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greenbuildinglawupdate.com - 7/10/2009

This Post is Really Important and Is Not for the Faint of Heart

— greenbuildinglawupdate.com — Disclaimer: If you are sensitive to or frightened by new risks and liabilities in the green building industry, please skip this post. On Monday, I highlighted the USGBC's decision to create requirements to ensure a building's performance matches ... (more) This Post is Really Important and Is Not for the Faint ...

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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

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greenerbuildings.com - 7/13/2009

How is the USGBC Like Google?

— greenerbuildings.com — The USGBC recently announced that it is incorporating energy and water usage reporting requirements as a precondition for achieving LEED V3, and Google said it will debut a cloud-based operating system in the next 18 months. Both entities rolled out ... (more) How is the USGBC Like Google?

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Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design

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huffingtonpost.com - 7/8/2009

Empire State Building Goes Green For $120 Million, Other Famous Buildings Following Suit

— huffingtonpost.com — NEW YORK — When owners of the Empire State Building decided to blanket its towering facade this year with thousands of insulating windows, they were only partly interested in saving energy. They also needed tenants. After 78 years, ... (more) Empire State Building Goes Green For $120 Million, Other ...

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Lost Over LEED?: BuildingGreen Launches Software to Help LEED Certification
Earth2Tech — ... , a green building publisher and products cataloger, on Wednesday launched an online software package meant to help designers certify green structures more quickly and efficiently. Dubbed LEEDuser, it’s meant to be a guide and discussion forum for architects and other designers working on certifying buildings under the U.S. Green Building Council’s ...

Software Helps Green Builders Track LEED Projects
Environmental Leader — ... . Nadav Malin, BuildingGreen’s president told Earth2Tech that LEEDuser is a tool to guide designers through the tricky parts of the LEED process and help them achieve certification with less work and greater confidence of success. The program, available now as a free beta version until October, offers guidance for the five recently launched LEED 2009 rating divisions: new construction, core & shell, schools, commercial interiors, and existing buildings, reports Earth2Tech. Malin said in the article that the emphasis is on real-world problems for designers, and the company ...