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When the Forest Stewardship Council rolled out the world's first "green" wood certification label in 1993, the organization quickly rallied big-box retailers like Home Depot to the cause. The largest do-it-yourself home improvement chain in the United States became a founding member of the FSC and publicly announced that it would soon ensure all of its products came from certified sources.
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Dear ArchitectureWeek, Inside and outside, this building comes across initially as nice, but seemingly a bit buttoned down, handsome yet perhaps a bit conventional in affect.
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The days of making the business case for sustainable design, or even explaining what LEED means and why it is important, have passed. Today's green building challenges have moved to more complicated areas of policy — permitting and politics — and the motivating sense of competition to be "the greenest."
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More Environment Building Group Unveils "Sustainable" Housing Prototype — Daily Texan, 2009.0828Green Rebuilding in New Orleans Still Faces Obstacles — Environmental Leader, 2009.0826 Oasis of the Future Taking Shape in a Distant Desert — Sydney Morning Herald, 2009.0826 Vancouver Olympic Venues Bask in Green Glow — Journal of Commerce, 2009.0826 Study Warns of ‘Energy Sprawl’ — New York Times, 2009.0826 Concerns Remain as Europe Changes Bulbs — New York Times, 2009.0826 After 150 Years, Whither Oil? — New York Times, 2009.0826 Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA), a Chamption of the Environment and Clean Energy, Dies at 77 — Climate Progress (blog), 2009.0826 Economies of Scale — Memphis Daily News, 2009.0826 NASA 'Sustainability Base' to Be Net Zero Energy — CNet News, 2009.0825 AIA Requires Green Credits — Examiner, 2009.0825 Saudi Blasts American Energy Policy — New York Times, 2009.0825 Does Carbon Labeling Confuse Consumers? — New York Times, 2009.0825 Africa Seeks Climate Change Cash — BBC News, 2009.0825 Federal Carbon Storage Grants Awarded — New York Times, 2009.0824 Omega Institute Turns on America's First Zero-Impact "Living Building" — Renewable Energy World, 2009.0824 Germany's ECO CITY — Green Muze, 2009.0824 Clean Energy Patents Set Quarterly Record — Sustainable Business, 2009.0824 A Rare Peek at Green Energy Economics — New York Times, 2009.0824 Climate Change Could Swamp Venice's Flood Defence — New Scientist, 2009.0824 Tree Cover Far Bigger Than Expected on Farms — Reuters, 2009.0823 Europe's Saharan Power Plan: Miracle or Mirage? — Reuters, 2009.0823 Energy Dept. Fails to Use Thermostats to Cut Costs — New York Times, 2009.0823 Architects Return to Class as Green Design Advances — New York Times, 2009.0820 Mercury Found in Every Fish Tested, Scientists Say — New York Times, 2009.0820 Contest Opens Floodgates on Sea Level Rise Ideas — SF Appeal, 2009.0819 Homes Linked to 50 Percent More Water Pollution Than Previously Believed — E! Science News, 2009.0819 Leaky Building Cost 'Likely to Top $11b' — Stuff, 2009.0818 Zero Energy Home in San Francisco — Low Impact Living, 2009.0817 Water Quality Improves after Lawn Fertilizer Ban, Study Shows — ScienceDaily, 2009.0817 Climate Models Agree on Human ‘Fingerprints’ — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 2009.0814
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