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Recycled Glass Countertops Take Home CleanTech Award
Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit — ... says the CleanTech Open, now in its third year, “provides winners with the tools and resources to take their ideas from the conceptual stage to the marketplace.” Its mission is to serve as an innovation catalyst for companies like BottleStone, whose material in turn is eligible for LEED credits for builders and designers. ...

Data Points: Energy Efficiency
Apollo Alliance — ... , a 2% increase in upfront building costs to support green design would, on average, result in life cycle savings of 20% of total construction costs — more than ten times the initial investment. This means that, for an initial upfront investment of up to $100,000 to incorporate green building features into a $5 million project would result in a savings of $1 million in today’s dollars over the life of the building. The first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED ) certified school recently opened in Maryland.  Though the $17 million cost of constructing the ...

STAR Community Index: LEED for Entire Cities
Triple Pundit: People, Planet, Profit — Much as LEED™ has transformed the building industry, the people behind the STAR Community Index hope to transform the way local governments set priorities and implement policies and practices to make their cities more sustainable. The STAR Community Index isn’t the first to try and rank or rate the greenness of cities. SustainLane for example has already put out three rankings on the sustainability of cities, including creating a network for government officials to exchange best practices. However, as SustainLane’s methodology has ...

Environmental Center Lives Up to Green Mission
Matter Network - Clean Technology, Green News and Sustainable Business News — ... located south of Birmingham.The Center is the second gold-rated Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) building in Alabama, a state that has been somewhat slow in jumping on the green building bandwagon, and slower yet to educate youth about the opportunities to protect and preserve the very environment their livestock depend on. ...

Animal Community Center and LEED certification, it's a win-win
Elisa's Green Scene — ... Meanwhile, they've opened a brand-new state-of-the-art animal care center and one of the construction goals of this new facility was to be the first animal welfare agency in the U.S. to receive LEED certification. ...

Certification Standards Take Hard Line on Forest Products
Matter Network - Clean Technology, Green News and Sustainable Business News — Once upon a time, the levies along the rivers in Sacramento, California were becoming unstable, so the city planted Eastern white oak trees to help root and hold them in place. The trees grew to maturity, but eventually the city re-evaluated them and realized they were no longer stabilizing the levies. The trees needed to be taken out. Such is the story from Earth Source Forest Products ...

Designer pinpoints trends in green building
RSS Feed for Sustainable Industries — Page: 1 of 3 1 | 2 | 3 All » Designer pinpoints trends in green building by Lucia Athens - 10.28.09 With all the changes afoot today, many from both inside and outside the green building movement may be wondering what is coming next. The following key trends and issues should inform the road ahead for green building. More price signals and mandatory requirements As the shift to a carbon economy materializes, it will create significant price signals that will reinforce increased green building adoption. Developers will see energy efficiency and carbon offset strategies as part ...

Designer pinpoints trends in green building
RSS Feed for Sustainable Industries — Page: 1 of 3 1 | 2 | 3 All » Designer pinpoints trends in green building by Lucia Athens - 10.28.09 With all the changes afoot today, many from both inside and outside the green building movement may be wondering what is coming next. The following key trends and issues should inform the road ahead for green building. More price signals and mandatory requirements As the shift to a carbon economy materializes, it will create significant price signals that will reinforce increased green building adoption. Developers will see energy efficiency and carbon offset strategies as part ...

Scenes from My 15th Greenbuild Expo
Greener Buildings — ... while other tradeshows are off big-time. No gloating there; the industry is in a funk and the drop-off is a sad thing for many folks who need to work. But the energy and excitement around green buildings have not flagged at all and could end up being a great way to put people back to work and have folks do well while doing good. While the atmosphere in Boston last year was one of fear and uncertainty, I would characterize the feeling in Phoenix as one of focus and ferment. True, LEED has succeeded beyond people's wildest expectations and yet with this success has come higher ...

Cheap and Free Ways to Promote Energy Efficiency
Clean Energy Wonk — by Tom Konrad, Ph.D. Big spending Demand-Side Management programs are not the only way to promote Energy Efficiency. The Sierra Club’s Rocky Mountain chapter has decided that one of their priorities for 2010 is promoting Energy Efficiency. Since that decision ...