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    GETTING GREEN PRODUCTS RIGHT

    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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    PRESERVING CULTURAL LANDSCAPES

    Just as the concept of cultural landscape can mitigate polarized views of nature versus artifice, so it can bridge divisive opinions on the relative importance of "architecture" versus "history."

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    Green Building ‘Design Evaluation System’ — India Infoline, 2008.0807

    Green Jobs, Subprime Confessions — Insurance News Net, 2008.0805

    Clean Energy: Do We Need an Apollo Project for Energy? — CBC, 2008.0805

    Eco-Towns: A Design for Life — The Times (UK), 2008.0805

    Designing for Performance, Not Prescription — Sustainable Industries, 2008.0804

    Newsom Signs the Nation's Most Stringent Green Building Codes — San Francisco Chronicle, 2008.0804

    Tucson Firehouses Go Green — Arizona Daily Star, 2008.0804

    Green Mansion Kills Off Pink Starfish — The Times (UK), 2008.0803

    Edible Kitchen Cabinets? — West Coast Homes, 2008.0803

    Scientist Says Feathers Are Future of Asia Construction — Associated Foreign Press, 2008.0803

    When Building Green Harms the Environment — MSNBC, 2008.0803

    Las Vegas Bets on Environmentalism — USA Today, 2008.0803

    California Green Building Code Harbinger of the Future? — GlobeSt, 2008.0802

    U.S. Utilities Advance Solar Projects — World Changing (blog), 2008.0801

    China's 'Rapid Renewables Surge' — BBC News, 2008.0801

    Wildfires May Improve Forests' Ability to Sequester Carbon — Scientific American, 2008.0801

    Common-Sense Green Buildings — BusinessWeek, 2008.0801

    Pittsburghs Green Mixed-Use Skyscraper — GoStructural, 2008.0731

    MIT Develops Way to Bank Solar Energy at Home — Reuters, 2008.0731

    Scraping the Bottom of the Oil Barrel a Significant New Climate Risk — Web Wire, 2008.0730

    Three Senators Call for EPA Chief to Resign — Reuters, 2008.0729

    Like Suburbs, Large Cities Are Rethinking Growth Patterns — USA Today, 2008.0729

    Climate Experts Tussle over Details. Public Gets Whiplash. — New York Times, 2008.0729

    Before Guests Arrive, Beijing Hides Some Messes — New York Times, 2008.0729

    USGBC Outsources LEED Certification Process — Michigan Live, 2008.0729

    Japan Adopts Action Plan Against Global Warming — Associated Foreign Press, 2008.0729

    Lib Warns Leaders to Wait on Climate — The Australian, 2008.0729

    U.S. Blacks Face Harsher Climate Change Impact — Reuters, 2008.0729

    US Environmental Agency Silences Employees on Climate Change — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0729

    The Costs of Not Building Green — Green Building Elements, 2008.0724

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