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Another building type shattered the dual-glazed, low-e glass ceiling in April 2008 when the U.S. Green Building Council first awarded LEED Platinum certification to a museum complex.
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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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More Environment Mother Earth's Big Comeback — UTNE, 2008.0901A Sustainability That Aims to Seduce — New York Times, 2008.0821 Study: People Rank Global Warming Lower Than Local Environmental Issues — Environmental Expert, 2008.0820 Whatever Floats Your Boat — Nature, 2008.0820 Tibetan Meadows Emit Methane — Nature, 2008.0820 Plans for the Largest Ever Solar-Power Plants — Nature, 2008.0820 People Rank Global Warming Lower Than Local Environmental Issues — redOrbit, 2008.0819 How Green Is Your Roof? — Nature, 2008.0819 Universally Welcoming — Ottawa Citizen, 2008.0819 Victoria Leads by Example in Sustainable Practices — Vancouver Sun, 2008.0819 Eco-Living at Arcosanti in Cordes Junction — Arizona Republic, 2008.0819 Structures so Green They Give Back to the Environment — Plenty, 2008.0819 Eco-Homes: Less Than Zero — Telegraph, 2008.0819 Renewable Power's Growth in Colorado Presages National Debate — Washington Post, 2008.0818 Using LEED to Become a Green Building Leader — Concrete Contractor, 2008.0818 U.K. Housing Industry Pulls Together to Improve Sustainability Success Rate — 24Dash, 2008.0818 Challenging a College to Redesign a Building — New York Times, 2008.0817 BNIM-Designed Building Will Have No Ecological Impact — Kansas City Business Journal, 2008.0815 State Sets Goal of 30% Energy Savings for Major Buildings — Triangle Business Journal, 2008.0815 Current Climate Models 'Ignoring Brown Carbon' — SciDev, 2008.0815 Antarctic Climate: Short-Term Spikes, Long-Term Warming Linked to Tropical Pacific — ScienceDaily, 2008.0815 Baufritz Eco House Built in Newmarket — Cambridge Network, 2008.0815 Oxygen-Starved Ocean "Dead Zones" Growing Rapidly — New York Times, 2008.0815 Plug-in Hybrid from G.M. Is Nearly Ready for Testing — New York Times, 2008.0815 Two Large Solar Plants Planned in California — New York Times, 2008.0815 Earthship Trooper — Miller-McCune, 2008.0814 Factory-Built Homes May Be Greener — Christian Science Monitor, 2008.0813 Revitalize Urban Core to Boost Walkability — Tennesean, 2008.0813 Desert Museums in Platinum — ArchitectureWeek, 2008.0813 Hot Subways to Floods, All Part of NYC Climate Risk — Reuters, 2008.0812 Meltdown in the Arctic Is Speeding Up — Guardian Unlimited, 2008.0810
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