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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 Germany's First Eco-City — Sun Daily, 2009.0905How Green Building Can Save the Housing Industry — Green Right Now, 2009.0904 Out of the Woods: Hopkins’ Green Learning Machine — BD, 2009.0904 Green Roofs "Fluff" for Many Architects — A&D, 2009.0904 Global Warming Could Forestall Ice Age — New York Times, 2009.0903 Lawsuit Filed to Block Pipeline Project — New York Times, 2009.0903 Solar Power, Mobile Phones Converge to Distribute Water in Kenya — New York Times, 2009.0903 Labels, Consumers and Efficient TVs — New York Times, 2009.0903 Energy Company Calls Halt to Drilling Project — New York Times, 2009.0902 Former Power Plant to Save Power as LEED School — CSE Live, 2009.0902 Climate Change Is God's Will, Students Say — Jakarta Post, 2009.0901 Farm Bureau, API Turn Phony — Fort Wayne News-Sentinel, 2009.0831 Should Green Building Certification Be Guaranteed? — Reuters, 2009.0831 Some Buildings Not Living Up to Green Label — New York Times, 2009.0830 Can Push for Climate Bill Forge a Lasting Labor-Enviro Alliance? — New York Times, 2009.0828 Think about a New Interstate through East Atlanta, Says Oxendine — Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 2009.0828 Building Group Unveils "Sustainable" Housing Prototype — Daily Texan, 2009.0828 Green 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 Contest Opens Floodgates on Sea Level Rise Ideas — SF Appeal, 2009.0819
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