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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 Of Sustainable Homes — Deccan Herald, 2009.0529Building Green Homes -- 10 a Year in Canada — CanWest News Service, 2009.0529 Obama Moves to Curb Road-Building in Forests — New York Times, 2009.0529 If They Build It... — Texas Observer, 2009.0529 Green Integrated Design Approach — Inquirer, 2009.0529 Dimas: Europe Will Outperform Kyoto Goals — New York Times, 2009.0529 Can Incandescent Bulbs Be Made Efficient? — New York Times, 2009.0529 The Legal Risks of Building Green — New York Times, 2009.0529 Warming and Death — New York Times, 2009.0529 In Finland, Nuclear Renaissance Runs into Trouble — New York Times, 2009.0529 Forum Says Climate Shift Brings Deaths — New York Times, 2009.0529 Refugees Join List of Climate-Change Issues — New York Times, 2009.0529 6 Prefab Houses That Could Change Home Building — EcoHome, 2009.0529 Bridging the Green Divide — Housing Finance, 2009.0528 Shining a (Natural) Light on Green Schools — New York Times, 2009.0528 Getting Science into Policy — Nature, 2009.0528 Behold the Most Sustainable Projects in the World — CIOB International, 2009.0528 New Shipping Container Office Building — Mother Nature Network, 2009.0528 U.S. Recession May Soon End, Business Economists Say — Bloomberg, 2009.0527 In China, Pelosi Calls for Cooperation on Climate — New York Times, 2009.0527 World CO2 Up 39 Percent by 2030 without New Policy: EIA — Reuters, 2009.0527 Hot Times Ahead for the Wild West — Nature, 2009.0527 Are You Allowed to Paint Your Roof White? — Telegraph, 2009.0527 Health and Human Services Building Receives LEED Gold — BDC, 2009.0527 Rising Sea Levels: Survival Tips from 5000 BC — New Scientist, 2009.0526 Recycling Mysteries: #5 Plastics — Earth911, 2009.0525 With Billions at Stake, Trying to Expand the Meaning of ‘Renewable Energy’ — New York Times, 2009.0525 Britain's Ideal: Green Homes — New York Times, 2009.0524 Climate Change: The Need for Speed (Reading) — Nature, 2009.0522 Alcoa Reaches into Past for Building Energy Efficiency — Green Tech Media, 2009.0521 The Bright Prospect of Biochar — Nature, 2009.0521 As Alaska Glaciers Melt, It's Land That's Rising — New York Times, 2009.0518
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