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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 New Residence Hall May Be LEED Platinum — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2009.0604Water to Rival Energy Efficiency as Key Concern in Greening Buildings: Report — Greener Buildings, 2009.0604 First All-Steel House Prototype Complete — AEP Span, 2009.0603 City Building May Receive LEED Gold Certification — Daily Journal of Commerce, 2009.0603 Clean Energy Funding Trumps Fossil Fuels — New York Times, 2009.0603 Assessing China’S ‘Low-Carbon Dragon’ — New York Times, 2009.0603 Bigger Role for Concentrating Solar Power? — New York Times, 2009.0603 New Auburn Home Most 'Sustainable' in Alabama — Auburn Villager, 2009.0603 Funding Struggle for Mercury Monitoring — Nature, 2009.0603 Jets, Giants New Stadium to Be Greener Than Most — Associated Press, 2009.0602 Feeling the Heat — Financial Times, 2009.0602 Soviet Legacy Seen Worsening Climate Change Impact — Reuters, 2009.0602 The Green Building Review: Re-Skinning and ... Matlock? — CoStar Group, 2009.0602 Save Our Planet? — Financial Post, 2009.0602 Getting Greener at Google's London Office — New York Times, 2009.0602 Are Crude Prices Favoring the Oil Sands? — New York Times, 2009.0602 Product-Safety Certifier Expands to Green — New York Times, 2009.0602 Analysis Finds Elevated Risk from Soot Particles in the Air — New York Times, 2009.0602 Blue Planet Warehouse Awarded BREEAM Outstanding — Green Building Press, 2009.0602 World’S Next Big Climate Pact Begins to Take Shape — Christian Science Monitor, 2009.0601 Draft Text at UN Climate Talks Clears First Hurdle — Associated Foreign Press, 2009.0601 Tweak the Planet to Curb Warming? Not Yet. — New York Times, 2009.0601 Carbon Emissions Threaten 'Underwater Catastrophe', Scientists Warn — Guardian Unlimited, 2009.0601 Expecting New Tax, Firm Prepares to Track Carbon — New York Times, 2009.0531 Heading to Texas, Hudson's Toxic Mud Stirs Town — New York Times, 2009.0531 Carbon Offsets: A Small Price to Pay for Efficiency — New York Times, 2009.0531 ‘We Need a Radical, Green Vision’ — The Post (Ireland), 2009.0531 Hurricane Barriers Floated to Keep Sea Out of NYC — Associated Press, 2009.0531 Green Building Makes Its Mark — NewsOK, 2009.0530 Climate Change Hitting Poor in U.S. Hardest. — Daily Climate, 2009.0529 Of Sustainable Homes — Deccan Herald, 2009.0529 Building 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 Fusion Dreams Delayed — Nature, 2009.0528 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 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 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 Alcoa Reaches into Past for Building Energy Efficiency — Green Tech Media, 2009.0521 The Bright Prospect of Biochar — Nature, 2009.0521
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