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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
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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 paper A Better Way To Rate Green Buildings. (  ...
Greening Buildings to Create Jobs
triplepundit.com - 3/19/2009
Greening Buildings to Create Jobs
— triplepundit.com — 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 ... (more) Greening Buildings to Create Jobs

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Green Building : Jetson Green:  Water Scarcity, LEEDwashing, Future Building, + Municipal Financing

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Water Scarcity, LEEDwashing, Future Building, + Municipal Financing
Green Building : Jetson Green — A magnificent seven (green buildings). Is green building dead? The future of green building.   The four sins of LEEDwashing. Municipal financing helps with solar purchasing. To green the world's buildings, think retrofits. How crushed cars become parts for green homes. Water scarcity bigger threat than financial crisis. Follow @jetsongreen on Twitter for more news, links, and ...

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