smdp.com - 5/10/2009
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May 07, 2009 DOWNTOWN There's the cost of going green, and then there's the cost of letting everyone know about it. One of the largest local developers of affordable housing, Community Corporation of Santa Monica owns approximately 80 properties in the city, a combination of apartment ...
chelseagreen.com - 5/6/2009
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The following is an excerpt from When Technology
Fails: A Manual for Self-Reliance, Sustainability, and Surviving the...
Long Emergency by Matthew Stein. It has been adapted for the Web. To evaluate whether a given building material or system is truly ...
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Building a Home? Find Green, Not Greenwashing
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Nature Mimicry, Lower Sick Days, Fade to Gray, + Costly Designations
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Top ten green architecture twitters.
Making sure green buildings don't fade to gray.
Do green buildings really lower sick days?
Nature's success inspires green building mimicry.
Ground zero for the green housing movement.
Builders, buyers differ on importance of green living.
Green jobs transition from pure to natural capitalism.
Green is an expensive designation.
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Green Costs Create Roadblock to LEED Certification
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May 13, 2009 Green Costs Create Roadblock to LEED Certification columbiacreditunion21 While many developers are working towards sustainable building practices, some are not seeking the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) certification because of the cost. John Zinner, a Santa Monica, California-based LEED project manager, told the Santa Monica Daily Press , that soft costs — the design process — of going for certification could range roughly from $40,000 to $200,000, depending on the size of the project. As an example, Community ...
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