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Greening Buildings to Create Jobs
triplepundit.com - 3/19/2009
Greening Buildings to Create Jobs
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By Gavin Newsom What comes to mind when you hear the phrase “green building?” Sleek new structures with skins of advanced glass and recycled steel that blend into the landscape, facades and roofs draped in a combination of daylight-harvesting windows, wildlife habitat, and photovoltaics? ...
The Four Sins of LEEDwashing: LEED Green Buildings That Perhaps Aren't Really Green
treehugger.com - 3/21/2009
The Four Sins of LEEDwashing: LEED Green Buildings That Perhaps Aren't Really Green
— treehugger.com — Henry Gifford, photo by Travis Roozee "Is LEED a Fraud?" is the provocative title of an article... on the Fine Homebuilding website by Kevin Ireton. It appears that mechanical designer Henry Gifford thinks it is, and makes a few good points in his ... (more) The Four Sins of LEEDwashing: LEED Green Buildings That ...

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Are Green Jobs Good Paying Jobs?
triplepundit.com - 3/13/2009
Are Green Jobs Good Paying Jobs?
— triplepundit.com — During an address to Congress last month, President Obama said , “To truly transform our economy, protect... our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to ultimately make clean, renewable energy the profitable kind ... (more) Are Green Jobs Good Paying Jobs?

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Why Is So Much Green Architecture So Ugly?
treehugger.com - 3/13/2009
Why Is So Much Green Architecture So Ugly?
— treehugger.com — Child Development Centre, Calgary, Kasian Architects. Ugly? There is an interesting debate going on in the journals... about the quality of green buildings. Kriston Capps writes in American Prospect: The field of architecture is experiencing a ... (more) Why Is So Much Green Architecture So Ugly?

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TreeHugger:  Mayor Gavin Newsom Writes on Greening Buildingsto Create Jobs

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Mayor Gavin Newsom Writes on Greening Buildingsto Create Jobs
TreeHugger — Mayor Newsom's post highlights that while new construction is great and creating phenomenal LEED buildings like the California Academy of Sciences is wonderful, new green construction in a city like San Francisco is just not viable. Instead, he says retrofitting buildings to be green could potentially create thousands of jobs for city residents while making the city as a whole more efficient. Greening existing buildings is more challenging than new construction... In a tough economy, vacancy in commercial real estate is increasing nationwide – but the vacancy ...

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