2008.0717 A More Flattering Shade of Green — New York Times, 2008.0717 Who’S Backing Gingrich’S ‘Drill Here’ Push? — New York Times, 2008.0717 Country, the City Version: Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest — New York Times, 2008.0715 Country, the City Version: Farms in the Sky Gain New Interest — New York Times, 2008.0715 Sustainable Construction Goes to School — Reed Construction Data, 2008.0715 Prefab Takes Manhattan — World Changing (blog), 2008.0715 When Building Green Harms the Environment — Forbes, 2008.0715 Green Architecture's New Goal: Affordable but Stylish Sustainability — Environmental Leader, 2008.0714 Schwarzenegger: Bush Administration's Global-Warming Action Bogus — redOrbit, 2008.0714 The Language of Going Green — LiveScience, 2008.0714 Follow the LEEDer — Metropolis, 2008.0714 New Urban Complex for Dubailand — Inhabitat (blog), 2008.0714 County Green Buildings Programs Grow by Almost Fivefold — Greener Buildings, 2008.0714 Australian Ecovillage Receives Sustainability Awards — Infolink, 2008.0714 GE Gives Turboprops a Whirl — BusinessWeek, 2008.0714 In Search of Better (and Greener) Building Blocks — New York Times, 2008.0713 'Green' Latrine, Very Keen — Chicago Tribune, 2008.0713 So, Just How Green Will the Eco-Towns Be? — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0713 Modular Houses Barge In — Martha's Vineyard Magazine, 2008.0712 Green Architecture's New Goal: Stylish Sustainability — Christian Science Monitor, 2008.0711 US Court Slaps Down Pollution Law — Nature, 2008.0711 LEED: Credits, Cuts, and Converts — Rapid Growth Media, 2008.0710 Organic Dyes Help Harvest Sunlight — Nature, 2008.0710 World Ports Tackle Greenhouse Gas Emissions — AFP, 2008.0709 HABITAT 2020: Future Smart ‘Living’ Architecture — Inhabitat (blog), 2008.0709 LCD Chemical Found to Have 17,000 Times the Climate Impact of CO2. — Triple Pundit, 2008.0708 Cheney's Office Sought to Change Climate Testimony — New York Times, 2008.0708 Green with Architecture — Fordham, 2008.0701
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