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A Green Olympic Games: In Process

February 24, 2010

…It takes years and years of training to get to Olympic levels of competence in any sport. And we as spectators get to see that final result. And the same is true, I believe, when it comes to reaching Olympic standards of sustainability, as it were. As such, I don’t think we’ve arrived. We have yet to see that final result. We’re still at the training stages.

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10 Green Living New Year’s Resolutions

December 28, 2009

Since December commenced, there have been some great ‘How to Have A Green Christmas‘ articles and blog posts out there.  I hope you’ve found them helpful.   At this point of course,  I have been shamefully caught out of time on getting you a  post of my own on this blog before the Christmas season [...]

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Video Tour of the ‘Green Life Smart Life” LEED Certified Home

December 22, 2009

Thanks to some of our followers on Twitter, I was directed to this video which showcases a Gold LEED Certified residence. This example shows how green building and cutting edge technology seem to dovetail. Take a look.

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Green Building An Entire Town?

December 4, 2009

Here’s a story about a town, Greensburg Kansas, home to 1400 residents that was virtually destroyed by a tornado two years ago. Faced with unimaginable hardship, the plight of the town mobilized citizens to action, calling them to pull together with a strategy on how to start again, while being within budget and being sensitive to the economic realities in front of them. So, what did they do? They decided to green build.

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Green Building Materials: Look, Performance, and Ethics Too

October 22, 2009

About a year and a half ago, we launched our green building guide and green flooring guide. The reason for these pages was to get information out thereabout our specific products, and also about the very idea of green building materials as options for ethical renovations.

Even at that point, not too many consumers knew too much about things like LEED points, for instance, or even about post-industrial tile, or strand-woven bamboo floors. I think that has changed. And I hope we’ve been a voice in helping to bring that change about

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Passive Design and Modern Green Building

October 20, 2009

Before being introduced to the world of building materials and construction, it never really occurred to me to think that the process of designing and constructing a building  should be any different from location to location.  Well, I suppose there is a question of greater heat retention in a place like Winnipeg, or North Dakota, [...]

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Green Building Business Tips for Contractors Article

August 11, 2009

Thanks to @SerenArch on Twitter, I found this very informative article that outlines some best practices when it comes to understanding the business side of green building. The article is taken from the Construction Today website.

As the article itself states, green building is often presented in the media as the next big thing in the construction industry. Yet, some practical points for the benefit of firms who are attempting to break into some new ways of approaching a green approach to a project is a logical step to make sure it continues in the right direction.

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McKinsey Report: Green Building Can Save U.S 1.2 Trillion

July 30, 2009

The recently published McKinsey report (read it here) has outlined a significant dollar value attached to green building and energy efficiency; 1.2 trillion dollars. In addition, the investment in incorporating green building practices has also created tremendous job-creation possibilities. This is clearly good news in such economically uncertain times. Yet, the process isn’t a simple one.

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Green Building: A Five to Seven Year Forecast

July 21, 2009

Among the goals outlined in the article is creating buildings that are ‘independent’, that don’t rely solely on the power grid for heat and for water. Thus, windpower, solar energy, and the efficient use of rain harvesting technology are being looked at as viable supplements to providing these basic requirements. And in terms of the grid, the goal of zero net energy is also looking like a common goal.

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Prefab homes: a next step in green building?

July 15, 2009

I don’t think it’s a stretch to conclude that in this new millenium, we are being faced with something of a paradigm shift when it comes to the state of our environment and our impact on it. And I think this becoming true of owning a home as well, given the recent economic downturn which has been linked to no-money-down mortgages. So, keeping both of these shifts in mind, what does the future look like?

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