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What if there were a way for states, cities, and counties to leverage each dollar of federal stimulus money they spend to generate $14 of private spending, create 14 times the number of jobs, reimburse the federal government $3, and get a dollar back to boot? And what if that economic solution could also help us tackle climate change by constructively attacking building-related carbon emissions?
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What would you call a green building standard that, on balance, tends to interfere with environmental reform more than help? In March 2009, ABC's Extreme Makeover: Home Edition television show featured the first house in the country to win certification under the new green building standard from the National Association of Home Builders.
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FUNDAMENTALS OF CONSTRUCTING SUSTAINABLY In the new fifth edition of Fundamentals of Building Construction, Allen and Iano set a new benchmark by incorporating sustainability issues into a mainstream construction textbook, section by section, as in this concise overview from the first chapter. We also look forward to a future edition of their outstanding book in which appropriate sustainability considerations have penetrated every topic and page. — the Editors
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More Environment Study Halves Prediction of Rising Seas — New York Times, 2009.0515The Danger of Inaction: A Chat with Thomas Homer-Dixon — New York Times, 2009.0515 Homeowners Associations: The Enemy of Solar? — New York Times, 2009.0515 Nicholas Stern, CO2 and Urban Cycling — , 2009.0515 Curbing Emissions from Hospitals — New York Times, 2009.0515 Chattanooga Development Receives LEED Platinum Certification — Chattarati, 2009.0514 Stripping Away Efficiency — Oregonian, 2009.0514 House OKs $6.4 Billion to Make Schools Greener — , 2009.0514 Chicago Bans Bottles with BPA Plastic — New York Times, 2009.0514 House Panel Nears Agreement on Energy and Climate Bill — New York Times, 2009.0514 Rising Calls to Regulate California Groundwater — , 2009.0514 British Columbia's Carbon Tax Survives — New York Times, 2009.0514 Global Gadget Habit a Threat to Efficiency? — New York Times, 2009.0514 Scientists Fear for Seas at Climate Talks — Financial Times, 2009.0514 Getting It Green — Lake Oswego Review, 2009.0514 Wales Becomes First in U.K. To Set a National Green Building Standard — Greener Buildings, 2009.0513 A Sign of Maturity in Renewables? A Disconnect from Oil Prices — New York Times, 2009.0513 Biggest Solar Deal Signed … Again — New York Times, 2009.0513 Global Warming Biggest Health Threat of 21st Century, Experts Say — Forbes, 2009.0513 The Greener the House the Higher the Rental Premium — San Francisco Chronicle, 2009.0512 Huge Bolivian Glacier Disappears — BBC News, 2009.0512 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Waxman-Markey, Part 2 — Climate Progress (blog), 2009.0512 NAHB "Green" Home Building Awards — NAHB Press Release, 2009.0511 How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Waxman-Markey — Climate Progress (blog), 2009.0510 Living Buildings Touted in Portland — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2009.0508 Austria to Quit CERN — Nature, 2009.0508 Group 41 ‘H House’ Stands Out in Noe Valley — Inhabitat (blog), 2009.0507 Green-Collar Jobs, Defined and Counted — Reuters, 2009.0507 Ozone Data Conflict Resolved — Nature, 2009.0507 Farmers' Crops Keeping US Cool — New Scientist, 2009.0507 Berkshire Hathaway Subsidiary Debuts Line of Green Prefab Homes — Low Impact Living, 2009.0506 Green Stimulus Multiplication — ArchitectureWeek, 2009.0506 Green Roof — KOUW, 2009.0506 U.S. To Weigh If Warming Threatens Tiny Pika — MSNBC, 2009.0506 Cap and Trade Won't Push Heavy Industries Overseas -- Study — New York Times, 2009.0506 Dockside Green Synergy Wins RAIC Award for Green Building — Canadian Architect, 2009.0505 Energy Star Building Designs Jump 60% — Environmental Leader, 2009.0504 A Greener Greensburg Two Years after Tornado — Washington Post, 2009.0504 Avoiding the Landfill: The Recycling of Vinyl Roof Membranes — EDC, 2009.0502 A Sensitive Subject — Nature, 2009.0501
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