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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 Tennessee's First LEED Platinum Homes Raise the Bar for Green Building in Chattanooga — PR Web, 2009.0520Google Rolls Out Home Energy Software — New York Times, 2009.0520 Keeping the Cold In — New York Times, 2009.0519 Green Roofs: Are They Worth the Expense? — New York Times, 2009.0519 Bill Gives New Meaning to Biomass — New York Times, 2009.0519 Fuel Efficiency Standards: Not so Efficient? — New York Times, 2009.0518 As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising — New York Times, 2009.0518 Environmental Edge for Concrete Rail Ties over Wooden Ones — New York Times, 2009.0518 UN Report: Rampant Growth of World's Urban Slums Increasing Risk of 'Megadisasters' — Orlando Sentinel, 2009.0517 4 Ways to Reuse Old Car Dealership Properties — Daily Green, 2009.0515 EU Says CO2 Trade Helped Cut Emissions for First Time — Bloomberg, 2009.0515 Study Halves Prediction of Rising Seas — New York Times, 2009.0515 The 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 Pre-Fab Houses Are Better, Greener Than Ever — ABC7, 2009.0514 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 A Sensitive Subject — Nature, 2009.0509 U2 Guitarist's Eco-Mansion Dream Upsets His Malibu Neighbours — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0506 The Wheel of Climate Fortune — Nature, 2009.0505
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